1. Discuss the following legislative terms: logrolling, coalition building, filibusters, and riders.
2. What are the lawmaking, representation, and oversight functions of state legislatures?
3. What is the difference between redistricting and apportionment? Gerrymandering and malapportionment? What are majority-minority districts?
4. What is the nature of public opinion on state legislatures? Has an increase in the professionalization of state legislatures improved the public’s perception of them?