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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Texas and California II

Student hour today: 1:45-2:45

For Monday, read Miller ch. 6-10.

2020 Census:  California and Texas

Religion:  California and Texas
Crime


Asian Percentage of Total Population: California and Texas
Year California (%)Texas (%)
1960~2.0%~0.1%
1970~2.8%~0.2%
1980~5.3%~0.8%
1990~9.6%~1.9%
2000~10.9%~2.7%
2010~13.0%~3.8%










Tale of the Tape (percent D)

California 

                                    1992                2024

Assembly seats           57.5%              75.0%

Senate seats                 60.0%             75.0% 

US House seats           57.7%             82.7%


Texas

State House seats       61.3%                41.3%   

State Senate seats       58.1%               35.5%

US House seats          70.0%               30.0%

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.


Precinct-level national maps

Overall political party strength in Texas and California

What accounts for the shift?



1994 in California and Texas:












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