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Politics : Is Secession Doable?
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To: tejek who wrote (849)11/8/2004 4:54:51 PM
From: silsbee  Read Replies (1) of 1968
 
Teddie, Can you read??

In the 1982 Republican primary, the number of participants increased over the 1978 total from 158,403 to 265,851. This spurt began a steady growth leading to the 1992 primary, in which nearly a million voters participated. At the same time, Democratic primary participation decreased from 1.8 million to 1.5 million. This grass-roots support of the Republican party showed up particularly in the growing number of Republicans elected to the state legislature. By 1992, 59 of 150 House members and 13 of 31 senators were Republicans. At the beginning of the 1990s, some analysts concluded that Texas had not only developed a vigorous two-party system but that the state also had become primarily Republican. After a hundred years as a minority party, the Republicans had become the majority."

Look at 1992, 59 of 150 house members Rep. & 13 of 31 Senators. That means 91 of 150 House & 18 of 31 Senators were Dems, sorta out of line with a Rep state.

The Dems were in control of drawing district lines for 100 years and that was why they had a majority in those times even when Reps would win they larger statewide elections. The redistricting of 2000 was the first time the Reps drew the lines and now for the first time you are seeing a majority Rep which is the way the state has been leaning for 20 years.
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