1. Explain why Representative Margolies-Mezvinsky's vote in 1993 on Clinton's deficit reduction plan was a supreme act of political courage and why that vote resulted in the loss of her house seat.
2. Explain why, despite the framers' original intentions, Congress was not electronically sensitive during most of the nineteenth century. Be sure to account for the rapid turnover of congressional personnel.
3. Discuss the impact of reapportionment and redistricting upon congressional elections.
4. Analyze why party and incumbency are the two most influential factors affecting House elections and why challengers have such difficulty in winning office.
5. Define and explain such key concepts as constituency service, the frank, ombudsman, rotation services, and soft-money.
6. Demonstrate why Senate elections are more perilous that House elections.
7. Explain what national forces were at work in the 1994 midterm elections.
8. Evaluate whether the membership of Congress should or should not mirror the great ethnic and gender diversity of the American population.
9. Review the dilemmas posed by majority-minority districting after the 1996 elections.
10. What were the significance for term limits in the cases of U.S. Term Limits, Inc. vs. Thornton and Bates vs. Jones?

Copyright © 1995-2010, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman Legal and Privacy Terms