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| THE PROCESS WHERE YOU DEVELOP YOUR PERSONAL POLITICAL BELIEFS. |
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| During the late 19th century and early 20th Tx. was what kind of party state? |
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| Which party Dominated Tx. throughout most of the 20th century? |
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| The most important role for political parties in TX. elections is to: |
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| offer the candidate a label by which he or she can identify with the voters. |
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| Providing a label that helps voters Identify those seeking offices is an important function of? |
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| Is lobbying (litigate against unfavorable policies) considered a function of political parties? |
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| List 4 functions of state and local party organizations: |
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| getting out the vote, influencing voters choices, training and nominating candidates. |
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| The degree to which members of Tx. Republican party have become more conservative, and the Democratic more liberal, is referred to as: |
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| The most local voting district is called: |
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| Conservative Democrats in Texas are also known as |
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| In the 1950s, who were known as the Shivercrats? |
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| Conservative democrats who voted for a republican president |
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| The shivercrat movement revolved around Governor Shiver's support of presidential candidate: |
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| The pattern, beginning in the 1950s, of Texans voting for a Republican president but sticking with conservative Democrats for state offices is called. |
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| presidential Republicanism |
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| In Texas, why were primary elections more important than general elections during most of the twentieth century? |
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| In a one-party state, the winner of the primary will most likely win the general election |
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| What are the principles generally supported by the Tea Party movement? |
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| Tea party movement advocates lower government spending, lower taxes and limited government |
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| The Occupy movement is a political movement interested in limiting the influence of what in American politics? |
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| Wall street and big corporations. |
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| A system that allocates representation to legislatures that ensures a voice for minority parties is called a |
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| Proportional representative system |
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| The system of allocating representatives to Congress and the Texas legislature by individual districts, rather than by allocating votes proportionally, is referred to as |
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| Third parties are most likely to have electoral success under which system of elections? |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| a single-member district system of electing representative results in a two party system |
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| The Libertarian Party can be considered as: |
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| Fiscal conservatives and social librals |
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| are when people come together to collectively organize to lobby the government for specific policy purpose. |
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| is where a non profit doesn’t disclose where it’s money is going. Lose transcperacy |
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| s who our state legislators must report donation information too. Anything over $50 must be reported to the Texas Ethics Commission. If the TEC finds about an unreported donation they have the authority under state law to yank their name from the ballot. |
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| Someone who tries to influence policymakers. |
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| What is a political action committee? |
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| an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level. |
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| What are the benefits of an interest group? |
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Interest groups are useful because they keep their members sufficiently informed. They stay in touch with officials.
Interested over a long period of time. Stay In contact through donations with key officials |
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| Different predictions on how someone will vote |
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| Age, gender, race, marriage statues, geographic location, occupation, educational, income. |
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| What is the precinct chair? |
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| The Precinct Chair is the most important position in our county party. They help us win elections, and turn the current political tide and atmosphere. Professionals in politics agree on at least one point: elections can be won or lost in the voting precincts at the grassroots level. |
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| voting rights act has dealt with. They may change the voting place to inconvenience minorities. States had to get permission from the dept of justice in order to get permission to change the place where a polling place will be held |
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| What are Diverter's Laws? |
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| The principle that in a democracy with single-member districts and plurality voting, like the United States, only two parties' candidates will have a realistic chance of winning political office |
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| The Tea Party movement is an American political movement that advocates strict adherence to the United States Constitution, reducing U.S. government spending and taxes, and reduction of the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit. Started as a protest group, not a political group. |
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| 39. In a(n) ____________ primary, only registered members of a political party can participate. |
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| a ____ primary is open to all qualified voters, regardless of their political party affiliation |
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| At one time, prospective voters in Texas had to go pay a(n) ____ in order to register to vote. |
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| African Americans were prohibited from voting in which primary? |
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| In Texas, if no candidate in a primary receives a majority of the vote, what happens? |
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| What was Texas's role in the passage of the 19th Amendment? |
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| They were the first Southern state to pass it. |
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| What is the 19th amendment? |
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| Gave women the right to vote. |
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| Which of the elections is held on the first tuesday after the first monday in even-numbered years? |
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| Any election that is held outside the regular election schedule is a(n) ___________election. |
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| What is the MOTERVOTER LAW |
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| Being able to sign up to vote while renewing your drivers license. |
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| Current requirements to vote in Texas |
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| Redistricting is the process of drawing boundaries for electoral and political districts in the U.S. and is usually done every ten years after the census |
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| Congressional reapportionment refers to the process by which seats in the House of Representatives are reallocated after every constitutionally mandated decennial census using a complex mathematical population formula that ensures the distribution is even. |
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| is a process by which voters in a public election can vote prior to the scheduled election day. Early voting can take place remotely, such as postal voting, or in person, usually in designated early voting polling stations. |
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| Who benefits from early voting? |
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| Contemporary Barrier to voting? |
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| What was the voting rights act of 1965? |
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| 1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black representatives, it rboguth jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap |
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| promoting a particular position or an issue, paid for by interest groups or individuals but not by candidates |
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| How much is spent by Lobbyists and Interest Groups every year to influence each Texas Legislator? |
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| What Laws Regulate Lobbyists? |
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| The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act |
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| Process whereby citizens are alerted to participatory opportunities and encouraged to become involved. |
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| What problems do Interest groups have in member recruitment? |
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| Free Riders: Those who see benefits of participating without actually participating. |
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| What type of interest group is designed to provide campaign support? |
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| Political Action Committee |
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| How does a Political Action Committee interact with a Canidate's Campaign? |
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| No direct interaction between a PAC and a campaign, but they run advertisements and campaign separately |
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