A popular Libertarian governor presides over a highly polarized general assembly that is evenly split between urban progressives and rural Tea Party conservatives. Neither side supports the governor’s own agenda. The governor leans toward the conservative side on issues of gun control and taxation, and she leans progressive on issues of social justice and health care. What pattern is most likely to occur as the Republicans and Democrats work to further their own agendas while under the libertarian governor’s leadership?

Both Democrats and Republicans will proceed as though they held a strong majority.
The Democrats and Republicans will work together to delegitimize the governor.
Each party will work to strengthen the governor when she is in their favor, while weakening her when she is opposed to their agenda.
Both parties will defer to the governor’s right to define the agenda and will work with her to promote her preferred aims and goals.

light-year  

the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, equal to about 9.46 trillion km (5.88 trillion mi). light-years are used in measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances.  

parsec  

a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (3.08 × 1016 meters).  

parallax  

the apparent angular displacement of a celestial body due to its being observed from the surface instead of from the center of the earth (diurnal parallax or geocentric parallax) or due to its being observed from the earth instead of from the sun (annual parallax or heliocentric parallax)  

absolute magnitude  

the magnitude (brightness) of a celestial object as it would be seen at a standard distance of 10 parsecs.  

apparent magnitude  

the magnitude of a celestial object as it is actually measured from the earth.  

redshift  

an increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a celestial body as a consequence of the doppler effect.  

the great thing about your imagination is that it doesn't have to make sense! if i were you i would be stuck in space, no communication with earth travelling around and around, you can only guess how long its been since your communication broke down. you land on an undiscovered planet, you do a scientific investigation examining the elements and conditions. you come across alien lifeforms.  

best of luck!