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1. www.kut.org › politics › 2016/10/24Why Is Texas So Red, And How Did It Get That Way?

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   Oct 24, 2016 · KUT. Texas wasn't always a dependably Republican state. It was once a bastion for Democrats, but has since drifted red. So how did that happen? We all know Texas is a red state. Democrats haven't won a statewide election since 1994, and Republicans have carried the state in every presidential election since 1976.

2. www.houstonpublicmedia.org › articles › newsWhy Is Texas So Red, And How Did It Get That Way?

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   Oct 31, 2016 · We all know Texas is a red state. Democrats haven’t won a statewide election since 1994, and Republicans have carried the state in every presidential election since 1976. Texas wasn’t always a ...

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3. www.reformaustin.org › elections › not-always-a-redNot Always a Red State: A History of Texas’ Political ...

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   Nov 13, 2020 · November 13, 2020. 14 min. read. Texas hasn’t always been a bastion of Republican red. At one time not so long ago, Texas was true blue and depended upon to consistently deliver victories for the Democratic party in both presidential and midterm elections. The story of how we changed is fascinating and has many twists and turns.

4. www.economist.com › the-economist-explains › 2021Why is Washington, DC not a state? - The Economist

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   Mar 19, 2021 · The main reason why Republicans oppose it today is that it would add two seats in the Senate, as well as one in the House, all of which would probably be held by Democrats (since 1964,...

5. academic.oup.com › book › 36750How Texas Turned Red | Texas vs. California: A History of ...

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   Aug 20, 2020 · Texas is now the essential Republican state, but for most of its history it was part of the solid Democratic South. In the mid-twentieth century, the Texas Democratic Party divided into liberal and conservative factions—partly over race and civil rights but also over a range of questions including New Deal economic policies and anti-communism.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2016_United_States2016 United States presidential election in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Elections in Texas. The 2016 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election. Primary elections were held on March 1, 2016. Texas was won by Republican Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence by a 8.99% margin over Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.

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   Who is Texas' last Democratic Senator?

   • There’s also the fact that other Southern states have proven to be as consistently Republican as Texas. Whereas Donald Trump won Texas by 6 points, he’s on track to lose Georgia, and to lose North Carolina by only a slim margin. So perhaps the next place to look would be to study Texas’ last Democratic senator, the aforementioned Lloyd Bentsen.

   Not Always a Red State: A History of Texas’ Political Transformation

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   Is Texas a Republican state?

   • Texas is now the essential Republican state, but for most of its history it was part of the solid Democratic South. In the mid-twentieth century, the Texas Democratic Party divided into liberal and conservative factions—partly over race and civil rights but also over a range of questions including New Deal economic policies and anti-communism.

   6 How Texas Turned Red - Oxford Academic

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   What happened to Democrats in Texas?

   • Democrats’ support in Texas can also be seen dwindling in the returns for the Presidential races. While Democrats won Texas in 1964 by 63.32%, their support would be cut in half four years later, winning Texas by only 39.87% in 1968. Finally, Nixon won the Lone Star State by a staggering 66.20% in his landslide election of 1972.

   Not Always a Red State: A History of Texas’ Political Transformation

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   What seats did Democrats control in Texas?

   • With the exception of John Tower’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Democrats continued to control almost all of Texas’s congressional and state legislative seats as well as all statewide offices, including attorney general, lieutenant governor, and the state’s largest political prize, governor.

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8. www.texasmonthly.com › news-politics › the-greatWhat the 2016 State Republican Convention Says About Texas

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   July 2016 1. Illustration by Zohar Lazar. In retrospect, Texas Republicans might have chosen a more sensitive slogan for their 2016 state convention than “Unite to Win!”. It was not a message ...