. Why are there two effective political parties in the US? 2. What is partisanship or party identification on the part of voters? 3. What explains increased congressional personal incumbency advantage? 4. How do trends in congressional elections help explain trends in congressional policy making? 5. What are the systematic relationships between congressional and presidential elections? What do you think has happened to those systematic relationships? 6. What are the dynamics of presidential primaries? 7. How have the dynamics changed in recent years? What impact might those changes have on presidents' ability to govern? 8. Is the Supreme Court an 'anti-democratic' institution? 9 pgs. 0 f/c. 0.
