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30 Cards in this Set
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In Texas, which of the following groups is most likely to identify with the Republican Party?
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college educated, higher income suburbanites
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V. O. Key suggested that parties are best understood in parts: the party as an organization,
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the party in the electorate and the party in government.
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The first Republican since Reconstruction to win a statewide election in Texas was
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Bob Dole
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After voting in the primary of his choice in an even-numbered year on the second Tuesday in March, a voter would first attend a
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In Texas, significant third-party factions rose up when the state was still a one-party Democratic state. In some respects,
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they suggested some alternates to the then weak Republican Party.
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After Lyndon B. Johnson was elected vice president, a special election had to be called in 1961 to select a senator to fill his seat. In this special election, the final winner out of seventy-one candidates was
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John Tower.
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Some scholars contend that partisan realignment in Texas has been counterbalanced by
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During the era of the Shivercrats, Texas developed and utilized a voting pattern in which
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voted in Democratic leaders in Texas, and Republican leaders in the U.S.
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In Texas, primary elections are
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Political parties are indistinguishable from interest groups.
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By 1941, liberal Democrats dominated the party and were great supporters of the "New Deal."
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False
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In a normal national realignment, a single election produces a permanent shift. In Texas, party realignment
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In order to keep minorities, especially African Americans, from voting in the early twentieth century, Texas elites used
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a white primary.
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One of the basic drawbacks of a democratic government is how to keep public officeholders answerable to the
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Public policy is the result of groups organizing around issues and keeping pressure on
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Whereas parties want to win elections, interest groups want to
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influence office holders.
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Over the past twenty-five years, political transformation resulted in
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_____ is the key institution for drumming up votes for specific candidates.
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The temporary party organization does NOT include the
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judicial convention
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Even though party loyalty is waning, scholars tend to agree that political parties still perform essential functions that other institutions cannot.
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In Texas, which of the following groups is most likely to identify with the Democratic Party?
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Political socialization, state election laws supporting the status quo and heterogeneous support have
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Most Texans currently have intense ideological positions that may trigger the creation of a third party.
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False
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Political parties help to bridge the inherent conflict between(among) the _____ branches of government.
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Party conventions are about
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The Democratic Party's one-party dominance in Texas goes back to reconstruction, when the Texas Regular Party was able to capture control of government for a short time.
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The difference between an interest group and a political party is that
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_____ has raised the fascinating prospect of a political party based on an ethnic group.
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What was the impact of the administrations of President Franklin Roosevelt on Texas politics?
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Party organizations are built around geographic election districts, starting at the bottom with the
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