Learning Objectives

  • Describe how the state’s geography and demographics shape its politics.
     
  • Discuss the role of tradition and legend in Texas politics.
     
  • Evaluate the role that political parties played in the origin and development of Texas.
     
  • Describe the political culture of Texas and its impact on Texas government.
     
  • Explain the context of Texas’s increasingly diverse population.
     
  • Assess who wins and who loses in a changing Texas.