Assignment:
1. Reference is the e-text, or paper text...please match the terms regarding political parties
- polling data is based on this aspect of Parties
- Rep. Senfronia Thompson filed for the role of Speaker of Texas House
- In 2020, party delegates and executive committees voted to nominate presidential candidates via Zoom
- a sector of a political party (ex. Trump Republican, conservative Democrat) is called
2. Which candidate's office is chosen/nominated by delegate convention?
- sheriff of Medina County
- U.S. congressman from the 4th Texas congressional district
- president of the United States
- governor of Texas
3. Which statement best depicts the effect of redistricting on representative democracy?
- Legislators represent the same number of Republicans and Democratic voters
- representation is mostly based on geographic cohesion
- representation is mostly based on the voting patterns of Texas residents
- gerrymandering is a legitimate method of forming districts
4. The difference between absentee ballot and mail-in ballot is?
- absentee is for people residing outside of their state
- mail-in ballots are issued to people who can't go to polls
- in some states there is no difference, as all ballots are mailed in
- in Texas mail-in ballots require doctors note
5 Unlike the US, most democratic governments have _______ political systems with _______.
- 2-party//direct representation
- Multi-party//proportional
- 2-party//direct representation
- multi-party//proportional representation
- independent party//single-member districts
- 2-party//single-member districts