Because Texas requires judicial candidates to finance their election campaigns with private funds, it is not uncommon for contributors to these campaigns to be the very lawyers who will be practicing in these judges' courts if they win office

What do Texans feel is the benefit to electing their judges?

a. Judges will be more attentive to their voters than to politicians and special interest groups. b. Judges will be better qualified for the positions. c. They will be more aware who the judges are that hear their cases. d. They would be on equal footing with the executive and the legislature.

Europe has a more pacifist tradition than the United States because

a. the churches do not involve themselves much in politics. b. there is an active political left in Europe, combined with churches willing to become politically active. c. the conservative traditions are strong and the churches are weak. d. the political left is weak, and so are the churches. e. none of the above.