Red State : : An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics / / Wayne Thorburn.
In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. The newly elected vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was a Texan. Democrats held all thirty statewide elective positions. The state legislature had 181 Democrats and no Republicans or anyone else. Then fast forward fifty years to November 2010. Te...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- 1. Understanding Texas
- 2. Dividing the State
- 3. A Century of One-Party Politics
- 4. Stirrings and Small Cracks
- 5. Toward a Two-Party Texas
- 6. The Two-Party Interlude
- 7. The Era of Republican Dominance
- 8. The Future of Texas Politics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index