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| Organizations that act as an intermediary between the people and government with the goal go getting their members elected to public office |
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| Basic belief system that guides the party |
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| Business Value Conservatives and Social Value Conservatives |
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| Two main factions of the Republican Party |
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| View that holds that a growing number of voters and candidates do not identify with either major political party but are independents |
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| Casting all your votes for candidates of one party |
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| Minor party that supported election of Mexican Americans in Texas in the 1970s |
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| Party official elected in each county to organize and support the party |
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| An organization of individuals sharing common goals that tries to influence governmental decisions |
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| Three broad categories of interest groups |
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| Membership organizations, Non membership organizations, and Government organizations |
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| Retail trade organizations |
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| Organizations seeking to protect and promote the interests of member businesses involved in the sales of goods and services |
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| Legislation stipulating that a person cannot be denied employment because of membership or non membership in a labor union or other labor organization |
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| The practice of attempting to influence the legislature, originally by catching members in the lobby of the capital |
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| Various activities in which interest groups engage to try to influence the outcome of elections |
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| State agency responsible for enforcing requirements for interest groups and candidates for public office to report information on money collected and activities |
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| The practice of trying to secure benefits for oneself or one's group through political means |
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| System for funding the state's primary and secondary public school education whereby rich district send money to the state , which then distributes those funds to poor school districts |
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| State Laws and constitutional amendments that set aside money to be spent on specific items |
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| Higher Education Assistance Fund (HEAF) |
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| Money set aside for use by those universities not benefitting from PUF |
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| Whatever governments choose to do or not to do |
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| Set of beliefs about political processes and the role that government should play in our society |
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| Goods or services characterized by the features of nonexcludability and no rivalrous consumption; they are often provided by governments |
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| Goods that are provided with no charge because there is a broader public benefit associated with the good |
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| Good, activity, or resource that the government regulates to prevent overuse |
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| A measure of the wealth of a state or it's ability to raise revenues relative to all other states |
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| A measure of how close a state comes to using its tax capacity |
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| Total taxes raised in a state divided by the number of residents |
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| Shifting of taxes to citizens in other states |
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| Taxes that citizens pay when they buy goods or services |
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| The items that are subject to tax |
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| Tax revenue set aside for specific purposes |
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| Texas generates _____% of its revenue. |
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| The newest element of capital-intensive politics is the use of the ______ to communicate directly with likely voters. |
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| Fragmented government structure |
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| Texas has a _____ _____ _____ which means the power is dispersed to many state agencies with little or no central control. |
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