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County Chairperson
party leader in county, elected in the parties primary for a 2 year term
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County Convention
County party meeting to select delegates and adopt resolutions
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Local Election
elections conducted by local government to elect officials
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precint chairperson
party leader in a voting precint
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state party chairperson
party leader for the state
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state senatorial district convention
party meeting held when a county is a part of more than one senatorial district
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Sore loser law
law that prevents losers primary election can run as an independent in the general election
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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
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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
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Identify the 3 major shifts that can occur with political parties
- alignment
- dealignment
- realignment
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Who said "man is a political animal"
Aerostatle
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Reasons Texas has low voter turn out
- poll taxes
- womens suffrage
- white primaries
- property ownership
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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.
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establishes the formal organization of political parties
state laws
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The primary purpose of county or senatorial district conventions is to
select delegates to the party state convention
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most conflicts within republican party are over
goals and policies
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Texas Republican intraparty coalitions believes most strongly in promoting conservative political ideology over winning elections
social conservatives
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the party in the electorate is most accurately defined as
Those who identify w/ the political party and consider themselves members
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who benfits most from the recent party realignment in TX
Republicans
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In TX, the gov and lt gov are generally elected to office
Independent of one another
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appointment of judges by governors are generally viewed as an attempt to fill courts with judges who
share the same political ideologies
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Efforts by individuals to influence policies of the legislature and the executive branches is known as
lobbying
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What is a political action comittee
group formed to soliciate funds/ for election purposes
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recieve an email asking you to contact your representative...
indirect lobbying
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Three candidates running in TX democratic primary for governor. XYZ
Run off between X and Y (top 2)
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NOT a type of election in TX
Regional elections
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Treasurer must submit regular expenditure reports for candidates
ethics commission
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How long is early voting period in TX
2 weeks
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Lesson learned from 2008 (Obama and Clinton)
Some advantages to having a late primary election date
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