CMC Introductory American Government -- Honors: Texas and California, Partisanship and Policy

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Monday, November 29, 2021

Texas and California, Partisanship and Policy

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— Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) November 29, 2021

For Wednesday, read Miller ch. 9-10.

Last paper assignment later this week.

Background:

Texas and the Confederacy
California and Progressivism

The Big Sort:

In 1976, Democrat Jimmy Carter narrowly carried Texas and Republican Gerald Ford narrowly carried California.

More detail on counties in 2020.

Precinct data for 2020.

Overall political party strength in Texas and California

What accounts for the shift?

Ideological sorting and consistency:

1994 in California and Texas:

Largest non-Mexican immigrant group by state

The end of the Cold War

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