Yup, Texas was democratic until around 2000. Which makes it even funnier when people here acted like it's been some Republican strong hold since the Alamo.
LOL, that's just because before then, conservative Democrats (i.e. Dixiecrats) were a thing.
The party switch happened in the 70s. By 73 Texas had elected Barbara Jordan, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the US House. While governors like Mark White would probably be Republican by today's standards, you couldn't really say the same for Ann Richards. They even had their Senator Lloyd Bentsen run as VP on the Dukakis campaign.
While Texas had slowly been drifting red since the party switch, it was cemented with the redistricting in the mid 90s. Since then they have done everything in their power to suppress democratic voters.
Yup, Texas was democratic until around 2000. Which makes it even funnier when people here acted like it's been some Republican strong hold since the Alamo.
LOL, that's just because before then, conservative Democrats (i.e. Dixiecrats) were a thing.
The party switch happened in the 70s. By 73 Texas had elected Barbara Jordan, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the US House. While governors like Mark White would probably be Republican by today's standards, you couldn't really say the same for Ann Richards. They even had their Senator Lloyd Bentsen run as VP on the Dukakis campaign.
While Texas had slowly been drifting red since the party switch, it was cemented with the redistricting in the mid 90s. Since then they have done everything in their power to suppress democratic voters.