Straight-Ticket Voting

In the United States, for the last four decades, from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan through the two Bush Presidencies, the Republican Party won the White House by amassing large margins among white voters (Lizza.) The state of Texas has been reliably Republican since the 1970s and there are various elements to Texas political culture that can be narrowed down to three essential ideological trends: economic liberalism, or faith in the free market economy, social conservatism, or favoring traditional values and moralism, and populism, or promoting the rights and worthiness of ordinary people (Texas Political Culture.) As a result, the dominant political mood in Texas favors low taxes, minimal government services, and policies that are

Texas has all three political cultures all over the state, but when people outside of

There are numerous varieties of election races in Texas. The state Constitution and the political society in Texas together have made a framework of our legal system that welcomes Texans to pick applicants for a great numerous public offices in all levels of the government inside the state. The Constitution needs direct election for different state offices inside the executive branch and inside the legal system of the judicial branch, likewise with respect to various county level offices. A few legislative activities oblige changing the Constitution, that also needs special established constitutional amendment elections. Numerous metropolitan and other local offices are filled

It is widely believed that the strongest state level Republican Party is found in the state of Texas. The Republican Party of Texas has control of the senate, the state house of representatives and the state’s education board . Without a doubt, Texas is the strongest Republican state in the nation. Republicans now have majorities in 107 Texas counties that contain nearly two-thirds of the state’s population. Texas own George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States. Things haven’t always been so great for Texas Republicans. For over one hundred years, the Republican Party was not a viable force in Texas politics. We were the second party in a one-party state. During that time, the GOP failed to win a single

Texas is currently dominated by the Republican culture with a popular belief in conservatism that has lasted for many years. Democratic and Liberal groups are also present in the Texas but play as the minorities. Although demographics through the years show that a change in the dominant party could very well be eminent, Texas remains a red state for the time being. Currently the population is estimated at 24.5 million and is dominantly Anglo with minorities including African American, and Hispanic. In the coming years though, it is estimated to change where as the Hispanic population will surpass become the new majority.

I do not believe Texas with its changing demographics and social climate will be on the brink of another switch in party dominance anytime soon as immigration, guns and education are major factors. The demographics of Texas deal with the rising growth of the minority population throughout the years. In my opinion, I think minorities make up roughly half of Texas’s overall population. According to utexas.edu, “[a]s the reality of demographic changes set in during the late 1990s, part of what defined many Republicans as moderates was an emphasis in both rhetoric and policy toward increasing the party's appeal to Latinos and other ethnic and racial minorities”. Although the Democratic Party is known for receiving votes from minorities, the Republican

Texas politics and its history has been described as having two major periods (Young, 2010). During the first period (1836-1952) the Democratic Party

As individuals, we turn towards political parties to identify with a group that has the most in common with our own values and principals. Each political party’s agenda focuses on the primary interests affiliated with that party and is motivated to enact its beliefs and interests through legislation by electing officials into government. Texas is a large state with four political parties: Republican, Democratic, Green Party, and Libertarian. Each political party has a basic fundamental ideology and platform on current issues. The two major political parties in Texas and in the nation are the Republican and Democratic parties.Texas is a conservative state where the Republican Party has known success as the leading political party in

Political participation has historically not been high in Texas. Low voter turnout, distrust of the government, and the simple fact that many citizens do not care about politics and government has resulted in the decline in political participation. Although there is limited information concerning political participation in Texas, such as surveys, generalizations form national studies have helped create six categories that provide insight into the problem that Texas is facing.

Texas: For many and many that sit down and speak on Texas and its politics see that Republicans run everything to see how everything that the President promotes they reject and are successful. The cost of living, the assistance giving to the needy

Looking back, indeed the changing demographics in Texas transformed electoral politics, or the process of electing the representatives of the state. The election process began after the admission of Texas to the union in 1845. The shifts of political powers after the admission to the union is reactionary to different demographics that arose over the years. To begin with, I looked back at the nature of Texas politics. Texas was founded to be inherently a Republican state. The first Texas governor Sam Houston, was a Republican. He also represented the Texans as the United States Senator for two consecutive terms. Moving forward, Texas politics shifted from Republican to Democratic since the end of Reconstruction until the 1970s (12, Mora-Ruger). In 1928, Republican had a moment, there was just a short period of intervention due to economic situation of the state. Texans although tagged as Democrats, are conservative when it comes to economic interests of the state. That is how Republicans snatched the power for a short period. However, the great depression pushed Texans away

This single party dominance tended to limit the range of political debate, in turn constraining the evolution of the state’s political culture. Elections have gone through a huge set of changes over the last 40 years. With the barriers of all-white primaries, the poll tax and economic harassment it made the election process in Texas less democratic. While those barriers have been overcome, primarily through federal action, one-party’s persisted throughout the state making Democratic Party primaries more important than the November general election. From the Civil War to the civil rights struggles in the 1950’s and 60’s—which was an essential time when there was a systematic exclusion of Blacks and other minorities from political participation. As the effort to end the exclusion of minorities got underway, the party system that had been long dominated by the Democrats began to unravel. The civil rights victories in the 1960’s, especially the national Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, helped set in motion a realignment of the two main political parties. (utexas) It is said that Texas has transformed into a two-party system that is very competitive. Today, the Republican Party holds all the major statewide offices and has held majority control of both chambers since 2003. However beginning in the 1950’s, conservative Democrats joined the growing ranks of Republicans in supporting Republican Party candidates for president. (Collier)

Texas has been a one-party state for nearly a century. Despite substantial changes in many areas throughout history, Texas’ political culture is one area that has remained rather steady. Looking back as far as the post-civil war, until the late 1970’s Texas was considered a majority Democratic state. After a century of post-reconstruction, the Democratic Party were the victors of electoral dominance in all levels of state government and in Texas’ representation in the national government as well (Edsall). Texas’ social and economic make up was primarily rural and agricultural, which influenced the political agenda. Through immigration attracted by the promise of a stable future in the oil and natural gas industries,

From as long as there has been Texas, there has been two parties. The Texas Republican and Democratic party may seem like they are always fighting each other, they both want what is best for the state. The Texas Republican Party and the Texas Democratic Party may seem very different but actually hold similar core beliefs about personal and social responsibility.

This article relates how House Bill 25, a bill designed to end straight-ticket voting in any Texas election, passed through the Texas Senate with precursory support by a two-thirds vote on May 17. An update states that the bill received conclusive support through a vote of 19-11. Opponents of the bill believe that it is an attempt to undermine the power of Democrats, as well as unfairly affect minority voters. In the previous year, Michigan attempted to enact legislation much like House Bill 25, but it’s endeavors were halted by a federal judge, on the grounds formerly mentioned. Advocates