Final Exam Flashcards
(34 cards)
Do you interest groups focus on lots of issues
False
Our political parties indistinguishable from interest groups
False
Are federal campaigns stricter in Texas?
False
Was voter disfranchise only focused nonminorities
False poor whites had same political views as my minorities
College educated people identify as republicans?
True
What is the purpose of an election
It legitimizes government and shows population support
What section of Society will participate in political activities
Highly educated older people
How do you single issue interest groups negatively influence the stability of political system
Make government less able to function because they bring gridlock and can bring government to a standstill
What third-party group has been good in Texas
Libertarian
Most people vote in the presidential election
Yes
How has Texas political realignment differ from other states
Gradually it took time
Selective initiative
How they got people to join like to bribe
Who is most identified to associate with the Democratic Party
Urban Texas
How was the third-party based on ethnic group
Laraza unida
By focusing on taking over percent and moving up to a higher position in the Republican Party what group transformed the Republican Party in the 90s
The religious right gain control of rep publican party by 1994
Who did the poll tax hurt
Low income people
How do you state and local party organizations playing political process why do we have them
Recruit candidates
Why do you interest groups form what are they trying to do
To enact a public policy
What is an example of a valence issue
Keep it simple and generalize with no real detail
What is the 19th amendment
Woman suffrage Texas was the first south state to pass it
Are there any limits on the amount you can give to a pack and a canna didn’t Texas
No
With conservative religious groups getting involved in Republican Party what happens
The moderates were thrown out of the Republican Party
With Franklin Roosevelt gaining presidency how did influence Texas politics how did Texas react the new deal policies
Texas did not like the new deal so democrat would have a split
What is it called when you make an economic vote but looking at an entire economic and not just your own
So so a trophy