POLS 207 UPDATED SCRIPT 2026
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● What is the Key Linkage Institution? Answer: Elections
● What are the Policymaking Institutions? Answer: State Legislature,
Judiciary, and Executive & Bureacracy
● T/F: Texas has a one of the highest drop out rates Answer: True
● What rank is Texas in population and size? Answer: 2nd
● Does Texas spend much on health/human services? Answer: No,
#screwmedicaid
● Is Texas more urban or rural? Answer: Urban (80% in Metropolitan
area)
● Politics manage ___________. Answer: Conflict
● State/local governments focus on what six areas? Answer: Conflict,
education, taxes/spending, crime, poverty, infrastructure.
, ● About how many governments are in the country, and how many of
those have the power to tax? Answer: 90,000, all governments can tax.
● What are the "Big 4" state/local governments spend on? Answer:
Social services and education (60-70%)
Public Safety (10%)
Transportation
● Why are states called "Laboratories of Democracy"? Answer: States
are policy innovators. We can analyze socioeconomic/political
environments to arrive at explanations. We can compare Socioeconomic
factors, ideologies, and political culture.
● What does a state need for economic growth? Answer: -Population
growth
-Rising per capita income
-Increased educational levels
● Texas is the _______ least taxed state, and has no income tax. Answer:
third
● Texas is the ________ fastest growing state. Answer: fourth
● Afr. Americans comprise __________ percent of the U.S.
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● What is the Key Linkage Institution? Answer: Elections
● What are the Policymaking Institutions? Answer: State Legislature,
Judiciary, and Executive & Bureacracy
● T/F: Texas has a one of the highest drop out rates Answer: True
● What rank is Texas in population and size? Answer: 2nd
● Does Texas spend much on health/human services? Answer: No,
#screwmedicaid
● Is Texas more urban or rural? Answer: Urban (80% in Metropolitan
area)
● Politics manage ___________. Answer: Conflict
● State/local governments focus on what six areas? Answer: Conflict,
education, taxes/spending, crime, poverty, infrastructure.
, ● About how many governments are in the country, and how many of
those have the power to tax? Answer: 90,000, all governments can tax.
● What are the "Big 4" state/local governments spend on? Answer:
Social services and education (60-70%)
Public Safety (10%)
Transportation
● Why are states called "Laboratories of Democracy"? Answer: States
are policy innovators. We can analyze socioeconomic/political
environments to arrive at explanations. We can compare Socioeconomic
factors, ideologies, and political culture.
● What does a state need for economic growth? Answer: -Population
growth
-Rising per capita income
-Increased educational levels
● Texas is the _______ least taxed state, and has no income tax. Answer:
third
● Texas is the ________ fastest growing state. Answer: fourth
● Afr. Americans comprise __________ percent of the U.S.
