POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 8 Texas Politics in Transition Anna Richards last woman democratic governor Was eventually defeated by George W Bush Electoral realignment the point at which a new political party supplants the dominant political party becoming the dominant political force in the nation A critical feature of electoral realignments is the formation of new political coalitions Election of 1948 consisted of anti slavery Texas did not go along with other Deep South states in the election of 1948 Texas stayed with the Democratic Party In 1952 Texas voted for a republican candidate Eisenhower Factors Working vs a Two Party System Once locked in partisan identification is highly resilient Power of Texas Democrats in Washington Difficulty recruiting high quality candidates Lack of Republican Party infrastructure Popular image of Republicans Tejano Civil Rights Movement League of United Latin American Citizens The American G I Forum Plessy s separate but equal ruling held until it was overturned in Brown v Board of Education in 1954 The court found in the words of Chief Justice Earl Warren that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute In Brown v Board II decided in 1955 the Court found that the students should be admitted to the public schools on a racially non discriminatory basis with all deliberate speed Though some border states began to desegregate the Deep South embarked on a policy of massive resistance A choice not an echo Barry Goldwater Barry was from Arizona represented a new type of Republicanism more western Election of John Tower 1961 Growth of urban suburban middle class Anti communism Political influence of newcomers to state Division w in Democratic Party Arguments against one party system Effects of Civil Rights 1964 and Voting Rights acts 1965 Alienation of white voters from the Democratic Party Mobilization of African American and Hispanic voting strength Realignment Shifting image of national Democratic Party and National Republican Party nationalization of politics Backlash against liberalism of Democratic Party growing association of Democrats with minority rights labor unions Underlying changes in Texas economy