The introduction of nonpartisan elections was aimed at limiting the power of ____

In the following diagram:

a. the independent variable is adult literacy, and the higher it is, the higher the GDP per capita. b. the independent variable is adult literacy, and the higher it is, the lower the GDP per capita. c. the independent variable is GDP per capita, and the higher it is, the higher the adult literacy rate tends to be. d. the independent variable is GDP per capita, and the higher it is, the lower the adult literacy rate tends to be.

Texas doctors successfully used their professional organizations in lobbying the 76th Legislature to make Texas the first state that allows

A) for the taxing of interest groups. B) doctors to refuse to treat illegal immigrants. C) state-employed physicians to go out on strike. D) doctors to collectively bargain with health maintenance organizations.