Which of the following is not a plank of the 2010 Texas Democratic Party platform?
a. National sales tax
b. Government provided multi-language instruction for children not fluent in English
c. Increased minimum wage
d. Abortion rights
e. A 100 percent equitable school finance system
Q. 2Which of the following is NOT true regarding clean money?
a. One major idea behind clean money laws is to make sure candidates are not beholden to their donors.
b. Nearly all states began enacting clean money policies at the start of 2000.
c. Legislative candidates have been found to spend less time raising money in states with public financing ofcampaigns.
d. Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota with the help of public campaign funds.
Q. 3Most delegates to the two parties' national conventions are chosen by
a. county conventions.
b. a presidential preference primary.
c. each party's state executive committee.
d. the state convention.
e. senatorial district conventions.
Q. 4One influential theory predicts that in single-member districts
a. all candidates seeking that office will have to take policy positions near the center of the political spectrum.
b. interest groups and political activists will fight hard to make the district a multimember district.
c. more ideological extremism will occur.
d. candidates will fail to appeal to the median voter.
Q. 5All but which of the following is a major function of the state convention?
a. Electing state party officers
b. Adopting a party platform
c. Selecting candidates to run in the political party primaries
d. Choosing the state executive committee
e. In election years, electing some delegates to the national party convention
Q. 6In 2011, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled 54 that part of the public campaign finance law of _____ was unconstitutional because it forced privately funded candidates to restrain their spending or risk triggering additional public funds for their opponent.
a. California
b. New York
c. Ohio
d. Arizona
Q. 7If contending political factions at a precinct convention are evenly divided and reach an unbridgeable disagreement or believe a grave injustice was done in running the convention, one group may stage a walkout and hold a
a. county convention.
b. senatorial district convention.
c. runoff primary.
d. rump convention.
e. conservative caucus.
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