TX Chapter 9

Question 1

County chair

Answer 1

Party official elected in each county to organize and support the party

Question 2

County executive committee

Answer 2

Committee made up of a county chair and all precinct chairs in the county; serves as the official organization for the party in each county

Question 3

Party de-alignment

Answer 3

View that holds that a growing number of voters and candidates do not identify with either major political party but are independent

Question 4

Party ideology

Answer 4

Basic belief system that guides the party

Question 5

Permanent party organization

Answer 5

Series of elected officials of a political party that keep the party organization active between elections

Question 6

Political parties

Answer 6

Organizations that act as an intermediary between the people and government with the goal of getting their members elected to public office

Question 7

Precinct chair

Answer 7

Party official elected in each voting precinct to organize and support the party

Question 8

Presidential preference primary

Answer 8

Elections held every four years by political parties to determine the preferences of voters for presidential candidates

Question 9

Raza Unida

Answer 9

Minor party that supported election of Mexican Americans in Texas in the 1970s

Question 10

State executive committee

Answer 10

Committee made up of one man and one woman elected from each state senatorial district that functions as the governing body of the party

Question 11

State party chair

Answer 11

Heads the state executive committee and provides leadership for the party

Question 12

Straight ticket voting

Answer 12

Casting all your votes for candidates of one party

Question 13

Temporary party organization

Answer 13

Series of meeting or conventions that occur every two years at the precinct county, and state levels