Table of Contents

• Introduction
• I. Background of Texas Politics
  • Ideological Setting
  • Institutional Setting
• II. The Republican Party before 1962
  • Historical Perspective
  • Location of Republican Counties
  • Socio-Economic Characteristics of Republican Counties
  • Urbanization and the Republican Party
  • An Overview
• III. The Conservative Democrats before 1962
  • General Perspective
  • Location and Geographic Cohesiveness of Conservative Democratic Counties
  • Economic Characteristics of Conservative Democratic Counties
  • Urbanization and the Conservative Democrats
  • Perspective for the Future
• IV. The Liberal Democrats before 1962
  • Historical Perspective
  • Location and Significance of Most Liberal Counties
  • Economic Characteristics of Most Liberal Counties
  • Historical Tradition of Liberal Democratic Counties
  • Liberalism and the Metropolitan Counties
  • Racial-Ethnic Minorities and Liberalism
  • The Negro Voter in Texas
  • The Latin American Voter in Texas
  • Liberal Strengths and Weaknesses: A Summing Up
• V. The 1962 Elections: Results and Implications
  • The First Democratic Primary
  • The Democratic Runoff
  • The General Election
  • The 1962 Elections in Context
  • Geographic Patterns of Republican and Liberal Democratic Counties
  • Socio-Economic Characteristics of Republican and Liberal Democratic Counties
• VI. Conclusions and Future Prospects
  • Postscript
• Appendixes
  • A. Explanation of Process for Determining Quartiles.
  • B. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Liberal Democratic, Conservative Democratic, and Republican Candidates in 1957 Special Senate Election
  • C. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Liberal Democratic and Conservative Democratic Candidates in 1962 Democratic Runoff Primary for Governor
  • D. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Democratic and Republican Candidates in 1962 Gubernatorial Election
  • E. Classification of Texas Counties According to Urban-Rural Scale
  • F. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Metropolitan Counties in Texas, 1960
  • G. Geopolitical Regions of Texas
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

James R. Soukup taught government at the University of Texas at Austin.

Clifton McCleskey is Professor Emeritus of American Politics at the University of Virginia.

Harry Holloway is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma.