Texas Political Alignment Analysis

Texas political alignment began as a strong and faithful for the Democratic Party. Through time however the political alignment switched from Democratic, to Republican, to a long lasting Democratic until turning back into the Republican alignment we have today. The particular rime and the economy of Texas was a large part of what cause these changes. To dive deeper into the changes of political alignment we have to understand who was in power at the time both in the national government and state government. In this paper I will expand on the points of: how the Democratic Party was able to gain control of the state government in Texas well into the 1970s, how Texas shifted from being an overwhelmingly Democratic state to being an overwhelmingly …show more content…
During this period of time until reconstruction Texas, along with its neighboring southern states, were the unyieldingly a democratic party. However due to the loss of the civil war, the North, gained control of the south and the age of Reconstruction took place in Texas. At the time of reconstruction, the northern military occupied the south leading to many confederate officers and officials barred from holding office. In the norths effort to bring about racial equality including the thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth amendment, the black community was able to give a boost to the population of republican party. As the influence of the republican party in the south began to determinate the president at the time implemented the Compromise of 1877 which pulled out the northern troops from the south and ended …show more content…
A huge part that led to the failure of the democratic party in Texas was because of the internal fighting that took place. During the mid 20th century I felt that the Democratic party had great ideas but had to much on the table. With the split inside the democratic party it only made matters worse. The inability to be able to focus on the key aspects such as the civil rights, and Texas’ Economy led the democratic to become a dwindling population. The Republican party can learn a couple positive things that they might consider copying. These ideas are located in the time frame from 1900-1950 where FDR made it his goal to do everything in his path to provide for the people with the New Deal. One implementation he brought about was the Railroad Commission which regulated oil and gas which help keep the Texas Economy superior than other