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The MACH-IV has 20 questions, all which are designed to tap into the following factors: "Views", "Tactics", and "Morality". The "Views" factor is related to beliefs that are self interested and cynical, the "Tactics" factor focuses on the endorsement of manipulation as a means to take advantage of others, and the "Morality" factor deals with one's adherence to moral scruple.
The system is called "Ranked Choice Voting" there. In 2006, Oakland, California passed Measure O, adopting instant runoff voting. [2] In 2006, the city council of Davis voted 3–2 to place a measure on the ballot to recommend use of single transferable vote for city elections; [3] the measure was approved by the
January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 Venutra: Frank Wimberly Wright: January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 Los Angeles: Gerald C. Kepple: January 4, 1937 - January 4, 1943 Thomas M. Erwin: January 4, 1943 - January 5, 1959 Ronald B. Cameron: Democratic: January 5, 1959 - January 3, 1963 Got elected to Congress for the 25th Congressional district. Phil ...
The Machiavellian Moment is a work of intellectual history by J. G. A. Pocock (Princeton University Press, 1975).It posits a connection between republican thought in early 16th century Florence, English-Civil War Britain, and the American Revolution.
Proposition 36 on California's November ballot asks voters to change parts of Proposition 47, an initiative passed in 2014 that turned some felonies to misdemeanors. What exactly is Prop. 47?
In English Renaissance theatre (Elizabethan and Jacobian), the term "Machiavel" (from 'Nicholas Machiavel', an "anglicization" of Machiavelli's name based on French) was used for a stock antagonist that resorted to ruthless means to preserve the power of the state, and is now considered a synonym of the word "Machiavellian". [1] [2] [3]
Proposition 50, also known as the California Suspension of Legislators Amendment and Prop 50, was a California ballot proposition and proposed state constitution amendment intended to require a two-thirds vote in the respective chamber of the state legislature to suspend a state senator or assembly member. It also withheld the salaries and ...
County FIPS code [8] County seat [9] Est. [9] Formed from Etymology [10] General Law or Charter [6] Population (2023) [11] Area [9] Map Alameda County: 001: Oakland: 1853: Contra Costa and Santa Clara: The oak and other trees, once abundant in the region; alameda is Spanish for "avenue shaded by trees" or "cottonwood grove". Charter 1,622,188: ...