Open Primary

What will be an ideal response?


Election in which voters can choose to vote for potential nominees from their own party or those from the other major political party.

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Texans resist change in the judicial system because they ______.

a. like the current system b. trust elected judges c. want judges to be close to corporate interests d. distrust government

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Texas economic region with the largest oil refining capacity in the U.S.

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Incumbent members of Congress have the ability to be more responsive to their districts today than in the past because of all of the following EXCEPT

A) improved transportation. B) survey research. C) the Internet. D) e-mail. E) they have less staff.

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Following the election of Thomas Jefferson, the federal bureaucracy became a self-maintaining, long-term element within government because

A) the president and members of Congress were more focused on defending the borders of the United States. B) no changes in most office holders took place for 25 years. C) Jefferson initiated binding legislation that ensured their loyalty and longevity. D) the states had relinquished all power to the federal government and a strong bureaucracy was necessary to manage it. E) the Constitution stated that the bureaucracy needed to be established by 1802.

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