GOVT 2306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Tea Party Movement, Voter Registration, John Tower
23 Feb 2016
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After civil war until ronald reagan, texas was a one-party state. Growing dominance of republican party and latino minority population. Ultimate shift was in 2004, republican take over in both legislatures. Easy to assume that republicans will want to win votes from latinos, but. Actually had some views against immigration and supported tighter control on voting. African americans remained democratic, but latinos have crossed party lines. People who identify with a particular party and vote for those candidates regularly. Provide a label for under which candidates can run/identify with. Parties tend to have weaker power in state level. Issues of local governments deal with creating jobs and safe districts. It"s not like abortion and same-sex marriage like national issues. Partisanship is not as important in running everyday issues. Partisan polarization: republicans are more conservative and democrats are more liberal. Means its harder for officials/parties to come to a consensus. Texas has a large hispanic population and tend to be democrat.
