Did advocates for Proposition 14, the Top Two primary, achieve their goals?

What will be an ideal response?


Varies. Students might answer that the results are mixed, or "yes and no." Advocates who wanted more participation by independents should be satisfied (votes of independents are counted), but the most important goal--a legislature full of moderates--has not been achieved. Although more Democrats have joined a moderate caucus, the legislature is dominated overall by Democrats who occupy the left-hand side of the ideological spectrum, and Republicans have been marginalized or sidelined.

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Don is an amateur hunter. He obtains a hunting license from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department which limits his hunting to within 500 acres of forest land. He pays $200 for the permit and $1,400 for a lifetime license

Which source of state revenue is best exemplified by the permits and licenses paid by Don? a. federal grant b. amusement tax c. dedicated fund d. nontax revenue

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Which court case ended segregation for Hispanics in public schools?

a. Mendez v. Westminster School District b. United States v. Hopkins c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka d. United States v. Mendez

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The power to formulate U.S. foreign policy officially belongs to _____

a. state governments b. the U.S. government c. local governments d. certain individual citizens with money and influence e. foreign governments

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Poorer countries generally receive most of their revenue from

A. income taxes. B. sales taxes. C. indirect taxes. D. regressive taxes.

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