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| Organizations that act as intermediary between the people and government with the goal of getting their members elected to public office |
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| Basic belief system that guides the party |
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| view that holds that a growing number of voters and candidates do not identify with either major political party but are independents. |
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| casting all of your votes for candidates of one party |
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| minority party thats supported election of mexican americans in texas in the 1970's |
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| Permanent party organization |
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| series elected officials of a political party that keep the party organization active between elections |
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| party official elected in each voting precint to organize and support the party |
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| party official elected in each county to organize and support the party |
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| county executive committee |
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| commitee made up of a county chair and all precinct chair and all prcinct chairs in the county; serves as the official organization for the party in each county |
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| commitee made up of one man and one woman elected from each state senatorial district that functions as the party governing body of the party |
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| heads the state executive committee and provides leadership for the party |
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| temporary party organization |
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| series of meetings or conventions that occur everywhere meetings or conventions that occur everywhere two years at the precinct,county,and state levels. |
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| presidential performance primary |
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| Elections held every four years by political parties to determine the prefrences of voters for presidential candidate. |
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The U.S. does not have strong national parties; it has 50 state party systems. |
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| Texans elect __ state senators and __ represenitatives to the state legislature. |
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The Republican party hasn't gained strength in the past 50 years. |
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| The politics and government were dominated by which two men? |
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| Sam Houston;Mirabeau Buonaparte |
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| Sam Houston represented Texas in the U.S. senate from ___ to ___ and served as governor from __ to __ as a union democrat. |
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From the End of Reconstruction in Texas in 1874 until the 1960's,Texas was a one-party Democratic state. |
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| What was the name of the group that were candidates for both political parties in 1952? |
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| Who was elected in a 1961 special election? |
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The election of Bill Clements as governor in 1978 marked the real beginning of two party politics in Texas. |
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In 1983, John Tower announced that he would seek reelection to the U.S. senate in 1984. |
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| How many seats did Republicans capture on the 1994 Rail Road commission? |
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| The two main factions for the Republican party are the ___ ___ ____ and the ___ ____ ____. |
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| business value conservatives; social value conservatives. |
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Media campaigning hasn't contributed to the increased independence of candidates, increased split-ticket voting, and thedecreased strength of parties. |
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| Traditional political party functions are sometimes described as ___-___ ____. |
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Candatite rallies were staged so they could be filmed and edited to meet the needs of Television. |
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| The secret or ________ ballot began to be introduced in different states int the 1870's. |
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| In the progressive era, a further reform that had far-reaching consequences was the introduction of the _____ _______. |
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| Third parties must spend large amounts of money merely to qualify their ____ for the ballot. |
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Third party candidates have won the U.S. presidensy or Texas Governorship. |
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| The ____ ____ _____ decides many aspects of party activity, especially the conduct of primary elections. |
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| What does the precint chair that acts as temporary chair at the convention do? |
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| sees that attendees have voted,calls meeting to order,directs the election of permanent officers |
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