Party and Factional Division in Texas /

Party and Factional Division in Texas / / James R. Soukup, Harry Holloway, Clifton McCleskey.

Here is the first attempt by scholars to make a comprehensive analysis of voting patterns in Texas. Examining the results of fourteen elections from 1946 through 1962 and organizing a vast fund of statistics relative to Texas political parties and voters, the authors have laid a solid groundwork for...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Soukup, James R.,
Holloway, Harry,
McCleskey, Clifton,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1964
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Background of texas politics
  • Ideological Setting
  • Institutional Setting
  • II. The republican party before 1962
  • Historical Perspective
  • Location of Republican Counties
  • Socio-Economic Characteristics of Republican Counties
  • Urbanization and the Republican Party
  • An Overview
  • The Conservative democrats before 1962
  • General Perspective
  • Democratic Counties Economic Characteristics of Conservative Democratic Counties
  • Urbanization and the Conservative Democrats
  • Perspective for the Future
  • IV. The Liberal Democrats before 1962
  • Historical Perspective
  • Location and Significance of Most Liberal Counties
  • Economic Characteristics of Most Liberal Counties
  • Historical Tradition of Liberal Democratic Counties
  • Liberalism and the Metropolitan Counties
  • Racial-Ethnic Minorities and Liberalism
  • The Negro Voter in Texas
  • The Latin American Voter in Texas
  • Liberal Strengths and Weaknesses: A Summing Up
  • V. The 1962 Elections: Results And Implications
  • The First Democratic Primary
  • The Democratic Runoff
  • The General Election
  • The 1962 Elections in Context
  • Geographic Patterns of Republican and Liberal Democratic Counties
  • Socio-Economic Characteristics of Republican and Liberal Democratic Counties
  • VI. Conclusions And Future Prospects
  • Postscript
  • A. Explanation of Process for Determining Quartiles
  • B. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Liberal Democratic, Conservative Democratic, and Republican Candidates in 1957 Special Senate Election
  • C. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Liberal Democratic and Conservative Democratic Candidates in 1962 Democratic Runoff Primary for Governor
  • D. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Democratic and Republican Candidates in 1962 Gubernatorial Election
  • E. Classification of Texas Counties According to Urban-Rural Scale
  • F. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Metropolitan Counties in Texas, 1960
  • G. Geopolitical Regions of Texas.
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

Similar Items