POLS 1336 Lecture 15: POLS 1336 - lecture 15 (11-27 to 11-29)
25 Dec 2017
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Comparing texas to the rest of the nation: texas is a modified one-party state, modified one-party democratic state (1870s 1960s, two-party competitive (1960s - 1990s, modified one-party republican state (present) Changing election outcomes: beginning, republicans were known to support antislavery, abraham lincoln"s party, shivercrats conservative democrats who voted for president. Eisenhower during the 1950s: eisenhower was a war hero during wwii, eisenhower chose to side with republican party, senator john tower (r-tx) wins the senate in texas in 1961. Comparisons of the two parties in texas: gov. Recent presidential elections in texas: 2008 - 55. 5% of texas voted for mccain, 2012 57. 2% of texas voted for romney, 2016 - 52. 6% of texas voted for trump. Latino electorate in texas: 100% latino turnout would had given obama 3+ million additional votes, romney beat obama by ~1. 3 million votes in texas, romney would have lost texas if latinos voted more. Demographic in texas: 2015 stats, white 43, hispanic 38. 8%
