Question

The internal structure of these organizations is the subject of May’s law of curvilinear disparity. Richard Katz and Peter Mair argued that some of these organizations function (10[1])as cartels. (10[1])Applying the (10[1])same formula that is used in other fields to compute the Simpson index and the Herfindahl–Hirschman index to these organizations, Laakso (“LOCK-soh”) and Taagepera (“TAH-gay-pay-rah”) quantified their effective number. The expressive, instrumental, and representative functions of these organizations were (10[1])distinguished by Lipset and Rokkan, (10[2]-5[1])who argued that cleavage structures are responsible for their formation. According to Duverger’s (“doo-vair-ZHAY’s”) law, (10[1])systems (10[2])such as first-past-the-post (10[3]-5[1])tend to have exactly (-5[1])two (10[1]-5[1])of these (10[1])organizations (10[4])with a significant (10[2])amount of power. For 10 points, the United States is an example of a system dominated by exactly two of what political organizations? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: political parties [or political party]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%17%87.96

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AFlorida B2610
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota ANorthwestern A2810
Caleb KendrickMaryland AStanford A3010
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ADuke A6710
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AChicago B72-5
Henry LytleWUSTL BGeorgia Tech B7210
Matt JacksonChicago AFlorida A7210
Walter ZhangBrown AOhio State A8610
Geoffrey WuColumbia ACornell B8710
Matthew SiffYale BPenn State A8710
Joseph ChambersVirginia AIllinois A9010
Zane KierzykIndiana AHarvard A90-5
Karan GurazadaTexas AUC Berkeley A9010
Daniel MaYale ACornell A9010
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BMinnesota B94-5
James StevensonMichigan AJohns Hopkins A95-5
Dean Ah NowClaremont APenn A9510
Sky LiToronto AChicago C9710
Alan WuRutgers BImperial A9810
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BVanderbilt A9810
Ricky LiMIT ANorth Carolina A9810
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIowa State A9810
Halle FriedmanNYU AHouston A10110
Aum MundheRutgers ASouth Carolina A10110
Mazin OmerHarvard AIndiana A12510
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BUC Berkeley B12510
Amogh KulkarniChicago BGeorgia Tech A12510
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AMichigan A12510