Question 1

The main role of the precinct convention is to select delegates for the county-level convention.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Dixiecrats abandoned the national Democratic Party in the 1948 presidential election over the issue of

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A)   the Cold War.
B)   civil rights.
C)   the national deficit.
D)   welfare reform.
E)   prayer in schools.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

When intraparty disputes split members into different groups, these groups are referred to as

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A)   factions.
B)   teams.
C)   enemies.
D)   subparties.
E)   party units.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

In Texas, which group is most likely to support the Republican Party?

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A)   Latinos
B)   women
C)   the wealthy
D)   Jewish Americans
E)   African AmericansF) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Why might parties at the state level have less power than that at the national level?

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A)   The creation of party primaries took control of the nomination from party leaders and gave it to the voters.
B)   Local issues are usually not ideological in nature.
C)   The rise of media campaigns made candidates more reliant on money than local party volunteers.
D)   Legislative campaign committees raise money from individuals and interest groups and then distribute it to candidates at the national political party level, thereby weakening the influence of the state party.
E)   Parties at the national level only focus on hot-button issues.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Texas was a competitive, two-party state.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The demographic changes in Texas makes the state more similar to its southern neighbors because the Texas

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A)   Democrats will become more minority and less white.
B)   Democrats are white, Latino, Asian, and African American.
C)   Democrats consist mainly of progressive whites.
D)   Democrats' greatest influence is in certain localities.
E)   Democrats are more liberal.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

By about the 1940s, a split between liberal and conservatives developed in the Democratic Party that focused on

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A)   labor and civil rights measures.
B)   New Deal economic policies and civil rights measures.
C)   education and civil rights measures.
D)   war and New Deal economic policies.
E)   taxes and war.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Describe the history of Texas as a one-party state. Which party dominated Texas politics, and what are the historical origins behind this dominance? What were some of the ramifications of one-party rule? What caused the rise of a two-party system in Texas?

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Question 10

The main role of the precinct conventions is to select delegates to the ________ and possibly to submit resolutions that may eventually become part of the party platform.

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A)   state executive committee
B)   county convention
C)   precinct convention
D)   state convention
E)   national conventionF) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 11

Describe the structure of political parties and elections in Texas. What are the different levels of party organization?

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In Texas, political parties and election...

Question 12

In Texas, the most local level of a party organization is the county.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Texas requires parties that did not get 5 percent of the vote in a previous statewide race to do all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   collect a minimum number of signatures for their petitions to get on the ballot.
B)   collect signatures for at least 1 percent of the total number who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election.
C)   notify the state that they intend to qualify for inclusion on the ballot by petition.
D)   submit the intention form in January of election years.
E)   form third parties in the spring of the election years and complete the intent form.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

Discuss urban, rural, and suburban influences on partisanship. Explain which party tends to dominate in each of these areas, and why.

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Question 15

Texas Democrats have been relegated to a minority status at the state level since

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A)   1948.
B)   1964.
C)   1980.
D)   1994.
E)   2000.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 16

Describe the different roles that political parties play in Texas politics. What types of organizational structures do the Republican and Democratic parties have? What is the importance of party membership?

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Political parties in Texas play several ...

Question 17

The Occupy movement is a political movement interested in limiting the influence of
________ in American politics.

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A)   the media
B)   interest groups
C)   political parties
D)   Wall Street and big business
E)   foreign countriesF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

The latest new party formed in the United States in an election year was

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A)   the Tea Party.
B)   the Natural Law Party.
C)   the Green Party.
D)   the Occupy movement.
E)   the Constitution Party.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 19

How does strong partisan ideology serve to weaken Texas's political parties?

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Question 20

The mass exodus of more affluent whites from urban areas to suburban areas is sometimes referred to as

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A)   urban withdrawal.
B)   white flight.
C)   tax-base erosion.
D)   urban racism.
E)   urban sprawl.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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