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1846- The Democratic Party of Texas was established.
1872- Democrats regrouped and overturned the Republican government in the Texas legislature, stating that the administration of the Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis was corrupt.
1873- 27 years after its creation, Texas enters a period of Democratic dominance.
1940- Not many ideological divisions existed during this period, the party tended to be very disorganized and confusing. There were many battles, there were arguments on who dominated the party. It all had to do with personal ties and popularity. At this point, Democrats were the most conservative.
1950’s- The Democratic party was a large protective group that contained multiple categories of people and interest. Both liberals and conservatives. it included labor unions, business people, etc.
1950’s continued- Battles between pro-Eisenhower conservative Democrats and pro-Stevenson liberal and loyalist Democrats took over Texas politics.
1952/1956- Shivercrat movement: Governor Allan Shivers led a rebellion of conservative democrats that favored Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican candidate. They believed that the Democrat party was transforming and becoming too liberal.
2004/2006- Dallas elected a Democrat as a sheriff and countrywide judges. Democrats continued to thrive in Dallas.
2008- Harris county took a turn into the Democratic party. A large amount of the office was Democratic.
2012- Conservative Democrats had all disappears. Many retired, changed parties, and changed views.
2019- Texas was represented by six African Americans in the U.S. House.
2012
-All of the conservative democrats elected to represent Texas in congress had retired, switched parties, or lost re-election contests
2019
-U.S. Senators from Texas and the 23 of the 36 Texas members of the U.S. House of Representatives were Republican
When did texas became Republican?
-Before the 1970’s, Texas where less likely than the rest o the nation to support Republican presidential candidates Only in the 1990’s and the ear;y 2000’s that the Republicans came to hold the majority of seats in the Texas delegation to the U.S. House and in the Texas legislature
1854
-Republican Party was established
1873
-When Texas started a period of Democratic dominance, the Republican party often would not contest major state offices and other parties exerted some influence but lacked staying power.
-Republicans tended to have a limited role in Texas politics
-People remained Republicans in hope of gaining political patronage
-Republicans were not agreeing with the liberal policies of Democratic leaders
-They where enough in number to make their party a threat to Democratic dominance in the state
1950’s
-More than 60% of texas identified with the Democratic Party and fewer than 10% identified as Republicans
1980
-Ronald Reagan era
-Conservative Democrats switched to Republican Party
Early 1990’s
-Texas became a Republican state
-Republican Party has a strong and growing Tea Party contingent, which is making the party conservative
-Now that the Republican Party dominates the state, its factions have fought major battles for control as well.
-Religious right, concerned with issues such as abortion, prayer in public schools, and at school events, the teaching of evolution in public schools, and the bathroom- bill (only use restrooms corresponding to the gender of one’s birth certificate)
-Economic conservatives
-The political shifts introduced by suburbanization are clearly seen in Dallas County over the last decade
Republican Party has a strong and growing Tea Party contingent, which is making the party conservative
Now that the Republican Party dominates the state, its factions have fought major battles for control as well.
-Religious right, concerned with issues such as abortion, prayer in public schools, and at school events, the teaching of evolution in public schools, and the bathroom- bill (only use restrooms corresponding to the gender of one’s birth certificate)
-Economic conservatives
-The political shifts introduced by suburbanization are clearly seen in Dallas County over the last decade