Texas Politics and California Politics

Questions on assignment?

Have to end class a little early because of a job talk.

For Wednesday, read Miller ch. 9-10.

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.

Partisan trifectas through 2020 and in 2022.

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:

 White decline

Largest non-Mexican immigrant group by state

Electorates

The end of the Cold War