Unit 2 exam
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-Which of the following is the closest to the percentage of eligible voters that were registered to vote in
Texas in 2018?
about half.
-Which of the following has not been used in Texas?
literacy test?
-The percentage of eligible citizens (VEP) In Texas in 2022 was:
well below the average.
-What factors contribute to the lower participation levels of minorities in Texas?
all of the others.
(Other answers. Lower incomes, less interest in campaign lower education levels.)
-Campaigning in Texas is expensive because:
all of the others. (Other answers Texas statewide races are competitive. Texas has numerous media
markets. Texas is highly populated.)
-In the summer of 2021, a majority of the Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives:
Left the state.
-Which campaign strategy focuses on social issues and is often used by social conservatives (Also called
bedroom Republicans) who built their campaigns around abortion in school prayer.
moral leaders.
-Which expansion of suffrage (The right to vote), were expected to help Democrats.
all of the others (other answers. Expansion of women's expansion to non landholders.Expansion to
minorities in the 1960s.)
-The white primary.
was used in some of the form in Texas until the 1950s.
-Which of the following methods of participation has the greatest potential benefit?
running for office.
-Campaign contributions and expedite expenditures and taxes are reported to.
The Texas Ethics Commission.
-A look at the elections to the US Senate from Texas since 1960 suggests that.
the state is becoming more Republican.
-According to your notes, what factor is best predictor of which candidate will win a primary election in
Texas?
Answer name recognition.
-A competitive party system has what effect on citizen political participation.
increases voter turn out.
-In 2021, the Texas Legislature passed which of the following changes to their voting laws.
Ban on drive through voting.
-Campaigning, in which candidates attacked the character of their opponent.
Has been increasingly employed in contemporary campaigns
-Which of the following helped make the right for minorities to vote de facto in the United States and
Texas?
the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
-What kind of campaign assistance can an interest group or political Action Committee legally offer a
candidate?
all others (other answers. People (Volunteers) Financial support.
-Which of the following increases the number of people eligible to vote in Texas?
All of the others.(Other answers, elimination of land owning requirements in mid 1800s. The 19th
amendment of the US Constitution and the Emancipation Proclamation.)
-In what way is the typical voter different from the average Texan answer?
Better educated.
-Which of the following is not considered a component of the modern political campaign, according to
your notes?
media.
-A ____________is an election held within a party to nominate candidates for the general election or to
choose delegates to a presidential nominating conviction.
primary
-Increasing the convenience of voting in Texas even further:
is not a desired it's not desired by officials because a fear of fraud.
-Runoff primaries are generally considered:
Discriminatory towards African Americans and other minority candidates.
-which of the following Texans is most likely to vote? a wealthy person
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