______ were irritants to state and local governments because the federal government’s took all the credit while leaving the dirty work of finding funds and actually running the programs to the states and localities.

Demographics play an important role in determining the attitudes of governments, and this is particularly true at the ______ level.

Ballot initiatives are not necessarily the expressions of grassroots ideals anymore; instead, they are proposed and paid for by wealthy individuals, corporations, or interest groups.

Oregon, California, and Vermont are all blue states that have pioneered ______.

Education is often funded from the general revenue fund which means that it is an expenditure best classified as ______.

Turnout tends to an increase for ______ elections.

The decisions on how to spend the money raised from taxes, user fees, bonds, and intergovernmental transfers are made during the ______ process.

The use of elections to select the holders of public office is the fundamental process of ______.

Critics of voter ID laws argue that the laws provide a fake fix for ______.

Revenue bonds are secured by ______.