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Name the determining factors of a voter.

2. What are some transcending factors to the previous statement?

3. What are the seven acceptable forms of photo identification?

4. What are the legal qualifications to vote in Texas?

5. If someone is serving a misdemeanor sentence, can that person vote?

6. List some of the arguments for and against “voter ID” laws.

7. Define “voter turnout.”

8. What is the VAP?

9. What is VEP?

10. Is Texas’ voter turnout high, low, or in the middle?

11. In regards to the previous question, what are some reasons for it?

12. Discuss the moralistic, traditionalistic, and individualistic subcultures.

13. Is it legal for a voter to submit an incomplete ballot?

14. Define a primary.

15. If one wins the primary, the winner becomes the ____________.

16. What is the direct primary?

17. If a Party receives ________ % of the vote, it must hold a primary.

18. If a Party does not hold a primary, it must conduct a ________.

19. What finances the primaries?

20. In what instance does an indirect primary happen?

21. When does the Texas primary take place?

22. What is early voting and how long is it to take place?

23. Define the open and closed primaries. What does Texas have?

24. Define the majority rule?

25. If no majority exists in a primary, what happens?

26. In reference to the previous question’s answer, when does that take place?

27. As mentioned in the lectures, what are some ideas to improve voter turnout?

28. What is a special election?

29. What is crossover voting?

30. Can one “crossover vote” in a general election?

31. Define the Indiana Ballot and Massachusetts Ballot. Which one does Texas have?

32. What is straight-ticket voting and which ballot construction method encourages it?

33. What is split-ticket voting and which ballot construction method encourages it?

34. What is the way Parties secure ballot access for the next election? If not that way, how

do they get on the ballot?

35. Discuss the process to become a write-in candidate.

36. What is the Australian Ballot?

37. Discuss the recount process in Texas.

38. What are the general election campaign strategies as discussed in class and in the

lectures?

39. Discuss negative campaigningLandry GOVT 2306

40. Are there limits to how much an individual may donate to a candidate in Texas state

elections? What entity publishes such information?

41. Define a PAC.

42. In all of the money in political campaigns, where does it go?

43. Define “soft money” and “hard money.”

44. What is an independent expenditure?

45. Who gets elected in Texas?

46. Define a Political Party.

47. What are some of a Party’s functions?

48. What is meant by the “two Party system?”

49. Name the two major Parties in Texas/America.

50. What are the “pragmatic” Parties?

51. What are the “idealistic” Parties?

52. What are the differences between valence issues and position issues?

53. Define and explain decentralization.

54. Define in detail the Party history of Texas.

55. Remember the liberal, conservative, and moderate discussion? 😊😊

56. For what does the acronym RINO stand? What is meant by Blue Dog?

57. Discuss realignment. When did it last happen in Texas?

58. What is meant by dealignment?

59. Where are the stronghold areas of Republican support? Democratic support?

60. Between what two groups is the intraparty fight happening in the Republican Party?

61. “ “ Democratic Party?

62. Define Party platform.

63. What is the Democrats’ plan to win elections in Texas?

64. What is a “swing voter?”

65. Discuss the Temporary Party Organization.

66. Discuss the Permanent Party Organization.

67. How often do conventions happen in Texas? What are they purpose?

68. Define polarization.

69. Discuss the PIG, PO, and PIE.

70. Which of those is the least polarized?