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Red State: An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics

Wayne Thorburn

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Description:A political scientist and Republican party insider examines how Texas made its dramatic shift from Democratic stronghold to GOP dominance.In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. Democrats held all thirty statewide elective positions as well as the entire state legislature. Fifty years later, this stronghold had not only been lost--it had reversed. In November 2010, Republicans controlled every statewide elective office, as well as the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. The state's congressional delegation in Washington was comprised of twenty-five Republicans and nine Democrats.Red State explores why this transformation took place and what these changes imply for the future of Texas politics. Wayne Thorburn analyzes a wealth of data to show how changes in the state's demographics--including an influx of new residents, the shift from rural to urban, and the growth of the Mexican American population--have moved Texas through three stages of party competition, from two-tiered politics to two-party competition, and then to the return to one-party dominance, this time by Republicans.Thorburn reveals that the shift from Democratic to Republican governance has been driven not by any change in Texans' ideological perspective or public policy orientation--even when Texans were voting Democrat, conservatives outnumbered liberals or moderates--but by the Republican party's increasing identification with conservatism since 1960.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Red State: An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics. To get started finding Red State: An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 310

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0292759215

Description: A political scientist and Republican party insider examines how Texas made its dramatic shift from Democratic stronghold to GOP dominance.In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. Democrats held all thirty statewide elective positions as well as the entire state legislature. Fifty years later, this stronghold had not only been lost--it had reversed. In November 2010, Republicans controlled every statewide elective office, as well as the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. The state's congressional delegation in Washington was comprised of twenty-five Republicans and nine Democrats.Red State explores why this transformation took place and what these changes imply for the future of Texas politics. Wayne Thorburn analyzes a wealth of data to show how changes in the state's demographics--including an influx of new residents, the shift from rural to urban, and the growth of the Mexican American population--have moved Texas through three stages of party competition, from two-tiered politics to two-party competition, and then to the return to one-party dominance, this time by Republicans.Thorburn reveals that the shift from Democratic to Republican governance has been driven not by any change in Texans' ideological perspective or public policy orientation--even when Texans were voting Democrat, conservatives outnumbered liberals or moderates--but by the Republican party's increasing identification with conservatism since 1960.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Red State: An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics. To get started finding Red State: An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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