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POLS Exam 3 Vocab

state govt for TX

TermDefinition
Eliza E Peterson supporting women's suffrage & prohibition
George Parr controlled a political machine in Duval county; could get the votes
Javier Villalobos Hispanic conservative Republican mayor of McAllen, TX
Andrew Jackson famous b/c helped build current democratic party through patronage
Dwight Eisenhower 1st Republican president from TX since Hoover; cross-filing occurred
Beto O'Rourke rain for US Senate; democrat; challenged Ted Cruz but lost w/ lots of funds lost too
Matt Rinaldi chairman of TX Republican Party
Gilberto Hinojosa chairman of TX Democratic Party
William Hobby past governor of TX; made deal w/ women to approve of women's suffrage if they gave him votes
Know Nothing Party was anti-immigration party in TX
Electoral Competition Model their view is that moving to the center gets you more votes; not true anymore, hard to get votes from both left & right side
Chronic Minority parties that never win
Texas & Closed Primary TX constitution says that TX has a closed primary
Equal Protection Clause requires that citizens be treated the same by state laws & state constitution
Wyoming Voting 1st state to allow women's voting
Texas Residency Requirement 30 days
Same-day Registration & Voting 15 states allow same-day voting
TEC Texas Ethics Commission; regulates lobbying in TX, doesn't do much
Texans for Public Justice public interest group, think they're helping the whole public
Free-rider problem when ppl benefit from laws even if they didn't do shit to support it
John Cornyn video based on a Jimmy Dean song called Big John
Early voting begins in TX 1988
Preference Primaries where voters or members of the party select who they like best but it's not binding (unlike real vote)
Wide-open-blanket Primary start Louisiana
Collecting voter signatures in TX stand outside Walmart
Casework work they do for the voters
TX & Poll Tax TX & Alabama didn't use it
Plurality Election winner is whoever gets most votes, not necessarily the majority
Allocation how many delegates a state pledges to a party
Second-order Elections the votes further down the ballot after the governor
Suffrage the legal right to vote
State w/ highest voter turnout Minnesota
Third house of legislature refers to the lobbyist
Solidarity benefits social interactions you get in a group; want to be around ppl who have similar beliefs
Disturbance Theory theory about group formation
Single-Issue Group only care about one issue (ex. pro choice or pro life)
PAC Political Action Committee; the fundraising group
Grassroots lobbying when a group mobilizes its members to contact members of the legislature
EDF Environmental Defense Fund; head is Fred Krupp (long time president)
Hyperpluralism a view today that there are too many groups
Revolving door of lobbyists most lobbyist came from either working for the govt or they were elected officials; now there are laws to prevent
Precinct Chair selected but ppl in the precinct; may disappear b/c of computers
Motor Voter Act originally known as the National Voter Registration Act
Carrington v Rash (1965) court case, dealt w/ military voters & where they were located
Collective goods benefits that got to everyone (ex. clean air)
Elon Musk moved Tesla to Austin from California
AARP American Association of Retired Persons; name is the acronym now, try to get ppl to join, lobby about social security
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