What are the elections in which Texans have opportunities to vote? When are the elections held and what is the nature of voter participation in them in terms of numbers of people voting and who votes? What are the implications of timing and participation?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Identify and explain primary elections, general elections, local elections, and special elections.
2. Identify when each of the types of elections is typically held.
3. Explain that turnout is highest in general elections for state and federal offices and can be very low in local and special elections.
4. Explain that voters in elections other than general elections for state and federal offices tend to be more ideological, have higher income, and are more educated than voters in general elections (and certainly more than the general population).
5. Explain that holding elections at different times can depress voter turnout because of voter fatigue.
6. Explain that patterns in turnout can lead to the nomination of extreme candidates for general elections and can create opportunities for greater influence by special interest groups.
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a. party image b. party allegiance c. party identification d. ideology
Compare the federal form of government to the Articles of Confederation
What will be an ideal response?
The concept of parental choice in public education deals with which of the following ideas?
a) allowing parents to choose which schools their children will attend, thus forcing schools to compete for students b) allowing parents to decide whether their children will be taught controversial subjects such as sex education and evolution c) limiting elections for school trustees to people who have school-age children d) allowing parents to decide by a majority vote what is going to be taught in their children's class. e) None of the above.
The Framers listed the powers of the legislature in the Constitution because they were afraid that the legislative branch would
A) ?stop being responsive to the people. B) ?become too powerful. C) ?become beholden to special interests. D) be manipulated by the other two branches. ? E) ?create unconstitutional laws.