Review Questions Test 2 PDF

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This document is a set of review questions on Texas government. It includes questions about voting rights, court cases, and political parties. The questions cover a range of topics related to the election system in Texas.

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**Review Questions Test 2:** **[[https://quizlet.com/775289990/test-2-for-texas-government-flash-cards/]](https://quizlet.com/775289990/test-2-for-texas-government-flash-cards/)** **Inoculation ad: ???** **1. Who tends to vote more frequently?** - **2. Which Constitutional Amendments deal wi...

**Review Questions Test 2:** **[[https://quizlet.com/775289990/test-2-for-texas-government-flash-cards/]](https://quizlet.com/775289990/test-2-for-texas-government-flash-cards/)** **Inoculation ad: ???** **1. Who tends to vote more frequently?** - **2. Which Constitutional Amendments deal with the expanding the rights of individuals to vote?** - **3. Which Supreme Court case declared grandfather clause unconstitutional?** - **4. Identify the Amendments that gave women the right to vote?** - **5. What means did the federal government used to bring about universal suffrage?** - - - **6. Which Supreme Court case allows Texas to use state-issued photo IDs in it elections?** - **7. What are the provisions of SB5 passed by the Texas Legislature in 2018?** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **8. Name the 2 federal court cases that forced the Texas Legislature to introduce SB5?** - **9. What is Rank Choice voting?** - **10. How does a voter decide how to cast his/her vote in an election?** 1. - 2. - 3. - **11. Why do people fail to vote?** 1. 2. 3. **12. What are the reasons for low voter-turnout in Texas?** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. **13. In what reason election year, the use of early voting and voting by mail was the highest?** - **14. How does a candidate win the primary election in Texas?** - - **15. What is a general election, when it is held, how a candidate wins it?** 1. 2. 3. **16. What is a political party?** - **17. What are the characteristics of American political parties?** - - - - **18. At what level, local, state, or national, American political parties are unified?** - **19. What are examples of temporary party organisation?** - - - **20. How are party officials are chosen at the precinct, county, and state levels?** - - - **21. Who is the chair of Texas Republican Party and the chair of Texas Democratic Party?** - - **22. Who chooses the 64 members of each party's State Executive Committee in Texas?** - **23. When is each party's Precinct Convention held?** - - **24. What are the functions of delegates who attend each party's State Party Convention during the Presidential Election year?** - **25. At which level of party convention, delegates finalize and adopt State Party Platform?** - **26. Where does one find political parties?** - **27. Name the parties that occasionally challenged the Texas Democratic Party in the nineteenth century?** - - **28. What are the reasons why the Democratic Party remained the dominant party in Texas from the Civil War to the 1980s?** - - - - **29. Name the first Texas Republican who won a state-wide election since the Civil War?** - **30. Name the first Republican presidential nominee who won the popular vote when the Democratic Party was the dominant party in Texas?** - **31. Why did the Texas Democratic Party lose control of politics in the early 1990s?** - - - - - - - - **32. Who realign themselves behind the Republican Party?** - **33. How many Republicans are part of Texas 36 congressional delegation, how many Republicans in the Texas State Senate, and when Republicans have had majority the House Chamber of the Texas Legislature?** 1. 2. 3. **34 Who are the allies of the Texas Democratic Party?** - **35. Which groups are allied with the Republican Party?** - **36. Name an example of ideological party?** - **37. Which ideology is embraced by the Republican Party and which by the Democratic Party?** - - **38. Why do Third Parties fail to win an election?** - - - - - **39. If Third Parties fail to win an election then why they exist?** - - - - **40. Name the Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate of 2020 Presidential Election?** - **41. What are interest groups and why do did exist?** - **42. Texas League of Women Voters is an example of kind of interest group?** - **43. Which technique is most frequently used by interest group?** - - - - **44. What are examples of inside strategies used by interest groups?** - - - - **45. Which state led the nation in terms of ex-legislators registered as lobbyists?** - **46. Name the interest group that sponsored the case of Johnson v. Dallas, Texas?** - **47. What is Amicus Curiae brief?** - - **48. What is iron-triangle?** - **49. How much can an individual can contribute to federal candidates per election?** - **50. Who do Texas voters nominate in their respective primary elections Presidential Primaries?** -

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