POL 1133 Exam 2 Questions and
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Texas House of Representatives - ✔✔150 members, 2 year terms
Texas Senate - ✔✔31 members, 4 year overlapping (half is elected every 2
years) terms
Disadvantages to large legislature - ✔✔statewide interests go
unrepresented, inefficient in decision making, & dominated by few
members
When does the TX Legislature meet? - ✔✔every two years (biennial
sessions) for 140 days
Sine die - ✔✔Legislature must adjourn at end of regular session and
cannot continue to meet
Special Sessions - ✔✔Only the governor may call one and it can't last > 30
days each. this gives governor power.
formal qualifications for state government - ✔✔age, citizenship, state and
district residency, and qualified voter
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, informal qualifications for state governments - ✔✔income, education,
occupation, knowledge in state politics and current events, communications
skills, ability to raise money.
The salary of the Texas legislature - ✔✔$7,200 a year plus $190 per day
while in session making the total $28,200
single-member district - ✔✔each legislative district has one member in the
legislative body. a party has to win more votes than any candidate.
advantage for ethnic and political minorities within the county
multi-member districts - ✔✔more than one official is elected to represent
the interests of a district. promote broader representation
Reapportionment - ✔✔process of allocating representatives to districts
Redistricting - ✔✔redrawing district boundaries
Gerrymandering - ✔✔Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the
purpose of benefiting the party in power.
issue of equity of representation - ✔✔each representative represented an
equal number of citizens. some states has provisions that limited the
number of seats a single county could have. populations went from rural to
urban and rural areas were overrepresented in many state legislatures so
texas tried to reapportion seats.
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Texas House of Representatives - ✔✔150 members, 2 year terms
Texas Senate - ✔✔31 members, 4 year overlapping (half is elected every 2
years) terms
Disadvantages to large legislature - ✔✔statewide interests go
unrepresented, inefficient in decision making, & dominated by few
members
When does the TX Legislature meet? - ✔✔every two years (biennial
sessions) for 140 days
Sine die - ✔✔Legislature must adjourn at end of regular session and
cannot continue to meet
Special Sessions - ✔✔Only the governor may call one and it can't last > 30
days each. this gives governor power.
formal qualifications for state government - ✔✔age, citizenship, state and
district residency, and qualified voter
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, informal qualifications for state governments - ✔✔income, education,
occupation, knowledge in state politics and current events, communications
skills, ability to raise money.
The salary of the Texas legislature - ✔✔$7,200 a year plus $190 per day
while in session making the total $28,200
single-member district - ✔✔each legislative district has one member in the
legislative body. a party has to win more votes than any candidate.
advantage for ethnic and political minorities within the county
multi-member districts - ✔✔more than one official is elected to represent
the interests of a district. promote broader representation
Reapportionment - ✔✔process of allocating representatives to districts
Redistricting - ✔✔redrawing district boundaries
Gerrymandering - ✔✔Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the
purpose of benefiting the party in power.
issue of equity of representation - ✔✔each representative represented an
equal number of citizens. some states has provisions that limited the
number of seats a single county could have. populations went from rural to
urban and rural areas were overrepresented in many state legislatures so
texas tried to reapportion seats.
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
