Study Questions

  1. How does the size of the state of Texas affect the types of candidates that win political office?
  2. How have changing demographics altered the course of Texas politics?
  3. How does immigration positively and negatively impact Texas?
  4. How does the population of Texas differ from that of other states and the nation as a whole?
  5. How has Texas history as a part of Mexico, an independent republic, and a member of the Confederate States of America shaped its contemporary political culture?