GOVT - Texas Government Exam 3

Which election was the zenith of Republican Party success in Texas?

2002

An employee of county government would be MOST likely to join which of the following groups?

AFSCME

What groups did the Populist Party of the late nineteenth century try to unite?

All of above

Democrats in office are more likely than Republican officeholders to support which of the following policies?

All of the above

Which of the following developments aided liberal Democrats in Texas in their competition with conservative Democrats?

All of the above

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about lobbying?

All of the above

Which of the following would be considered a component of a good business climate?

All of the above.

In 2004, Texas Republicans held several important national and state offices. Which offices did they control?

All of these are correct

Which of the following groups would be most supportive of regulations designed to ensure safe and healthy work places?

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Which of the following is NOT a reason explaining why the Texas Republican Party is organizationally stronger than the Texas Democratic Party?

Because the Republican Party has long been the dominant party in the state, it has had longer to organize.

For which of the following reasons are business and trade groups not as influential in Texas politics today as they were in the 1950s?

Business and industry are less likely to be united because they have grown more diverse as the state's economy has diversified.

Which of the following groups is MOST interested in the issues of abortion, pornography, and sex and violence on television?

Focus on the Family

When did the Republican Party become the clear majority party in the state?

In 1994, when Republican gubernatorial nominee George W. Bush defeated Democratic incumbent Ann Richards.

Which of the following groups is LEAST concerned with the issue of abortion?

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

N/A

N/A

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding PAC contributions?

PACs typically contribute more money to incumbents than to challengers.

An identifiable subgroup within a political party (such as the liberal Democrats) is known by which of the following terms?

Party faction

"Organizations created to raise and distribute money in political campaigns" is a good definition of which of the following?

Political action committee (PAC)

Organization A takes positions on political issues, raises and spends money in election campaigns, and nominates some of its members as candidates for public office. What is Organization A?

Political party

Which of the following statements is TRUE about protest demonstrations?

Protest demonstrations are used by groups to attract attention to issues that concern them.

Which of the following has become the dominant party in Texas government since 1994?

Republicans

A cause group is an organization whose members care intensely about a single issue or small group of related issues. Which of the following groups is NOT a cause group?

Texas Association of Business (TAB)

Which of the following groups would be most concerned with the quality of the state's business environment?

Texas Association of Business and (TAB)

In which of the following parts of the state is organized labor the strongest?

Texas Gulf Coast

Which of the following groups would be LEAST interested in the issue of tort reform?

Texas Lawsuit Reform

Which of the following groups would be most interested in the issue of tort reform?

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Which of the following reasons best explains the dominance of the Democratic Party in Texas and other southern states in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

The Republican Party was discredited in the eyes of most native white Texans because of its leadership role in American national government during the Civil War and Reconstruction era.

In which of the following types of primary elections do Texas Democrats and Republicans choose their candidates?

a cross between an open primary and a closed primary

Campaign money generally comes from

a relatively small number of contributors giving large sums of money.

The Texas Trial Lawyers Association is one of the more influential interest groups in Texas politics. Which of the following strategies would the Texas Trial Lawyers Association be LEAST likely to use?

organize a protest demonstration

Which of the following factors contributed LEAST to the growth of the Republican Party as a force in Texas politics?

elimination of barriers to minority political participation

When and if Texas becomes a Democratic state depends on all of the following factor except

increased immigration from Asia

LULAC is most concerned with which of the following issues?

issues relating to Latinos

Tort reform deals with which of the following issues?

limiting the amount of monetary damages a plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit can recover in court

Interest groups work with political parties in the following ways except

nominating candidates to run as the party's nominees in the general election.

Since the 1970s and early 1980s, which of the following groups of Texans has been MOST likely to switch party allegiance from the Democratic to the Republican parties?

non-Hispanic Whites

The Texas Republican Party enjoys the strongest level of support among which of the following groups?

people who call themselves conservatives

Republican candidates in Texas run MOST strongly among which of the following groups?

persons with higher income

Which of the following forms of political participation is considered counterproductive because it often provokes a backlash?

political violence

Political action committees (PACs) are organized to accomplish which of the following tasks?

raise and contribute money to candidates for public office

Texas Democrats and Texas Republicans agree on the following policy issues except

school choice

In Texas, Democratic candidates usually do best among voters living in which of the following?

small towns

Which of the following issue positions would be LEAST likely to appear in the state Democratic party platform?

support for a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion

Which of the following groups would be most interested in the issue of collective bargaining rights for public employees?

the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Which of the following groups would be LEAST supportive of limiting punitive damages in medical malpractice lawsuits?

trial lawyer

A workplace in which every employee must be a member of a union is known as

union shop

Among which of the following groups does the Texas Democratic Party run the LEAST well?

upper-income wage earners