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| Organizations that act as an intermediary between the people and government with the goal of getting their members elected to public office. |
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| Basic belief system that guides the party. |
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| President of Texas 1836-1838, 1841-1844, and Democratic Senator from Texas 1846-1859. |
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| Which of the following is historically true of political parties in the United States? |
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| They have never been strongly centralized. |
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| In addition to national conventions during a presidential election year, both major parties hold national conventions ... |
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| Which of the following describes the interaction between Texas state legislators and federal legislators from Texas? |
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| Overall there is very little interaction, but they occasionally find some common grounds. |
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| Today, Republicans in Texas hold ... |
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| all state-wide elected offices. |
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| Name the major reason for the three times that Texans supported Democratic candidates for president since 1952? |
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| The candidates hailed from Texas or the South. |
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| During the Republic, elections principally revolved around... |
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| the personalities of political leaders and their surrogates. |
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| The Texan population's political leanings during the period after annexation led to ... |
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| a dramatic increase in the slave plantation economy. |
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| Which of the following were major political positions held by Sam Houston? |
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Opposition to secession
Opposition to slavery |
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| Which of the following is true of the nature and impact of the government of Edmund Davis in Texas? |
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Reconstruction laws and a Democratic boycott helped bring Davis and the Republicans to office.
His governorship was the only instance of one-party Republican rule in Texas until the 1990's. |
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| Why did the state vote Republican in 1928, for presidential candidate Herbert Hoover? |
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| Hoover's opponent was Roman Catholic? |
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| Which presidential candidate ended the Texas tradition of straight ticket balloting for Democrats? |
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| The ______ presidential election, in which the Shivercrats ran for office, broke the tradition of straight ticket Democratic voting in Texas. |
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| Which of the following is historically true of political parties in the United States? |
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| They never been strongly centralized. |
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| Views that holds that a growing number of votes and candidates do not identify with either major political party but are independents. |
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| Casting all your votes for candidates of on party. |
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| Phil Gramm was elected to the House of Representatives as Democrat, but soon began to lean toward the Republican party through his close relationship with President__________. |
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| What was the one major Republican setback in Texas during the late 1980's and early 1990's? |
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| the loss of the governor's office |
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| Republican gains in 1994 included... |
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winning three seats on the board of education.
winning the governor's office. |
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| Party De-alignment at the national level occurred roughly around the _____election. |
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| Salami-slicing the electorate" refers to... |
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| the isolation of subgroups through research for targeted campaigners. |
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| Minor party that supported election of Mexican Americans in Texas in the 1970s. |
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| Who normally selected candidates for office during the time of labor-intense politics? |
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| As a candidate of the _____ _____ Party, Ramsey Muniz managed to gain 7.2 percent of the vote for governor in 1972. |
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| permanent party organization |
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| Series of elected officials of a political party that keep the party organization active between elections. |
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| Party official elected in each voting precinct to organized and support the party. |
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| Party official elected in each county to organize and support the party. |
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| county executive committee |
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| Committee made up of a county chair and all precinct chairs in the county; serves as the official organization for the party in each county. |
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| state executive committee |
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| Committee made up of one man and one woman elected from each state senatorial district that functions as the governing body of the party. |
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| Heads the state executive committee and provides leadership for the party. |
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| temporary party organization |
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| Series of meetings or connections that occur every two years at the precinct, county, and state levels. |
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| presidential preference primary |
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| Elections held every four years by political parties to determine the preferences of voters for presidential candidates. |
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| What is the lowest level of the permanent part organization? |
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| What was the chief cause of the incredibly high turnout in the 2008 precinct conventions for the Democratic Party? |
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| The tight completion between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. |
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