Which of the following statements about electoral politics in Brazil is NOT true?
a. Brazil has a high voter turnout.
b. Party identification is low among Brazilian voters.
c. Brazilian parties are entitled to an amount of free air time, on both radio and television, in proportion to their number of votes in the last election, although candidates can gain more access through community radio stations that family members may own.
d. Just as in the United States, the boundaries of electoral districts in Brazil vary from state to state in Brazil so that all districts have a roughly equal number of residents.
e. Voting is compulsory in Brazil
Question 2
Severance taxes, as a source of state revenues, are popular
a. in states that have a lot of natural resources. They help keep income, property, and sales taxes relatively lowand eventually those taxes are paid mostly by out-of-state users.
b. with resource-rich states, but the rates are set by the national government.
c. in states like Virginia and Washington, but they are unused in Alaska and Wyoming because the price ofnatural resources is constantly changing due to market conditions.
d. because they exempt natives (in-staters) from the tax.
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