Political Parties

Providing a label that helps voters identify those seeking office is an important function of

• the state

• political parties

• interest groups

• regional and subregional governments

The process by which political parties become more distant from each other in terms of ideology is

• partisan convergence

• partisan polarization

• partisan conventions

• partisan deliverance

All of the following groups constitute the Democrats Party base in Texas except

• business leaders

• Latinos

• African Americans

• urban residents

Which minority group is the fastest growing in Texas

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• Latinos

• All are growing equally

In the states of Texas, the highest level of temporary party organization is the

• state executive committee

• governor's convention

• civil executive committee

• state convention

Which of the following third parties and movements had the most success in winning elections in post World War II Texas

• La Raza Unida Party

• the Green Party

• the Constitution Party

• the Dixiecrats

The Shivercrat movement was

• a group of conservative Democrats in Texas who supported Eisenhower for president

• a group of liberal Democrats who supported equal rights for all Americans

• a group of conservative Republicans who rejected the Obama administration

• a group of liberal Republicans who rejected the Bush administration

In Texas, the Republican Party became the dominant party in

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

Blue Dog Democrats were

• southern Democrats with liberal views

• southern Democrats with conservative views

• northern Democrats with liberal views

• western Democrats with liberal views

Presidential Republicanism refers to which of the following

• Texans voting for Republican local candidates

• Texas voting for Republican presidents and Democrats for state offices

• Texans voting for Republican presidents and Republicans for state offices

• Texans voting for Democratic local candidates