The Lowest Layer of Official Party Machinery Is

question 56

Multiple Choice

The lowest layer of official party machinery is

• A) the local organization supported by district leaders, precinct or ward captains, and party workers.
• B) the state party chairperson and committees.
• C) the national campaign chairperson's volunteers.
• D) the White House interns.
• E) the National Convention Delegates.

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Definitions:

Empirically

Referring to knowledge or conclusions derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement rather than theory or pure logic.

Organizing

The act of arranging or structuring elements in a systematic way for efficiency and order.

Retrospective Sense Making

Weick’s view of how people construct rational accounts of organizational behavior after the fact—“how do I know what I think until I see what I say?”

Rational Accounts

Explanations or narratives provided to justify actions or decisions based on reason, logic, and rationality.