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TEST II - Chapters 10, 13, 11, 12, and 5

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Per your Syllabus your Multiple Choice Questions are taken in the Testing Center. Remember to take a Scantron to the Testing Center and to put your answers on the Test AND on the Scantron. These must be taken by the time the Testing Center closes on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

II. ESSAYS

Please save this document to your computer, type your answers onto the document under ANSWER, save it, and upload it to BlackBoard under Test 1. Your essays are due on BlackBoard by the end of the day on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

You MUST use complete sentences or you will lose points. Answers should be at least one paragraph each.

Chapter 10 - The Party System in Texas

1. We took the the Political Typology Quiz done by the Pew Research Center. In class I picked the top answer each time and we saw where that fictional person would fall on the voting spectrum. Take the quiz for yourself and let me know what you learned - you do not need to tell me where you fall on the political spectrum but let me know what you learned (i.e. whether any issues stood out to you as being more or less important to you, you were surprised to learn certain things about your beliefs, etc.) and explain.

2. What did you learn from the forming a political party exercise? Fully explain.

Chapter 13 - Interest Groups and Political Power in Texas

3. What did you learn from the forming an interest group exercise? Fully explain. Then go to "projectvotesmart" and search under interest groups - or another website that interests you to research interest groups. Find an interest group and write me an overview of that interest group and explain whether or not you would join it and why.

Chapter 11 - Elections, Campaigns, and Voting in Texas

4. You learned the United States and Texas have both seen a decline in voter turnout over time. If you were a political candidate, (1) what would you do to increase voter turnout in your election, and (2) why do you think this would work / why would you do this?

Chapter 12 - Mass Media in Texas Politics

5. You are running for Texas Governor. Explain how you will utilize each form of media we discussed - all print and all broadcast - in your campaign. Also address which forms of media you think are more and/or less effective for communicating with your voters.

Chapter 5 - The Texas Legislature

6. You are a member of the Texas Legislature and want to legalize marijuana in Texas. Walk me through everything you would do during the "off season" of the Texas Legislature and during the 140 day session to get your proposed bill to become a law. Also explain the framework for how a bill becomes a law in Texas and how you would work with that system to work to get your proposed bill to become a law.