Why were legislative salaries set so low in Texas?
What will be an ideal response?
Texas legislative salaries were set low to discourage career politicians and to encourage legislators to finish their work quickly and return to their regular jobs.
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What do Texans feel is the benefit to electing their judges?
a. Judges will be more attentive to their voters than to politicians and special interest groups. b. Judges will be better qualified for the positions. c. They will be more aware who the judges are that hear their cases. d. They would be on equal footing with the executive and the legislature.
Although formally granted the right to vote by the Fifteenth Amendment, many Black Americans were still effectively disenfranchised by practices such as
a. literacy tests. b. white primaries. c. poll taxes. d. All of the above are true.
A sampling technique that is not widely generalizable, but can provide rich descriptions of a target population is ____________
A) purposive sampling B) convenience sampling C) snowball sampling D) quota sampling
The term PAC refers to
A) political action commissions. B) political access contributions. C) political action committees. D) private access contributions. E) private action campaigns.