MCQ Questions
Q.1.
______ gives incumbents a huge advantage.
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    Political parties
  • 0%
    Early registration
  • 0%
    Name recognition
  • 0%
    Redistricting
Q.2.
Who is the first Republican to become Texas governor since Reconstruction?
  • 0%
    Republicans
  • 0%
    Select leaders, authorize actions by government, and borrow money on behalf of government
  • 0%
    General
  • 0%
    William Clements
Q.3.
Women were NOT allowed to vote in _____ elections during 1918.
  • 0%
    Unconstitutional
  • 0%
    General
  • 0%
    Select leaders, authorize actions by government, and borrow money on behalf of government
  • 0%
    William Clements
Q.4.
Redistricting is highly _____ .
  • 0%
    Early registration
  • 0%
    partisan
  • 0%
    Redistricting
  • 0%
    ethnicity
Q.5.
The _____ Law has increased Voter turnout.
  • 0%
    Motor-Voter Law
  • 0%
    General
  • 0%
    Unconstitutional
  • 0%
    William Clements
Q.6.
Earlier restrictions in election on Women.
  • 0%
    1918 TX granted women right to vote in primary's/party conventions
  • 0%
    During even-numbered years that are not presidential election years
  • 0%
    1. Extensive travel2. Large # of media markets3. Require professionals4. Polling the large electorate is expensive
  • 0%
    Fill a vacancy, Give approval for government to borrow money
Q.7.
Preclearance is when the U.S. Department of Justice must _______.
  • 0%
    Approve new district lines to ensure voting rights of minorities are not being infringed
  • 0%
    Because it is recalculating how many congressional districts each state will receive based on the states population
  • 0%
    1. Print/electronic media2. Mailing3. Door to Door campaigning4. Speeches to small groups5. Telephone solicitation
  • 0%
    1. HIGH Requirements 2. Lack support of major party3. Lack organization4. Lack PARTY LABEL
Q.8.
_____ argued that the Voter ID law was necessary to prevent voter fraud.
  • 0%
    Redistricting
  • 0%
    Political parties
  • 0%
    Republicans
  • 0%
    Name recognition
Q.9.
Although the 19th amendment was ratified ______ women were not fully enfranchised.
  • 0%
    office
  • 0%
    general
  • 0%
    Allow people to register to vote when they apply for a drivers license
  • 0%
    NON WHITE
Q.10.
Texas has a ______ primary.
  • 0%
    1. Early Registration2. Property Ownership3. Residency requirements
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    Voter
  • 0%
    Closed
Q.11.
______ expenses account for the most significant campaign investments.
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    Name recognition
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    Media
  • 0%
    Political parties
Q.12.
Early Voting had _____ effect on Voter turnout.
  • 0%
    Labor Day
  • 0%
    little
  • 0%
    primary
  • 0%
    Early registration
Q.13.
Reapportionment in Texas
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    1. 18yrs old2. U.S. citizen3. Texas resident for 30 days4. County resident for 30 days
  • 0%
    Every 10 years, TX must go through the process of reapportionment
  • 0%
    Voters select their party's candidate for a general election
  • 0%
    During even-numbered years that are not presidential election years
Q.14.
Primary elections are held to select a party's candidate for the _______ election.
  • 0%
    label
  • 0%
    Lieutenant governor
  • 0%
    NON WHITE
  • 0%
    general
Q.15.
4 Reasons why it is unusual for Independents to run for office in Texas?
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    1. Early Registration2. Property Ownership3. Residency requirements
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    1. Extensive travel2. Large # of media markets3. Require professionals4. Polling the large electorate is expensive
  • 0%
    1. Take the redistricting process out of the hands of the legislature2. Create an independent commission that would draw the lines
  • 0%
    1. HIGH Requirements 2. Lack support of major party3. Lack organization4. Lack PARTY LABEL
Q.16.
In 1944, the Court ruled white primaries _________.
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    1. Current convicted felons2. Mentally ill
  • 0%
    Republicans
  • 0%
    Unconstitutional
  • 0%
    William Clements
Q.17.
Texas was the first southern state to ratify the _____ amendment.
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    1st Tuesday
  • 0%
    Select leaders, authorize actions by government, and borrow money on behalf of government
  • 0%
    19th
  • 0%
    Unconstitutional
Q.18.
The procedure by which certain states, such as Texas, are required to obtain approval every time they make changes to districts is called _______.
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    Income and Education
  • 0%
    Preclearance
  • 0%
    Labor Day
  • 0%
    Distinguished
Q.19.
___% of states voting age population is registered to vote.
  • 0%
    little
  • 0%
    Media
  • 0%
    70%
  • 0%
    50%
Q.20.
What (4) types of elections are found in Texas?
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    Because it is recalculating how many congressional districts each state will receive based on the states population
  • 0%
    -General-Primary-Special-Runoff
  • 0%
    Carole Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman
  • 0%
    1. Early Registration2. Property Ownership3. Residency requirements
Q.21.
Low Texas voting rates can be attributed to the _______ elections.
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    Closed/ open
  • 0%
    HIGH NUMBER
  • 0%
    Redistricting
Q.22.
Candidates are responsible for _______, running the campaign, and ________.
  • 0%
    National elections
  • 0%
    Political parties
  • 0%
    Campaign strategy and raising funds
  • 0%
    1918 TX granted women right to vote in primary's/party conventions
Q.23.
Earlier restrictions in 1919 on voting.
  • 0%
    Name recognition
  • 0%
    Redistricting
  • 0%
    2nd Tuesday in MARCH
  • 0%
    Texas ratifies 19th amendment
Q.24.
2 groups who CANNOT VOTE
  • 0%
    1. Current convicted felons2. Mentally ill
  • 0%
    Will make it harder for those with lower incomes, students, and the elderly to vote
  • 0%
    General
  • 0%
    Motor-Voter Law
Q.25.
Voting Rights act of 1965 ensured that ______ were not discriminated against at polls.
  • 0%
    African Americans
  • 0%
    Polling public opinion
  • 0%
    off years
  • 0%
    National elections
Q.26.
Officially, Texas primaries are considered _____, but they operate as a ________ primary.
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    Closed/ open
  • 0%
    cast ballots
  • 0%
    Preclearance
Q.27.
After Reapportionment occurs in Texas, _______ occurs.
  • 0%
    unconstitutional
  • 0%
    Political parties
  • 0%
    1. Income 2. Education
  • 0%
    Redistricting
Q.28.
Political campaigns are candidates efforts to win _____ support.
  • 0%
    Distinguished
  • 0%
    Political parties
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    Voter
Q.29.
Why are major state officials elected in off years?
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    Person to show photo ID in order to vote
  • 0%
    Will make it harder for those with lower incomes, students, and the elderly to vote
  • 0%
    19th
  • 0%
    To limit influence of nationals elections on state elections
Q.30.
Majority party uses redistricting to ____ by creating as many friendly districts as it can.
  • 0%
    Closed/ open
  • 0%
    retain power
  • 0%
    label
  • 0%
    Lieutenant governor
Q.31.
Public opinion
  • 0%
    Attitudes that people have about issues, events, elected officials, politics, and policy
  • 0%
    To prohibit blacks from voting in the Democratic party
  • 0%
    Voters select their party's candidate for a general election
  • 0%
    1. Take the redistricting process out of the hands of the legislature2. Create an independent commission that would draw the lines
Q.32.
Public opinion is highly variable based on ______.
  • 0%
    primary
  • 0%
    Redistricting
  • 0%
    ethnicity
  • 0%
    Labor Day
Q.33.
The most costly item for most political campaigns is ______.
  • 0%
    Media
  • 0%
    Redistricting
  • 0%
    LOWEST
  • 0%
    70%
Q.34.
Incumbency
  • 0%
    The poll tax restricted the participation of poor people in the general election
  • 0%
    Voters select their party's candidate for a general election
  • 0%
    Every 10 years, TX must go through the process of reapportionment
  • 0%
    Holding the political office for which one is running
Q.35.
The traditional start of the campaign season is _______.
  • 0%
    Labor Day
  • 0%
    Preclearance
  • 0%
    LOWEST
  • 0%
    Income and Education
Q.36.
The first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of even-numbered years is the day for which election?
  • 0%
    William Clements
  • 0%
    General election
  • 0%
    Unconstitutional
  • 0%
    General
Q.37.
Redistricting is when legislature __________.
  • 0%
    1. 18yrs old2. U.S. citizen3. Texas resident for 30 days4. County resident for 30 days
  • 0%
    The poll tax restricted the participation of poor people in the general election
  • 0%
    During even-numbered years that are not presidential election years
  • 0%
    Draws new congressional districts to comply with the changes in the overall # of seats allowed in the state
Q.38.
Texas used poll tax in _____ elections until 1966.
  • 0%
    The lack of emphasis on state issues
  • 0%
    One vote
  • 0%
    Redistricting
  • 0%
    State
Q.39.
2 solutions to avoid problems with redistricting?
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    1. Take the redistricting process out of the hands of the legislature2. Create an independent commission that would draw the lines
  • 0%
    1. Extensive travel2. Large # of media markets3. Require professionals4. Polling the large electorate is expensive
  • 0%
    1. Print/electronic media2. Mailing3. Door to Door campaigning4. Speeches to small groups5. Telephone solicitation
  • 0%
    1. Income 2. Education
Q.40.
What type of election is NOT the type of election found in Texas?
  • 0%
    Distinguished
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    HIGH NUMBER
  • 0%
    Redistricting
Q.41.
Early Registration required voters to _______.
  • 0%
    Register nine months before the general election
  • 0%
    State
  • 0%
    State tax imposed on voters for registration
  • 0%
    Person to show photo ID in order to vote
Q.42.
One effect of the high cost of campaigns in TX is that candidates are often very wealthy individuals willing to ________.
  • 0%
    Fill a vacancy, Give approval for government to borrow money
  • 0%
    Use their own money in campaigns
  • 0%
    Carole Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman
  • 0%
    -General-Primary-Special-Runoff
Q.43.
Texas also limited minority voting by _______.
  • 0%
    unconstitutional
  • 0%
    Early registration
  • 0%
    National elections
  • 0%
    HIGH NUMBER
Q.44.
However in 2006, two independent candidates named ____ and ______ got on the ballot.
  • 0%
    -General-Primary-Special-Runoff
  • 0%
    Fill a vacancy, Give approval for government to borrow money
  • 0%
    Carole Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman
  • 0%
    Use their own money in campaigns
Q.45.
3 ways Texas limited minority voting
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    1. HIGH Requirements 2. Lack support of major party3. Lack organization4. Lack PARTY LABEL
  • 0%
    1918 TX granted women right to vote in primary's/party conventions
  • 0%
    1. Early Registration2. Property Ownership3. Residency requirements
  • 0%
    1. Print/electronic media2. Mailing3. Door to Door campaigning4. Speeches to small groups5. Telephone solicitation
Q.46.
Unusual for _____ to run for office in Texas.
  • 0%
    Republicans
  • 0%
    ethnicity
  • 0%
    Income and Education
  • 0%
    Independents
Q.47.
The ______ was the only real election that mattered.
  • 0%
    ethnicity
  • 0%
    partisan
  • 0%
    primary
  • 0%
    Labor Day
Q.48.
White primary
  • 0%
    Carole Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman
  • 0%
    Voters select their party's candidate for a general election
  • 0%
    Holding the political office for which one is running
  • 0%
    Only white voters can participate
Q.49.
Primary elections are held the _____ Tuesday in March.
  • 0%
    Polling public opinion
  • 0%
    2nd Tuesday in MARCH
  • 0%
    unconstitutional
  • 0%
    Early registration
Q.50.
Major benefit of party affiliation for a Texas candidate is the ________ it provides.
  • 0%
    single
  • 0%
    NON WHITE
  • 0%
    retain power
  • 0%
    label
Q.51.
Under Contemporary Barriers to Voting, city council members are being elected at large rather than from a ______ member district.
  • 0%
    African Americans
  • 0%
    off years
  • 0%
    single
  • 0%
    general
Q.52.
Runoff primary is held the _______.
  • 0%
    2nd Tuesday in April
  • 0%
    Name recognition
  • 0%
    1. Reduced # of polling places2. Intimidated voters3. Misleading info to voters4. Not updated voting machines
  • 0%
    partisan
Q.53.
Texas voter participation is among the ______ in the nation.
  • 0%
    overloaded
  • 0%
    little
  • 0%
    LOWEST
  • 0%
    HIGH NUMBER
Q.54.
Primary election
  • 0%
    Voters select their party's candidate for a general election
  • 0%
    Holding the political office for which one is running
  • 0%
    1. 18yrs old2. U.S. citizen3. Texas resident for 30 days4. County resident for 30 days
  • 0%
    1. Early Registration2. Property Ownership3. Residency requirements
Q.55.
________ DO NOT have a major role in running political campaigns.
  • 0%
    Polling public opinion
  • 0%
    Political parties
  • 0%
    unconstitutional
  • 0%
    Republicans
Q.56.
General elections determine who is elected to ______.
  • 0%
    NON WHITE
  • 0%
    label
  • 0%
    office
  • 0%
    off years
Q.57.
Democrats claimed that the voter ID law ________.
  • 0%
    Register nine months before the general election
  • 0%
    One vote
  • 0%
    Will make it harder for those with lower incomes, students, and the elderly to vote
  • 0%
    Republicans
Q.58.
When are gubernatorial elections held?
  • 0%
    During even-numbered years that are not presidential election years
  • 0%
    Because it is recalculating how many congressional districts each state will receive based on the states population
  • 0%
    1. Reduced # of polling places2. Intimidated voters3. Misleading info to voters4. Not updated voting machines
  • 0%
    -General-Primary-Special-Runoff
Q.59.
How much was the poll tax? (in relation to farm workers)
  • 0%
    Carole Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman
  • 0%
    $1.50-1.75 OR several days of farm workers wages
  • 0%
    Use their own money in campaigns
  • 0%
    1. Take the redistricting process out of the hands of the legislature2. Create an independent commission that would draw the lines
Q.60.
The two most important factors in determining whether someone will vote are ______ and _________.
  • 0%
    unconstitutional
  • 0%
    Income and Education
  • 0%
    Independents
  • 0%
    Distinguished
Q.61.
Politicians/interest groups try to influence, manipulate, or manage the opinions of citizens by _______.
  • 0%
    unconstitutional
  • 0%
    1. Income 2. Education
  • 0%
    Polling public opinion
  • 0%
    Income and Education
Q.62.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act states changes to election procedures must go through the process of _______.
  • 0%
    Preclearance
  • 0%
    cast ballots
  • 0%
    Republicans
  • 0%
    Distinguished
Q.63.
Elections are the mechanisms people use to _____, _______, and _________.
  • 0%
    Select leaders, authorize actions by government, and borrow money on behalf of government
  • 0%
    Register nine months before the general election
  • 0%
    General election
  • 0%
    William Clements
Q.64.
In most elections, fewer that ____% of U.S. citizens vote.
  • 0%
    Media
  • 0%
    Fill a vacancy, Give approval for government to borrow money
  • 0%
    50%
  • 0%
    ethnicity