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Assignment - Texas Legislative and Executive Representation
1. Explain the demographic composition of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate.
2. Describe the demographic characteristics of all current single-elected Texas executives. This information should include their gender, approximate age, level of education, previous occupations, racial category, etc. Search and go to their official websites to find the information.
3. What demographic groups are over represented in these two branches of government? What demographic groups are underrepresented?
4. What issues and ideas might be different between the over and underrepresented demographic groups? Whose ideas are more likely to be
turned into public policies and laws?
5. What might be the causes of certain types of people getting elected and other types of people not getting elected?
6. What could be done to change the demographic composition of these branches? Think about information we have learned in previous chapters including voting and participation levels of different groups, interest groups, etc.