Red state : an insider's story of how the GOP came to dominate Texas politics /
<P>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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
Published: |
Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2014.
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Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;
no. 42. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Understanding Texas
- Dividing the state
- A century of one-party politics
- Stirrings and small cracks
- Toward a two-party Texas
- The two-party interlude
- The era of Republican dominance
- The future of Texas politics.