Author Question: With regard to voting patterns, which statement is best supported by the existing empirical data? ... (Read 132 times)

drink · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

With regard to voting patterns, which statement is best supported by the existing empirical data?

A)Voters support challengers over incumbents in primary elections.
B)Voters tend to evaluate candidates based on their individual economic circumstances.
C)Voters gain a great deal of information from political advertising and use it as the primary basis of their vote.
D)Voters tend to judge a presidential candidate on the basis of prevailing economic trends.

Question 2

What were the weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation that led to calls for amendment of the Articles?

What will be an ideal response?

b614102004 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

The ideal answer should:
a. Identify how the Articles of Confederation prioritized state sovereignty and power over national authority.
b.Explain that the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were illustrated by the fact that the federal government lacked an institutional structure through which it might execute its powers.
c.Discuss how those weaknesses became apparent after the Revolution when they led to three key failures by the national government: the inability to pay debts incurred during the war, the inability to protect American shipping interests on the high seas, and the inability of Congress to respond to internal threats, including attacks by Native Americans against American settlers and Shays' Rebellion.
d. Notethat these failures due to the structure of government led political elites like Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to call for a convention torevise the Articles of Confederation.