CHAPTER 4 -VOTING IN TEXAS - Registration -Types of Elections -The Chart entitled “Voting Rates in Texas by Race” (Figure 4.4) -SUFFRAGE STRUGGLES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER 5 -INTRO TO CHAPTER -THE RISE AND FALL OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN TEXAS -The Decline of the Democrats -The Rise of the Republicans -Tea Party -Fissures in the Republican Party -Lessons from Texas Party Politics CHAPTER 6 -INTRO TO CHAPTER -WHY JOIN INTEREST GROUPS -The Free Rider Problem -TYPES OF INTEREST GROUPS -WHAT INTEREST GROUPS DO -LOBBYING: THE THIRD HOUSE -The Role of Lobbyists -OVERSIGHT OF INTEREST GROUPS -Texas Ethics Commission