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33 Cards in this Set
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Demand for water |
will rise by 22% by 2060 and state will only be able to meet about 65% of that demand.
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2010 poverty levels |
more than 1/3rd of Texas workers were earning less than $20,000 a year. |
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Maquiladoras |
Partner plants on Mexican side of border that use cheap labor to assemble goods and export to the U.S. |
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four physical regions of Texas |
-Gulf Coastal Plains, interior lowlands, great plains, basin and range province. |
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More populous state than texas |
California |
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Political culture of Texas |
Individualistic and traditionalistic |
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Tenth Amendment |
Does NOT specifically identify powers of the States. |
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Devolution |
gives states more freedom to make decisions. |
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Texas how many constitutions |
7
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Present Texas constitution: how many times has it been amended? |
over 400 times |
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Last time voters were presented with constitutional revision proposal |
November 1975. |
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Requirements of amending the texas constitution |
2/3rds of members of each chamber of state legislature to vote, and simple majority of voters |
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Texas constitution has additional constitutional rights more than the US constitution |
TRUE |
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Two primary ways Texas deals with problems in metropolitan area |
Councils of Government and Annexation |
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Groups that want to be annexed and groups that don't |
Want: Unincorporated communities lacking services like police and sewers Don't: established communities with existing services
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Why are Special districts important? |
some needs of the people cut across boundaries and need to be addressed |
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two categories of special districts |
School districts and noneducational districts |
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most important source of revenue for country govt. |
property taxes |
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Major policy making body in each texas county |
commissioners court |
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structure of county govt. is determined by... |
state constitution |
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factors that could most increase representation of minorities in govt. |
single-member districts and cumulative voting |
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Revenue of local govts. |
Property tax AND sales tax (but these are frequently inadequate) |
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Form of Municipal govt. that is most common in Texas' larger home-rule cities |
Council-manager form in larger home-rule cities, but for smaller cities - weak mayor-council form. |
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Two legal classifications of cities in Texas |
General-law and Home-rule cities Home-rule city establishes its own charter, which specifies its form and operation |
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Dillon's rule vs. Cooley Doctrine |
Local govts. have greatest flexibility under Cooley doctrine. |
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Party: Permanent Organization vs. Temporary Organization |
Permanent party: recruit candidates, devise strategies, raise funds, distribute candidate literature and information, register voters, turn out voters on Election day.
Temporary party:
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A political party's chair is chosen by... |
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Difference between conservatives and neo-conservatives |
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Texas democrats ideology: |
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2008 elections for Obama |
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Impact of Latino and African American support in Urban counties |
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Last independent candidate to be elected governor of Texas |
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Third parties' success |
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