The first Texas Constitution was written in 1836 after Texas gained independence from
A) Spain.
B) Great Britain.
C) Mexico.
D) United States.
Q. 2The process that provides for the nomination of a candidate based on an open election among all party members has empowered rank-and-file party members rather than party leaders to choose the party's nominees. This is referred to as ________.
A) general election preemption
B) general election screening process
C) direct primary election
D) local primary preference
E) straw vote
Q. 3The constitutions of the Texas Republic and first state constitutions are products of the
A) plantation culture of Anglo Protestant slaveholders.
B) ranchero culture of early European settlers.
C) creoles that descended from Spanish immigrants.
D) Native American Mestizos.
Q. 4The state and local party organizations tend to be influential in all of the following ways except ________.
A) nominating presidential candidates
B) organizing campaigns
C) providing partisan cues to voters
D) providing manpower for mass participation activities
E) financing local campaigns
Q. 5A constitution promotes _________if the general public agrees that the government has the right to govern its citizens.
A) order
B) authority
C) legitimacy
D) legality
Q. 6The central governing body of the two major American political parties, which oversee the conduct of presidential campaigns and develop strategies for congressional elections, is the _______.
A) politburo
B) national committee
C) presidential counsel
D) central bureau
E) Congress
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