Chapter 5 Political Parties in Texas

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  1. 3. meeting at which members of a political party assemble to select delegates and make other policy recommendations at multiple state levels
  2. 4. this convention is a party meeting in which the state executive committee meets to adopt resolutions and to select delegates
  3. 6. convention held to adopt resolutions and to select delegates
  4. 12. this convention convenes every even numbered year to make rules for a political party and select members of the state executive committee
  5. 14. county __________ committee composed of a party's precinct chairs and the elected county chair county chair
  6. 15. voters
  7. 16. ticket voting
  8. 18. and the state executive committee form the permanent organization of a political
  9. 19. occurs when citizens have no allegiance to a political party and become
  10. 23. issues, issues such as peace and prosperity
  11. 24. Unida, minor party that supported election of Hispanic Americans in Texas during the 1970s
  12. 25. seeking nomination as party's presidential candidate
  13. 26. a district convention prescribed by the party's state executive committee in counties that have more than one state _______ district
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  1. 1. senatorial ________ executive committee composed of a party's precinct chairs who reside within a senatorial
  2. 2. chair, party official responsible for the interests and activities of a political party in a voting district
  3. 5. candidate who runs in a general election without party endorsement
  4. 7. occurs when there is a major change in the support of political parties
  5. 8. a person identifies which political party system they're attached to
  6. 9. unpledged party official or elected official who serves as a delegate to a party's national convention
  7. 10. this executive committee is composed of a chair a vice chair and two members from each senatorial district
  8. 11. presidential_________ primary in which voters indicate their preference for a
  9. 13. document that sets forth a political party's position on public policy issues
  10. 17. a party organization with the purpose of controlling government by nominating and electing candidates to public office
  11. 20. basic belief system that guides political theory and policy
  12. 21. an election used by major political parties in the state to nominate candidates for the general election
  13. 22. _________ party organizations are the senatorial district executive