After voter dealignment peaked in the mid-1980s, how did voting behavior change?
a. electorate polarization disappeared
b. ticket-splitting increased
c. voter turnout increased
d. voter attachment to party increased
e. transference from one party to the other increased
d
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The 1869 Texas Constitution
A) dramatically weakened state government, with decentralization of executive government and narrower legislative authority. B) strengthened state government with a strong, centralized executive and annual legislative sessions. C) increased the power of the legislature over the governor and eliminated any state control of programs such as public education. D) created a more partisan political atmosphere by organizing the legislature along party lines and requiring all judicial positions to be elected in partisan elections. E) created a state of chaos in state government by failing to provide for a mechanism for filling the governor's office when a vacancy occurs.
Franklin Roosevelt transformed the president's relationship with the public by being the first president to __________
A) give a press conference B) use the bully pulpit C)commission large-scale public opinion polls D)engage in demagoguery