Am Govt Homework 6 Answers - Student One

Question 1: Clearly, the two most influential powers of the president are the power to determine foreign policy and the power to issue executive orders on any topic.

Question 2: I would advise Romney to state that, even though he is pro-war, he will not abuse the power of commander-in-chief in the military.

Question 3: A lobbyist is someone who waits in the lobby of a facility where someone of legislature works, to try and speak with them as they leave their offices. They try to get them to sponsor or vote for bills. Lobbyists are usually hired by companies who either would suffer financially if a certain bills was passed, or would prosper further if another was passed.

Question 4: An interest group is a group of people dedicated to one particular issue. An example of an interest group is the NRA, a group blocking gun control legislation.

Question 5: Most African-Americans will vote for Obama, simply because he is the first African-American president in the history of the United States. Almost all evangelical Christians will vote for the Republican party, because Obama stands for many things that we do not believe in or support.

Question 7: Third-parties are virtually meaningless in this generation. While they may have great views on certain topics, they are completely run over by the Democratic and Republican parties with no chance of winning any election; this renders them a waste of time. I think that the United States has a two party system because most people view various topics with the same mindset: either the Republican mindset or the Democrat mindset.

Question 8: Interest groups, when centering on topics such as gun control and anti-abortion are good for the country. Through them, it is much easier to state your views on a certain topic. However, on topics such as pro-abortion, they can be very harmful to the next generation of our country.