GOVT Exam 2

The Latino movement known as La Raza Unida occurred during the 1940s 1960s 1920s 1980s

1960s

Which of the following is the largest expense for most campaigns? Legal filings transportation staff salaries advertising

Advertising

The motor voter law

Allow citizens to register to vote while applying for a drivers license

In the post Civil War era, the only part of Texas that shows significant republican leanings were counties in the panhandle counties located along the Rio Grande river rural areas in east Texas German counties in the Texas Hill country

German counties in the Texas Hill country

Which individuals are legally disqualified from voting

Individuals who have been Jewish by a court to be mentally incompetent

Why are statewide officials such as the governor and lieutenant governor elected in nonpresidential years

It prevents presidential candidates from influencing the outcome of Texas races

If Texas wanted to encourage development of more third parties, what steps can you take? Replace to single-member district 1st past the post electoral system with one that uses proportional representation require that all parties develop an outreach plan for how they will attempt to appeal to voters require voters to declare a party identification to participate in primary elections adopt an open primary method of selecting nominees for each party

Replace to single-member district 1st past the post electoral system with one that uses proportional representation

Which of the following tends to lower voter turn out early voting detailed voter guides local elections occurring at the same time as presidential elections most elections are for low visibility offices

most elections are for low visibility offices

A ___ was a state imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting

poll tax

What kind of electoral districts are used in Texas? state-wide districts multi-member districts county-wide districts single-member districts

single-member districts

Who is responsible for fundraising for the party and establishing the parties policies? The state steering committee the state policy planning committee the state executive committee the state advisory committee

the state executive committee

Based on the 2017 Gallup pol1, ____ of Texans identified as being Republican or leaning Republican, while _____ of Texans identified as being democratic or leaning Democratic 60%; 20% 41%; 38% 47%; 26% 55%; 30%

41%; 38%

Texas ranks ____ in the nation in voter participation 1st 20th 50th 35th

50th

Approximately what percentage of the states voting age population is registered to vote 79% 59% 22% 92%

79%

Suppose you wanted to create a method of redistricting that would make races for the Texas legislator more competitive. What plant would you recommend it be enacted to do so

Allow politicians in the legislature to devise and implement electoral districts

Type of primary election in which voters may choose to vote for any party on election day is a/an

Open primary

In Texas today, rural areas have become more _____, while urban areas have become more _____ democratic; Republican nonpartisan; libertarian Shivercrat; tea party Republican; democratic

Republican; democratic

What event marked as significant change in how Texans began to vote not only in presidential elections but also in state elections? George Bush moved to Texas George Bush won Texas in the general election of 2000 Michael Dukakis won Texas in 1988 Ronald Reagan was elected president

Ronald Reagan was elected president

Which offshoot of the Democratic Party preselected candidates for the Democratic primary and prohibited African-Americans from participating

The jaybird party

Why is it so difficult to get on the ballot as an independent in Texas

The parties that control government, and are therefore control ballot access, want to maintain their power and make it harder for other parties to compete for voters during elections

Suffrage refers to

The right to vote

How much can a individual donates a campaign for a state level, non-judicial office, such as for Governor

There is no limit

Which of the following laws was written specifically to deal with expanding and protecting voting rights

Voting rights act of 1965

In Texas, the ____ is responsible for redistricting

legislature

Conservative Democrats in Texas are also known as yellow dog Democrats Republicans libertarians blue dog Democrats

blue dog Democrats

Although the Democratic Party dominated state politics for much of the twentieth century, by the 1950s it faced internal divisions between ______ and ______ Democrats liberals; conservative moderate; liberal conservative; moderate blue dog Democrats; yellow dog

liberal; conservative

When tip O'Neill said, "all politics is local," he was talking about how local issues are not generally ideological all meaningful decisions are made by state and local governments the federal government only has powers granted to it by state governments powerful local interests are in state politics

local issues are not generally ideological

African-Americans have been elected to serve in more than half of elected positions within the state government mayor of the three largest cities in Texas to each position in the plural executive to represent Texas in the US Senate

mayor of the three largest cities in Texas

One of the advantages incumbents have one running for reelection is automatic funding from the state name recognition and visibility that they do not have to compete in primary elections automatic ballot access

name recognition and visibility

The fundamental principles and position supported by a political party are explained in the: party manifesto party guidebook party primary party platform

party platform

The process of _____ is what introduces individuals to the political culture and helps people develop their own political beliefs and values political partisanship political socialization acculturation political culture

political socialization

At the most basic and fundamental level, parties are organized into____ precincts districts wards county caucuses

precincts

The ____ requirement was included in the voting rights act to ensure that states had previously restricted the political participation of minorities could not use redistricting for partisan gain and against the interest of minority groups

preclearance

____ is a system of representation that encourages third-party voting because it allows each political party representation in proportion to its percentage of the total vote divergent's law proportional representation a single member district multimember representation

proportional representation

The states right party, also known as the Dixiecrats, split with the national Democratic party over which issue? education policy economic policy military intervention in Vietnam racial integration

racial integration

In Texas, special elections are used to ratify amendments to the Texas constitution approval vote of no confidence determine election days impeach a corrupt politician

ratify amendments to the Texas constitution

Texas was the first day in the south to elect a black governor elect a Latino governor impose a poll tax ratify the women's suffrage amendment

ratify the women's suffrage amendment

The process of ____ involves recalculating how many congressional districts each state will receive based on the states population Redistricting reapportionment census taking preclearance

reapportionment

The ____ movement was a movement during the 1950s in which conservative Democrats in Texas supporting Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower presidency Dixiecrat La Raza Unidata constitutionalist shivercrat

shivercrat

Who is responsible for leading the precinct convention? the precinct chair the precinct executive committee the precinct president the precinct commission

the precinct chair

In 1923, the Texas legislator established ____to prohibit African-Americans from voting in the Democratic Party Early registration the poll tax the jaybird primary the white primary

the white primary

The poll tax was made illegal in federal elections with the passage of the voting rights act of 1965 civil rights act of 1964 twenty-fourth amendment nineteenth amendment

twenty-fourth amendment

Texas used the system of early registration until 1971 that required which of the following voters had to register to vote more than nine months before the general election and required register to vote every year

voters had to register to vote more than nine months before the general election and required register to vote every year

The county chair is selected by the ____, while the ____ selects the state chair and vice chair voters in the party primary; voters in the general election voters in the party primary; State party convention state party convention; national party officers county party convention; state party convention

voters in the party primary; State party convention

Between 2008 in 2018, countywide elections in Harris County were split 50-50 by Democrats and Republicans were swept by Democrats were swept by Republicans were split equally by Democrats, Republicans, and libertarians

were swept by Democrats

The mass exodus of whites in urban air is the suburban areas it some time for her to as: Urban withdrawal white flight urban racism tax-base erosion

white flight

Which statement correctly describes the requirements for membership in a major political party in Texas? an individual must have voted in two party primaries in successive elections an individual must apply for membership through a formal process with no requirements, a register voter simply chooses which party to vote in one must be a registered voter in the state of Texas and 21 years of age

with no requirements, a register voter simply chooses which party to vote in

Which statement concerning women's suffrage is correct women were given the right to vote in the original constitution of 1876 women were getting full suffrage rights in Texas in 1932 the Texas constitution was amended in 1899 to permit women to vote women were permitted to vote in all elections in Texas with the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution

women were permitted to vote in all elections in Texas with the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution

When do Texans vote in general elections to elect members of Congress

Tuesday following the first Monday in November of even numbered years

Why are Texas Republicans considered to be in a divider movement? Because there is tension between pro-business Republicans, who have traditionally dominated Texas politics, and the tea party movement that is becoming more influential within Texas politics and government because of the rise of independent voters in the growing influence of the tea party movement because Republicans are divided over Latino voter recruitment because Colleton between the Latino and African-American voters has dominated Texas politics in recent years, and the tea party movement is becoming more influential within Texas politics and Government

Because there is tension between pro-business Republicans, who have traditionally dominated Texas politics, and the tea party movement that is becoming more influential within Texas politics and government

The voting rights act has been renewed several times since 1965, and new provisions have been added since then. For example,

Bilingual ballots are now required in certain areas were more than 5% of voters speak another language

In 2011, the Texas legislator passed a folder identification law that requires a photo identification in order to vote which form of identification is acceptable occupational ID college ID hunting and fishing ID DPS ID

DPS ID

Why are factions within parties important These groups have their own priorities, and the party must be able to manage the factions to be able to prevent any of the groups from leaving the party the factions are the best way for the state party and the national party to communicate with each other the factions complete the feedback loop between the precinct convention, county convention, and stay convention the factions provide a way for legislators to be able to connect directly with voters

These groups have their own priorities, and the party must be able to manage the factions to be able to prevent any of the groups from leaving the party

Presidential republicanism describes a pattern when Texas voters would vote for Republican president and conservative Republicans for the US House and Senate conservative Democrats for the US House and Senate conservative Democrats for state offices conservative Republicans for state offices

conservative Democrats for state offices

The ____ convention is the meeting held by a political party following its precinct convention for the purpose of electing delegates to its state convention special district county regional city

county

The main role of the precinct convention is to select delegates to the _____ and possibly to submit resolutions that may eventually become part of the party platform precinct convention state convention state executive committee county convention

county convention

When deciding how to vote, people use mental shortcuts. Political science is called the shortcuts

cues

The ____ begins with primary elections and concludes with general elections

electoral cycle

How often do political parties in Texas hold their conventions? every year every six years every two years every four years

every two years

By focusing on influencing the Republican primary elections, the Tea Party movement Texas is trying to split the vote among multiple candidates to force runoff elections get the experience necessary to become a major party bypass state ballot access guidelines for third party candidates get the Tea Party-supported candidates on the ballot, but under the Republican Party label

get the Tea Party-supported candidates on the ballot, but under the Republican Party label

Which of the following is the most important way in which parties help voters during elections? raise money provide volunteers to serve as election judges give voters a party label they can identify with when deciding how to vote select nominees for office

give voters a party label they can identify with when deciding how to vote

Which of the following are the most important factors that influence whether or not someone votes employment status and education income level and education education and ethnicity ethnicity and income level

income level and education