Factor 1: Who decides to run for office and what advantages candidates have over one another.
Factor 2: Incumbency. Usually the incumbent (the person already serving in the office) has a large advantage over challengers, unless negative events have the voters wanting to get rid of incumbents.
Factor 3: The way congressional districts are drawn. There have been court cases recently about "gerrymandering" -- attempts by a party in power to draw district boundaries in ways that will serve to perpetuate that party's power.
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C. By claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, making it a threat to national security
1. The king of Britain created unreasonable taxes
2. The colonist had to basically do whatever the king asked them to.. so they wanted to create their own government
Answer:
The feudal system is based on a sort of wealth hierarchy. The king gives land to nobles and in return they pay taxes. The nobles tax the peasants that move onto the land. The peasants are generally farmers, so they grow most, if not all their food. They sell the food to other peasants and nobles. The knights living on the land have an immediate duty to protect their kingdom is called on by the king, so they have less, or no taxes.
Explanation:
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