Growing Republican strength in Texas was illustrated by __________
a. Bob Dole almost carrying the state over Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election
b. the Texas Supreme Court's ruling in 2002 that Democratic candidates would be required to demonstrate electoral viability before having their names printed on ballots
c. the Republicans winning their first seats in the state legislature since Reconstruction in the elections of 1998
d. the fact that Democrats fielded candidates for only three of the nine statewide offices on the ballot in 2000
Answer: d
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When it comes to the actions of bureaucracy, which statement is accurate?
A) Presidents do not necessarily want the bureaucracy to perform its mandated functions efficiently; rather, they want the bureaucracy to perform the functions that matter most to them. B)Presidents always support the efficient performance of the bureaucracy's mandated functions, even those actions that do not advance their policy preferences. C)Presidents will always seek to reorganize an agency that is not performing the functions that matter the most to them,andthey will always call for an investigation into agencies that underperform in their mandated functions. D) Presidents have no control over whether an agency is performing its mandated functions efficiently; rather, theyrely on their allies in Congress to pressure agency heads to perform the functions that matter most to them.
The first legislation that made a real impact on campaign finance reform was the __________
a. Buckley-Valeo Act– b. Federal Election Campaign Act c. Federal Election Commission Act d. Voter Rights Act