Author Question: Growing Republican strength in Texas was illustrated by __________. a. Bob Dole almost carrying ... (Read 44 times)

nevelica · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

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

Question 2

The changes in party affiliation over the past forty years were reflected in the fact that by 2014 __________.

a. almost 75 percent of Texans identified themselves as independent
b. only 5 percent of Texans identified themselves as Democrats
c. more Texans identified themselves as Republicans than as Democrats
d. the gap between Democratic and Republican party identification in Texas had narrowed to leave the Democrats with a 5 percentage point lead