According to national election studies, less than 1 percent of the population runs for public office

Which of the following factors contributed LEAST to the growth of the Republican Party as a force in Texas politics?

a) elimination of barriers to minority political participation b) migration to the state of middle-class professionals from northern states c) fading memories of the Civil War and Reconstruction d) disenchantment of many conservative Democrats with the Democratic Party e) popularity of conservative Republicans running for national offices

According to Chenoweth and Stephan, the political opportunity explanation of the success or failure of resistance campaigns is inadequate because it __________

a. does not tell us why some campaigns succeed with few opportunities and some fail with many b. does not explain where political opportunities come from c. does not accurately depict the structure of domestic politics d. focuses too much on group action rather than group characteristics