Budgeting and Forecasting 278 Midterm 2014 (TCO 1) The type of budget that is updated on a regular basis is known as a _____. Student Answer: continuous budget revised budget updated budget flexible budget TCO 2) The quantitative forecasting method that uses actual sales from recent time periods to predict future sales‚ assuming each period has equal influence on the prediction of future sales‚ is the _____. Student Answer: moving average model weighted moving average
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Every four years‚ millions of people across the United States cast their vote to decide the next president‚ but most do not realize just how little their vote means. In fact‚ the president is not elected by the people‚ but instead by 538 members of the electoral college. The electoral college should be replaced by a popular vote system because it will allow all votes to be equal‚ cause candidates to focus on more than just swing states‚ and result in a rightful winner that creates a more united country
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confirming that not every individual votes. Voting faces both abstention and indulgence depending on the situations‚ interest or priority of the voter. To keep the moral of democracy it is very important to make ‘intelligent voting’ but at the same time very difficult to attain. Voters cannot be forced to vote so voting should be made easy to attract voters. 2. Methodology The voting methodology of voting in U.S. is ‘First-Past-the-Post’. That is voting and winning on the basis of maximum votes
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simplistic‚ although it nonetheless sheds light on an important topic. One of the major benefits of partisanship is the alleged increase in voter turnout. For example‚ Nagler describes demographic changes in terms of voting patterns in the United States. Nagler sees policy as something of a self-fulfilling prophecy since to a large extent‚ it determines turnout
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lower rates than citizens in other democracies? There are several different reasons that affect the lower rate of turnout‚ income levels‚ education levels‚ partisanship and voter registration are some examples of the issues. People today do not trust the government as much as they use to. 2. Does the right to vote include the right to have one’s vote counted‚ even if the voter fails to follow instructions in the completion of the ballot? No‚ if it is not completed correctly. 3. With regard
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if a movement was led then these faithless electors could change the outcome on an election. The Electoral College system also pays a role in depressing voter turnout. Since each state is guaranteed a certain number of electoral votes regardless of the voter turnout‚ there is not much encouragement for the state to look into increasing its voter
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countries such as Australia‚ voter turnout is as high as 97%‚ while in other countries such as the United States‚ voter turnout is around 57%. The reason behind this wide gap‚ is compulsory voting‚ meaning electors are forced to vote in elections‚ or attend the polls‚ or they may be fined or forced to do community service. Although compulsory voting may seem better when you look at percentages as a whole‚ it does not guarantee a positive outcome. Having high voter turnout does not necessarily result
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as if the United States is at war‚ or if he means the characteristics of the nominees. For example‚ the 2008 presidential election was marked by an increase in voter turnout rates for African Americans and younger voters. I am curious if Burnham would argue that an example of the “political stimuli” which caused an increase in voter turnout for this election is that it is the first election where an African-American was nominated by a major party for the first
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Current Event‚ Oct. 4‚ 2013. Unlikeliest Oregonians suddenly insured. By: Nick Budnick. The Oregonian. Pgs. A1 and A9. Changes in federal state laws bring health coverage to working poor and are already ailing. Bruce Lovan is a member of the working poor. He lives on food stamps. He’s also one of more than 200‚000 low income Oregonians who now qualify for the Oregon Health Plan. The state’s version of Medicaid is expanding under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ commonly
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Michael Effiom Prof. S. Sharifan Govt 2302-73058 March 4‚ 2013 Gerrymandering The main purpose of gerrymandering is to increase the number of legislative seats that can be won by the political party which is in charge of redrawing the district boundaries during that period of time‚ and to create “safe” seats for the party’s incumbent legislators which are seats in which the incumbent will always win re-election. Gerrymandering is the redrawing of election district boundaries to give an electoral
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