front 1 Temporary Party Organization | back 1 Exists for a short time and has several levels of conventions |
front 2 Permanent Party Organization | back 2 The part of the party that works all year round at party building |
front 3 2 Factions of the Republican Party | back 3 Pragmatists and Ideologues |
front 4 Institutional Support Activities | back 4 Includes fund raising, mobilization programs, public opinion polls, issue leadership and a printed newsletter |
front 5 Candidate Centered Activities | back 5 Candidate contributions, candidate recruitig, convention delegate selection, and pre-primary endorsements |
front 6 Party in the electorate | back 6 A group of people who identify with a party and consider themseleves members. |
front 7 Straight ticket voting | back 7 Voting the whole ballot for all candidates of one party |
front 8 De-alignment | back 8 Party ties are weakening |
front 9 Party in Government | back 9 The party mechanism for co-operation between government branches |
front 10 5 types of interest groups | back 10 Business groups and trade associations, professional associations, union groups, ethnic and racial groups, and public interest groups |
front 11 2 ways to lobby the legislature | back 11 Direct lobbying (contacting the legislatures themselves) & indirect lobbying ( also known as gras roots lobbying) |
front 12 Texas Ethics Commission | back 12 The body who oversees the lobbyists in Texas |
front 13 Grass roots lobbying | back 13 Lobbying by activating members to contact their legislators and launching an advertising campaign |
front 14 Political Action Committees | back 14 Groups formed to solicit and use funds to elect or defeat candidates. |
front 15 Terrill Election Law | back 15 Passed to require both state party primaries and state convention choose party nominees |
front 16 Special Elections | back 16 Elections held at any time other than regular/general elections |
front 17 General Elections | back 17 The elections in which the winer of the election takes the seat they are running for |
front 18 local elections | back 18 all but the Mayoral race are non-partisan elections |
front 19 3 M's of campaigning | back 19 Money, media, and marketing |
front 20 Texas Campaign Finance Legislation | back 20 Has been reactive (happening after a problem arises) rather than proactive (happening before a problem) |
front 21 Benchmark poll | back 21 First poll taken to gauge the public and helps design the theme and advertising the candidate's image |
front 22 2 decisions for voters in an election | back 22 Do I vote? If so, for whom? |
front 23 Revenue bills start | back 23 Only in the House of Representatives Chamber |
front 24 Impeachment Starts | back 24 Only in the Senate Chamber |
front 25 TX constitution Article 3 | back 25 Covers the legislative branch of the TX government |
front 26 Amendment for military absense of a legislator | back 26 Allows for the legislator to appoint a qualified temporary replacement in their absence |
front 27 Pay level of TX legislators | back 27 Is much lower than the average in other states |
front 28 Who can call a special session | back 28 Only the governor |
front 29 Redistricting | back 29 Changing the district lines to equalize the population in each district |
front 30 Gerrymandering | back 30 Drawing district lines to either add or take away power of a particular group |
front 31 New Mexico in 2003 | back 31 Where the democrats fled to avoid having to vote |
front 32 Liberally centered | back 32 Democratic party in TX |
front 33 Conservatively centered | back 33 Republican party in TX |
front 34 Lieutaenant Governor | back 34 Also is the senate president in the legislature |
front 35 Commmittees | back 35 Subunits of the legislature appointed to work on designated subjects |
front 36 Legislative Party caucus | back 36 A legislative organization whose members are all of the same party |
front 37 Speaker's Lieutenants | back 37 Legislators who assist the Speaker of the House in leading the House of Representatives Chamber |
front 38 House Study Group-House Research Organization | back 38 Stated out by democrats in the legislature as the House Study Group and changed to be available to all Legislators and changed the name to the House Research Organization |
front 39 Bill | back 39 A proposed law introduced into the legislature |
front 40 Reading of a bill | back 40 In both chambers, a bill must be read 3 times before a final passage vote can be taken |
front 41 Filibuster | back 41 The term for a legislator talking for an extended amount of time to avoid a vote on a particular bill |
front 42 Enrolled | back 42 The term for a bill that has been passed in the legislature and is awaiting action by the governor |
front 43 Deficit spending | back 43 Spending more than is available in the budget to spend |
front 44 Budget execution authority | back 44 The power of TX leadership to move money from one program or agency to another |
front 45 Conference committee | back 45 The joint committee made up of 5 senators appointed by the Senate President and 5 House members appointed by the speaker of the house to compromise on a bill before going to a final vote. |
front 46 Joint resolution | back 46 Term for a proposal to ratify or amend the constitution |
front 47 Delegates for county level conventions | back 47 The number is chosen based on the number of votes for the party's most recent candidate for governor |
front 48 Permanent party independent or dependent | back 48 They interact with one another but are each independent units of the party |
front 49 Chair and vice chair state convention opposite sex only | back 49 1 must be male and the other must be female |
front 50 Choice in public hearings or private meetings | back 50 can only happen in the House, the Senate must have public hearings on ALL bills |
front 51 3 components of State Political Parties | back 51 Party Organization, party in the electorate, and party in government. |