The primary task of a precinct convention is to :

The primary task of a precinct convention is to
 
  A) create local rules for primary elections. B) select local candidates for the general election. C) select delegates to the state convention. D) select delegates to the county or senatorial district conventions. E) organize grassroots support for presidential candidates.

 Q. 2

What establishes the formal organization of political parties?
 
  A) State law B) The U.S. Constitution C) Federal law D) Common law E) The governor's office

 Q. 3

A political party meeting held at the polling places following the conclusion of the primary election for the purpose of selecting delegates to the county convention and adopting resolutions is known as the
 
  A) first tier party convention. B) precinct convention. C) caucus meeting. D) platform convention. E) election selection convention.

 Q. 4

What is the gross state product?
 
  a) total value of goods and services produced in a state in a year
  b) total value of products a state imports in a year
  c) total value of oil and gas exports in a year
  d) economic growth rate of a state compared to the entire nation
  e) total number of high school graduates in a state who enter college in a year

 Q. 5

While interest groups developed slowly in Texas, they proliferated
 
  A) when Texas was annexed as a state. B) after the Republican Party was formed in Texas. C) after the election of Franklin Roosevelt as president. D) after World War II. E) in the 1960s.

 Q. 6

Compared to the population of the nation as a whole, the population of Texas is
 
  a) increasing more slowly.
  b) increasing more rapidly.
  c) aging faster.
  d) becoming more educated.
  e) becoming wealthier.

 Q. 7

Who dominated Texas politics from a period immediately following Reconstruction until the latter part of the twentieth century?
 
  A) Prohibitionists B) Libertarians C) E.J. Davis D) The Democratic Party E) The Republican Party

 Q. 8

According to Professor Daniel Elazar, what type of political culture does Texas have?
 
  a) moralistic
  b) a combination of moralistic and traditionalistic
  c) a combination of moralistic and individualistic
  d) a combination of traditionalistic and individualistic
  e) anarchistic