2. Table 2-1 p43

3. Amending the Texas Constitution

4. Table 6-1 p140

5. Table 6-2 p149

6. Table 4-1 Policy Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives

7. Figure 5.1
The Decentralized Nature of
American Political Parties
and the Importance of the
National Party’s Service
Function
The diagram shows the semiindependent
relationship that exists
among national, state, and local party
organizations and the increasingly
important services and funds provided
by the national party organization.
Figure 5-1 p117

8. Table 4-1 p85

9. Table 4-2 p85

10. Figure 4.2
Voter Turnout from around the World
The United States is most similar to India, Russia, and Tunisia.
Figure 4-2 p84

11. How do states regulate voter eligibility?
Table 13.2 How do states regulate voter eligibility?

12. Punch Card Machine

13. Punch Card Machine (Florida)

14. Optical Scan

15. Optical Scan Problems

16. Eslate Machine

17. Absentee Voting

18. Voter Fraud

19. Figure 4.3
A Typical Texas Ballot from Bexar County
Recall from the text that Republican candidates were listed first in 2014 because their candidate (former
Governor Rick Perry) received the most votes in the previous gubernatorial election. Notice that voters are
able to vote for all of the candidates of a single party—that is, vote a straight ticket—by making a single
mark on the ballot. It is in midterm elections, like this one in 2014, that state executives are elected.
Figure 4-3 p96

20. Figure 4.4
An English–
Vietnamese Ballot
Used in Harris
County for the 2012
General Election
This ballot offers the
straight-party option
and then the candidates
for the separate offices,
consistently listing the
Republicans first, then the
Democrats, followed by
other candidates.
Figure 4-4 p99