Red state : an insider's story of how the GOP came to dominate Texas politics /

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<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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thorburn, Wayne J. (Wayne Jacob), 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 42.
Subjects:
Republican Party (Tex.) > History.
Democratic Party (Tex.) > History.
Democratic Party (Tex.)
Republican Party (Tex.)
Since 1951
Political parties > Texas > History.
Party affiliation > Texas > History.
Political culture > Texas.
Partis politiques > Adhésion > Texas > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > State.
Party affiliation
Political culture
Political parties
Politics and government
Texas > Politics and government > 1951-
Texas > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Texas
Electronic books.
History
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.

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