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In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.
Texas's location in the American South and largely in the greater Bible Belt has given the Republican Party the upper hand in the state in recent decades. [92] Trump received the most raw votes for a political candidate ever in Texas, breaking his own record from 2020 by over 500,000. The Democratic vote total fell by 425,000 between 2020 and 2024.
The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but is faced in Texas pink granite and is topped by a statue of the "Goddess of Liberty" holding aloft a five-point Texas star. The capitol is also notable for purposely being built seven feet taller than the U.S. national capitol. [1] Texas State Capitol
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; State Comptroller of Public Accounts; State Land Commissioner; State Agriculture Commissioner; Treasurer (before 1996) The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State ...
Texas State University, the San Marcos-based flagship institution of the Texas State University System, in complying with the governor’s order, combined four of its previous policies into a new one.
The Texas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Texas and one of the two major political parties in the state. The party's headquarters are in Austin, Texas. [1] President Lyndon B. Johnson was a Texas Democrat. 39 out of the 48 politicians who have served as Governor of Texas have been Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit Friday against Travis County over its voter registration policies, making it the third Democratic-leaning area in the state ...
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 4, 2022. Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune.