Key Actors in State and Local Government
The answer for each question should be at least 100 words (500 total for each assignment). While all responses should be based on the assigned course content, if you choose to include additional outside information, be sure to cite your source(s) using APA Style. If you directly quote the course textbook, don’t forget to cite the text. Please note that all assignments are automatically submitted to Turnitin to check for academic dishonesty, as noted in the syllabus.
- Describe some of the key influences on state and local party identification and political participation in the United States.
- Examine Table 4.4. Discuss the key sociodemographic characteristics of registered voters versus actual voters.
- What is a social movement? List the 8 characteristics of a successful social movement. Which do you think is the most important?
- The mass media traditionally performs certain important functions that are essential to state and local government and politics. Discuss two of these.
- Which theory – the pluralist theory or the elitist theory – do you think better fits the reality of your own state? Your own city or hometown?