Temporary organizations of political parties in Texas are the series of conventions they hold. What conventions are part of this? What do convention participants do? Who can and who does participate in conventions, and why does it matter?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain the progression from precinct conventions to county and state senatorial district conventions.
2. Explain the operation of state conventions.
3. Identify the purpose of conventions as politics, candidate selections, and control of party apparatus.
4. Explain that anyone voting in a given party's primary is eligible to participate in that party's conventions.
5. Explain that participation rates in conventions are very low and that this offers an opportunity for organized, committed, ideological factions/groups to control them, thereby promoting more extreme candidates and a more extreme party platform.
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a. establishment b. free exercise c. full faith and credit d. due process
Why did the framers of the U.S. Constitution provide protections through the First Amendment for individuals to join together through speech and assembly?
A. to distract them from the oppressive nature of federal governmental policy B. to reflect their belief that political parties were central to a healthy democracy C. to reflect a belief in socialism D. to recognize the importance of working with others to try to influence or change government