Peoples and Cultures of Early Texas: Germans and Czechs
From 1850 through the rest of the century, Germans comprised more than five percent of the Texas population, or about 150,000 of the three million people living in Texas by 1900. The United States census in 1990 identified 1,175,888 Texans who claimed pure German ancestry and another 1,775,838 claiming partial German ancestry, totaling almost ...
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The October 2024 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project poll will contain updates on the presidential and U.S. Senate races in Texas, as well as Texas attitudes on immigration, abortion, the economy, and more. The University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll has tracking Texans' views of the economy, leadership, and more since 2008.
Texas 2024 U.S. Senate Poll Tracker - The Texas Politics Project
Oct 30, 2024 · 43%. 27%. Cruz +16. * Result includes force for undecideds. Past updates: Updated October 29, 2024: Added Activote survey. Updated October 28, 2024: Added The New York Times/Siena College survey. Updated October 24, 2024: Added Emerson College/The Hill. Updated October 18 2024: Added UT/Texas Politics Project Poll.
Peoples and Cultures of Early Texas: Spanish and Mexican Americans
Despite the few Mexican Americans in Texas in the early 1800s, their number grew steadily over the rest of the century. The U.S census in 1850 counted more than 14,000 people of Mexican origin in Texas. Wars, civil unrest and the search for economic opportunity pushed increasing numbers of Mexicans into Texas in succeeding decades.
Ted Cruz Approval (October 2024) | The Texas Politics Project
Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you..." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle."
Greg Abbott Job Approval Trend | The Texas Politics Project
The Texas Politics Project just released the results of a March poll developed in conjunction with a team of researchers at the UT Energy Institute that asked dozens of questions about Texans’ experience during the winter storm, their attitudes toward causes and consequences of the storm, their views of, and expectations about, possible policy responses, and their views of …
Find an internship - The Texas Politics Project
Job Description: The office of Dean Senator Judith Zaffirini at the State Capitol has internships for students seeking... 10/22/2024. Spring 2025 District Internship Office of Congressman Lloyd Doggett. Office of Congressman Lloyd Doggett TX-37.
With voting about to start in Texas, Trump and Cruz maintain …
Oct 18, 2024 · TOPLINES CROSSTABS. With early voting about to kick off in Texas, the latest 2024 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds former president Donald Trump leading Vice-President Kamala Harris 51% to 46% among likely voters in the presidential race in Texas. Green Party candidate Jill Stein was the choice of 2%, while Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver received 1%.
Urbanization in Texas, 1850-2000 | The Texas Politics Project
From 1790 to 1940 urban places were defined to include only incorporated places such as cities, towns, and boroughs of a minimum size, first set at 8,000 in 1874, then lowered to 4,000 in 1880, and eventually in 1910 fixed at 2,500. Populations outside of urban areas are treated as rural. Since 1950 the definition of urban places was broadened ...
Texas Economic Conditions (June 2024) - The Texas Politics Project
Public opinion polling and analysis from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.