Organization of individuals with broad, common interests who organize to win elections, to operate the government, and to thereby influence government policy.
What is a political party.
100
Conservatives typically identify with the __________ party.
What is Republican.
100
Demonstrations protesting the influence of big banks and Wall Street on American politics.
What is the Occupy Movement.
100
___________ was a movement in the 1950s which advocated limited government and participants considered themselves fiscal conservatives and social liberals.
What is the Shivercrat Movement.
100
Top two state-level leaders in the party.
Who are state chair and vice chair.
200
The U.S. Constitution says what about political parties?
What is nothing.
200
The degree to which Republicans become more conservative and Democrats become more liberal.
What is partisan polarization.
200
Electorate allowed to select representation from each political party in proportion to its percentage of the total vote.
What is Proportional Representation.
200
Houston's first African American mayor in 1997.
Who is Lee Brown.
200
The group responsible for governing a party's activities throughout the state.
What is the state executive committee.
300
Conservative Democrats who abandoned the national Democratic Party in the 1948 presidential election.
Who are Dixiecrats.
300
Political party formed in Texas in order to bring attention to the concerns of Mexican Americans.
What is the La Raza Party.
300
Conservative Democrats mostly from the South.
Who are Blue Dog Democrats.
300
Wealthy Latino businessman from South Texas who ran for governor in 2002.
Who is Tony Sanchez.
300
The most basic level of political organization at the local level.
What is the precinct.
400
A series of statements expressing the principles, beliefs, and positions of a candidate on election issues and a plan of action if they are elected is called.
What is a platform.
400
The introduction of individuals into the political culture; learning the underlying beliefs and values on which the political system is based.
What is political socialization.
400
1950s; Texas leaders of the pro-Stevenson liberal and loyalist Democrats.
Who are Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, and Ralph Yarborough.
400
First African American mayor in Dallas in 1995.
Who is Ron Kirk.
400
Party meeting held every two years to nominate candidates for statewide office.
What is the state convention.
500
Liberals typically identify with the ___________ party.
What is Democrat.
500
Electorate allowed to elect only one representative for each district.
What is a single-member district.
500
Former Railroad Commissioner who became the first black Republican elected to this statewide post.
Who is Michael Williams.
500
Meeting held by a political party to select delegates for the county convention and to submit resolutions to the party's state platform.