the democratic party dominated texas politics for most of texas history until the 1980s.
the democratic party dominated texas politics for most of texas history until the 1980s.
which party dominated texas politics for most of texas history until the 1980s?
the democratic
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for approximately 99 years, from after reconstruction until the 1990s, the democratic party dominated texas politics.









































in a reversal of alignments, since the late 1960s the republican party has grown more prominent within the state based on an influx of primarily white voters (the majority in the state) from the democratic party. by the mid-1990s, it became the state's dominant political party.









































section::::cultural background.
politics of texas
in the 1870s, white democrats wrested power back in the state legislature from the biracial coalition at the end of reconstruction. in the early 20th century, the legislature passed bills to impose poll taxes, followed by white primaries; these measures effectively disfranchised most blacks, poor whites and mexican americans. in the 1890s, 100,000 blacks voted in the state; by 1906, only 5,000 could vote. as a result, the democratic party dominated texas politics from the turn of the century, imposing racial segregation and white supremacy. it held power until after passage in the mid-1960s of national civil rights legislation enforcing constitutional rights of all citizens.
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