Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xiii
4. I. Background of texas politics 3
5. Ideological Setting 3
6. Institutional Setting 14
7. II. The republican party before 1962 21
8. Historical Perspective 21
9. Location of Republican Counties 28
10. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Republican Counties 32
11. Urbanization and the Republican Party 40
12. An Overview 62
13. The Conservative democrats before 1962 67
14. General Perspective 67
15. Democratic Counties Economic Characteristics of Conservative Democratic Counties 69
16. Urbanization and the Conservative Democrats 79
17. Perspective for the Future 88
18. IV. The Liberal Democrats before 1962 90
19. Historical Perspective 90
20. Location and Significance of Most Liberal Counties 93
21. Economic Characteristics of Most Liberal Counties 96
22. Historical Tradition of Liberal Democratic Counties 99
23. Liberalism and the Metropolitan Counties 100
24. Racial-Ethnic Minorities and Liberalism 108
25. The Negro Voter in Texas 108
26. The Latin American Voter in Texas 126
27. Liberal Strengths and Weaknesses: A Summing Up 138
28. V. The 1962 Elections: Results And Implications 140
29. The First Democratic Primary 140
30. The Democratic Runoff 145
31. The General Election 150
32. The 1962 Elections in Context 156
33. Geographic Patterns of Republican and Liberal Democratic Counties 156
34. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Republican and Liberal Democratic Counties 163
35. VI. Conclusions And Future Prospects 168
36. Postscript 179
37. A. Explanation of Process for Determining Quartiles 185
38. B. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Liberal Democratic, Conservative Democratic, and Republican Candidates in 1957 Special Senate Election 188
39. C. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Liberal Democratic and Conservative Democratic Candidates in 1962 Democratic Runoff Primary for Governor 191
40. D. Counties in First Quartile of Vote for Democratic and Republican Candidates in 1962 Gubernatorial Election 193
41. E. Classification of Texas Counties According to Urban-Rural Scale 195
42. F. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Metropolitan Counties in Texas, 1960 197
43. G. Geopolitical Regions of Texas. 199
44. Selected Bibliography 200
45. Index 205