Event Title
Do Changing demographics affect election outcomes and different immigration public policy in Texas and California from 1990 to now?
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Faculty Mentor
Dr. Mark Owens
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Date of Publication
2021
Abstract
This presentation will explore whether changing demographics have affected California and Texas's election outcomes from 1990 to the present and whether changing demographics have affected different immigration policies in Texas and California from 1990 to the present. Also, both states took similar paths when it came to their immigration policy in the past; in 1994, California passed Prop 187, which banned all services for undocumented immigrants, whereas the Texas Sanctuary City ban allowed police officers to pull people over to question their immigration status (Nowrasteh, 2016; Patton, 2017). I will explain the Demographic breakdown over different time periods, election outcomes and different immigration policies between California and Texas. Immigration policy is important because it changes what policies are implemented in state capitals around America. Moreover, I will discuss how California and Texas are different culturally. A takeaway from this project were the similarities between the election results in California and Texas as when elections got closer in both states, candidates, such as Gov. Wilson, Schwarzenegger, and Abbott, all had to readjust their positions on illegal immigration in order to be re-elected and politically relevant. Another takeaway is that because of the election results that started in 1998 for California and Texas, both states' voting and immigration laws, for the most part, went in very different directions.
Keywords
Demographics, Election Outcomes, Immigration Policy
Persistent Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/3010
Lutmer_poster
Do Changing demographics affect election outcomes and different immigration public policy in Texas and California from 1990 to now?
This presentation will explore whether changing demographics have affected California and Texas's election outcomes from 1990 to the present and whether changing demographics have affected different immigration policies in Texas and California from 1990 to the present. Also, both states took similar paths when it came to their immigration policy in the past; in 1994, California passed Prop 187, which banned all services for undocumented immigrants, whereas the Texas Sanctuary City ban allowed police officers to pull people over to question their immigration status (Nowrasteh, 2016; Patton, 2017). I will explain the Demographic breakdown over different time periods, election outcomes and different immigration policies between California and Texas. Immigration policy is important because it changes what policies are implemented in state capitals around America. Moreover, I will discuss how California and Texas are different culturally. A takeaway from this project were the similarities between the election results in California and Texas as when elections got closer in both states, candidates, such as Gov. Wilson, Schwarzenegger, and Abbott, all had to readjust their positions on illegal immigration in order to be re-elected and politically relevant. Another takeaway is that because of the election results that started in 1998 for California and Texas, both states' voting and immigration laws, for the most part, went in very different directions.
Comments
Dr. Mark Owens commented "I really like the research question you pose about how increases in migration to a state changes the surrounding context and can have divergent affects on immigration policy based on how long a party has held the governor's office."; David Lutmer commented "I appreciate how you like the research question Dr. Owens that I developed. Thank You for helping me develop the research question and for your help on this project, as this project has been the highlight of my UT-Tyler career. "