POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Campaigns and restrictions II demographics of elected officials Outline of Current Lecture I campaigns II minorities Current Lecture Who s responsible for negative campaigning Candidates win at any cost Media close contest generate interest Consultants negative campaigning works Electorate tolerates negative campaigning by their apathy Campaign Finance the money used to finance a campaign Personal wealth Individuals who supports a candidates views Political Action Committees PACs Texas Campaign Finance Laws Focus on disclosure not enforcement Texas Ethics Commission Created to monitor lobbyist and candidate campaigns All candidates and lobbyist must register with TEC Campaign Reform Act of 2002 Required some candidates to disclose the source of their income and wealth Prohibits law makers from lobbying for clients before State agencies Candidates began realizing potential of Latino vote as seen by LULAC La Raza Unida Party Founded in 1969 by Jose Angel Gutierrez La Raza Unida was Co opted by Democrat Party Issue of immigration reform Other minorities in politics include women blacks Latinos 1920 19th Amendment ratified granting women suffrage Through 1990 only four women had held statewide public office Over 1 million voting age African Americans in Texas which is 10 percent of state s potential voters 80 percent of state s African Americans of voting age support Democratic candidates These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Universal Suffrage the right for all citizens 18 years or older to vote did not become a reality until the 1970s The 14th and 15th Amendments to the U S Constitution theoretically gave every American male the right to vote
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