GOVT CH. 11

the election of Democrat Donna Howard to the Texas House of Representatives by four votes in 2010 demonstrates

reasons for low voter turnout in Texas include

some observers of Texas politics argue that potential voters feel discouraged by perceived insulation of elected officials and believe that the real brokers of politics and public policy in Texas are

in the most basic sense, elections serve to

though elections provide broad statements of the voters' expectations,

elections enable voters to replace public officials or force officeholders to

in a democracy, elections enable individuals to

the role of elections in holding public officials accountable depends on several assumptions, including......

unwritten rules about elections in Texas's political culture include an expectation that

what is the effect of dividing election cycles so that state and local elections are separate?

primary elections in Texas

some students of Texas politics argue that the nature of the state's primary delayed the development of the two-party system by...

why have minority groups such as hispanics and african american criticized the current primary system in Texas?

for ideological reasons, primaries can result in an unbalanced ticket that has limited appeal in a general election and essentially produces a weak candidate. How is this possible?

which of the following is true about contemporary primary elections in Texas?

which of the following is true about voter turnout in Texas?

the......is responsible for the administration and costs of the general election in November

recent legislation allows a local government to call off an election if

low levels of turnout in special elections

early voting in Texas makes it possible for a person to vote early

ways in which texas has historically discriminated against minorities in elections include

what brought about the legislature's adoption of the poll tax in 1904?

the ruling reached by the US Supreme Court in Smith v. Allwright...

During the Vietnam war, many people believed that if individuals who were required to comply with the draft and risk death should no longer be denied the right to vote. this movement culminated with the ....

after some of the most obvious practices (eg the white primary) that discriminated against minorities in Texas elections were eliminated, minority representation was still minimized through...

the 1965 Voting Right Act, which was extended to Texas in 1975, allows....

who opposed the motor voter registration law passed by the US Congress in 1993?

Texas's voter identification law....

Hispanic political clout in Texas...

by today's standards, political campaigns through the 1950s were

contemporary local, state, and national campaigns increasingly rely on.......

what is the purpose of a benchmark survey?

tracking surveys are

focus groups help media consultants decide which political ads to use by....

what is the primary purpose of a campaign in dividing voters by segmenting the population?

in the past few decades increased use of the mass media in political campaigns has come at the expense of .... campaigning

uncontrolled media may be more valuable to political candidates than controlled media because

knowing that people like to receive mail, the direct mail business has become a major took in

Why have political campaigns become more expensive in recent decades in Texas?

how does Texas differ from the federal government with regard to campaign contribution?