Choices: Chapter 6 The Party System In Tx

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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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.

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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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.

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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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*the means of getting the party nomination

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Political parties are indistinguishable from interest groups.

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*False

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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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*Does not occur in a single election, but over several decades

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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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*people

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Public policy is the result of groups organizing around issues and keeping pressure on

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*elected officials to respond

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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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.

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_____ is the key institution for drumming up votes for specific candidates.

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.

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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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*True

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In Texas, which of the following groups is most likely to identify with the Democratic Party?

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.

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Political socialization, state election laws supporting the status quo and heterogeneous support have

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.

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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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*executive and legislative branches

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Party conventions are about

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.

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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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*True? pg 162

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The difference between an interest group and a political party is that

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Interest groups impact(influence public policy) Political Party(take over gov.)

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_____ has raised the fascinating prospect of a political party based on an ethnic group.

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.

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What was the impact of the administrations of President Franklin Roosevelt on Texas politics?

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pg 161

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Party organizations are built around geographic election districts, starting at the bottom with the

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.

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Precinct conventions held in nonpresidential election years are often poorly attended, and in many precincts, no one shows up.

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True

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When the Republicans gained control of the Texas Senate in 1997, they reorganized the chamber along partisan lines.

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False

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General elections are won by a simple plurality, which allowed Rick Perry to win the governor’s election with only 39 percent of the vote.

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True

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Why did significant third-party factions emerge while Texas was still a one-party state?

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Third parties were able to capitalize on the weakness of the Republican Party and substituted for it.

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What prevents third parties from gaining support and being able to challenge the two-party system?

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State election laws supporting the status quo make it hard for third parties to get on the ballot, and elections determined by a simple plurality diminish their chances.

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What was the significance of the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Smith v. Allwright?

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the Libertarian Party

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What role did Governor Edmund Davis play in Texas becoming a one-party Democratic state by the 1870s?

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His Radical Republican administration during Reconstruction generated strong-anti Republican feelings.

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By 2012, Texas voter identification was

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33 percent Democratic, 33 percent Republican, and the rest independent or third-party affiliated.

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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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True

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What is the major responsibility of the county chair and the executive committee in Texas political parties?

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They are responsible for the organization and management of the primary election in their county.

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The most important institution for mobilizing voters for specific candidates

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is through the work of a political party.

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How has realignment in Texas differed from normal national realignment?

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National realignment typically happens during one election; in Texas, it is very gradual.

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In 1994, Democratic Governor Ann Richards unseated Republican nominee George W. Bush.

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False

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What was the importance of the 1978 gubernatorial election in the realignment process in Texas?

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In defeating John Hill, Bill Clements became the first Republican governor elected since Reconstruction.

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Simply stated, political parties link diverse segments of the population to government and thus contribute to the stability and ________ of government.

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legitimacy