From the time of reconstruction until the 1970s, the democratic party in texas had very little competition. many claim that the
evolution to texas's present-day status as a predominantly republican state is the hallmark of a political , in which voters slowly switch allegiance from one political party to the other, and the latter party then dominates the political process.
Switch. Texas, like much of the South, was once solidly blue or Democrat. Many point to Johnson's support for civil rights and social welfare as the cause for why Texas shifted from Democrat to Republican.
