GOVT 2306 TR Goss: Parties and Politics

E-book -- By the beginning of the twenty-first century, Texas led the nation in the number of Latino officeholders, despite the state's violent history of racial conflict. Exploring this and other seemingly contradictory realities of Texas's political landscape since World War II, Democratizing Texas Politics captures powerful, interrelated forces that drive intriguing legislative dynamics.

E-book -- In The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism, some of our most accomplished and readable historians push the origins of present-day Texas conservatism back to the decade preceding the twentieth century.

Website -- Locate information on 3rd party candidates.

Website -- Information about candidates, issues, conservative philosophy, and principles.

Website -- Information about candidates, issues, events, and the party platform.

Website -- Data from the Texas Ethics Commission.

Website -- Find information about political groups active in Texas by their primary issues.

A guide from the Texas Ethics Commission.

Website -- Find information about your local government including links to city and county websites and population information.

Website -- Learn about the structure and function of county-level government as established by the Texas Constitution.

Website -- A fact-checking website to help you determine the accuracy of politician's claims.

This film addresses the universal problems about media and politics that frustrate people from all ideological viewpoints. “Democracy Through the Looking Glass” covers the national conversation around the 2016 presidential election.