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County Chairperson
party leader in county, elected in the parties primary for a 2 year term
County Convention
County party meeting to select delegates and adopt resolutions
Local Election
elections conducted by local government to elect officials
precint chairperson
party leader in a voting precint
state party chairperson
party leader for the state
state senatorial district convention
party meeting held when a county is a part of more than one senatorial district
Sore loser law
law that prevents losers primary election can run as an independent in the general election
Identify the primary functions of political
parties. How are political parties different from interest groups?
larger in population and adders a broader array of
issues and is formally nominates and runs candidates
Identify the functions of private interests groups
Private org. of individuals who have banded together for a common cause or interest.
The politicize and inform members of groups as well as others, mediate conflict within group, engage in elections
Identify the 3 major shifts that can occur with political parties
alignment
dealignment
realignment
Who said "man is a political animal"
Aerostatle
Reasons Texas has low voter turn out
poll taxes
womens suffrage
white primaries
property ownership
Verba & Nie
1)Inactives
: Individuals who take
no part in politics
2)Voting
specialists
: those who confine their
efforts to only voting
3)Parochial
participants
: those who become active in politics when the issue has a direct
effect on them
4)Campaigners
: those who like the activity & the controversial &
competitive nature of political campaigns
5)Communalists
: those who while being active voters avoid the combat &
controversy of partisan campaigns & are attractive to other kinds of
nonpartisan, non-controversial community activity.
6)Complete activists: those who get involved in all levels and kinds of activity.
establishes the formal organization of political parties
state laws
The primary purpose of county or senatorial district conventions is to
select delegates to the party state convention
most conflicts within republican party are over
goals and policies
Texas Republican intraparty coalitions believes most strongly in promoting conservative political ideology over winning elections
social conservatives
the party in the electorate is most accurately defined as
Those who identify w/ the political party and consider themselves members
who benfits most from the recent party realignment in TX
Republicans
In TX, the gov and lt gov are generally elected to office
Independent of one another
appointment of judges by governors are generally viewed as an attempt to fill courts with judges who
share the same political ideologies
Efforts by individuals to influence policies of the legislature and the executive branches is known as
lobbying
What is a political action comittee
group formed to soliciate funds/ for election purposes
recieve an email asking you to contact your representative...
indirect lobbying
Three candidates running in TX democratic primary for governor. XYZ
Run off between X and Y (top 2)
NOT a type of election in TX
Regional elections
Treasurer must submit regular expenditure reports for candidates
ethics commission
How long is early voting period in TX
2 weeks
Lesson learned from 2008 (Obama and Clinton)
Some advantages to having a late primary election date
Author
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143854
Card Set
POL CH 3
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Updated
3/27/2012, 4:15:59 AM
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