POLS 207 UPDATED EXAMS 2026 PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The gender gap is evidenced by which of the following differences? - Women are:
more likely than men to vote for Democratic candidates, more likely than men to be
affiliated with the Democratic Party, and legislators tend to give children's issues a
higher priority than men.
✔✔The most politically powerful age group in the states is - senior citizens.
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of an organization of people who band
together in an attempt to influence public policy? - Partisan politics
✔✔While there is a general impression that all lobbyists have a corrupting influence on
the political system, most lobbyists actually - provide an informational service to public
officials.
✔✔Overall, what interest groups are most numerous in state politics? - economic
interests
✔✔Taking advantage of their political experiences, many successful professional
lobbyists are - former elected officials.
✔✔Requiring state lobbyists to register and submit reports about their membership and
finances is designed to - spotlight the activities of lobbyists.
, ✔✔Lobbyists spend the bulk of their time on - monitoring the content and progress of
bills affecting
✔✔Interest groups employ all of the following tactics to influence public policy EXCEPT
- running candidates for the purpose of controlling government.
✔✔State legislatures tend to have more conflicts of interest than Congress largely due
to - the sheer number of part-time lawmakers.
✔✔Grassroots lobbying is often very effective in bringing specific issue positions to a
legislator's attention because - legislators pay attention to their constituents.
✔✔PAC contributions are heavily weighted in favor of - incumbents over challengers.
✔✔A major factor contributing to the growing strength of interest groups in the states
can be explained by the - increasing role in campaign finance.
✔✔When comparing different interest group systems throughout the states, - interest
groups vary in their level of policy impact categorized as either dominant,
complementary, and subordinate systems.
✔✔The diversification of state economies - highly correlates with weaker interest group
systems.
✔✔An interesting phenomenon is that weak party states frequently have - strong
interest group systems.
✔✔A legislature with higher legislator salaries, full-time responsibilities, and significant
resources is referred to as a - professional legislature.
✔✔Interest group strength in the states can be attributed to all of the following
explanations EXCEPT - governmental unification
✔✔Nonviolent protests are constitutionally protected by the - First Amendment to
"peaceably assemble."
✔✔Often the objective of a protest is to - acquire bargaining power by otherwise
powerless groups.
✔✔A form of protest that involves breaking "unjust" laws and actively seeking
punishment to emphasize the injustices of the law is known as - civil disobedience.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The gender gap is evidenced by which of the following differences? - Women are:
more likely than men to vote for Democratic candidates, more likely than men to be
affiliated with the Democratic Party, and legislators tend to give children's issues a
higher priority than men.
✔✔The most politically powerful age group in the states is - senior citizens.
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of an organization of people who band
together in an attempt to influence public policy? - Partisan politics
✔✔While there is a general impression that all lobbyists have a corrupting influence on
the political system, most lobbyists actually - provide an informational service to public
officials.
✔✔Overall, what interest groups are most numerous in state politics? - economic
interests
✔✔Taking advantage of their political experiences, many successful professional
lobbyists are - former elected officials.
✔✔Requiring state lobbyists to register and submit reports about their membership and
finances is designed to - spotlight the activities of lobbyists.
, ✔✔Lobbyists spend the bulk of their time on - monitoring the content and progress of
bills affecting
✔✔Interest groups employ all of the following tactics to influence public policy EXCEPT
- running candidates for the purpose of controlling government.
✔✔State legislatures tend to have more conflicts of interest than Congress largely due
to - the sheer number of part-time lawmakers.
✔✔Grassroots lobbying is often very effective in bringing specific issue positions to a
legislator's attention because - legislators pay attention to their constituents.
✔✔PAC contributions are heavily weighted in favor of - incumbents over challengers.
✔✔A major factor contributing to the growing strength of interest groups in the states
can be explained by the - increasing role in campaign finance.
✔✔When comparing different interest group systems throughout the states, - interest
groups vary in their level of policy impact categorized as either dominant,
complementary, and subordinate systems.
✔✔The diversification of state economies - highly correlates with weaker interest group
systems.
✔✔An interesting phenomenon is that weak party states frequently have - strong
interest group systems.
✔✔A legislature with higher legislator salaries, full-time responsibilities, and significant
resources is referred to as a - professional legislature.
✔✔Interest group strength in the states can be attributed to all of the following
explanations EXCEPT - governmental unification
✔✔Nonviolent protests are constitutionally protected by the - First Amendment to
"peaceably assemble."
✔✔Often the objective of a protest is to - acquire bargaining power by otherwise
powerless groups.
✔✔A form of protest that involves breaking "unjust" laws and actively seeking
punishment to emphasize the injustices of the law is known as - civil disobedience.
