Graduation Year
2015
Date of Submission
9-2015
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
John J. Pitney Jr.
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Rights Information
© 2015 Claire Goodrich
Abstract
This thesis analyzes a gradual political transformation in Texas during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It specifically analyzes the political climate following the 2014 Midterm Elections by using the valuable context of past Texas political history. In spite of the massive setbacks of the 2014 election cycle, the Democratic Party may actually have a bright future in the state of Texas. Demographic and economic trends provide the party with an opportunity to make steady gains. But such progress will not happen automatically: Democrats have to run candidates and take positions that appeal to the emerging Texas electorate.
Recommended Citation
Goodrich, Claire, "Texas Politics in State and Nation" (2015). CMC Senior Theses. 1212.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1212
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
