Discuss how the Texas Constitution is a good example of how limits can be placed on the power of a state government. Use specific examples.

Public opinion influences democracy

A) because elected officials always make policy based on the most recent poll results. B) because elected officials try to anticipate how the public will respond to their policies and how that will affect their chances at reelection. C) because laws that go against public opinion are automatically void. D) only in the Congress. E) more than any other factor in politics.

Local governments are administrative conveniences for the central government under

A) Dillon's rule. D) unitary governments. B) federal systems. E) the U.S. Constitution. C) confederations.