Anameeka Hanif
University of Texas at Arlington
Pols 2312 November 29, 2013
Introduction
Election is like a race, one has to prepare and train for success.
It’s an opportunity and political circumstances that can affect the outcomes of a political candidate. Jane Bitzi daughter of former Governor Joe,” aka Big Daddy”.
She is running for Governor of Texas and is a conservative Republican. Jane’s stands for many of us!
With success comes much hard work and dedication. She’s a former developer of a software company, and a local West Texan.
Regional Support
The Cultural and regional support will directly come from a white republic population. The Geographic regions where Bitzi will prosper and have more support will be in the pan - handle and the south plains (Newell, Prindle & Riddlesperger, 2011). “The Republican Party has historically been weak in the areas around the southern Texas Mexican Boarder. Also the Golden triangle or cities of Port Arthur, Orange, and Beaumont have been associated with weak republican support”. (Newell, Prindle & Riddlesperger, 2011). The three major political cultures of Texas politics are moralistic, traditionalistic, and individualistic. According to Newell, “ Moralistic culture Citizen share the value or interest among each other. “Most dominantly this type of culture is noted to be in the northern regions of The United States”. (Newell, Prindle & Riddlesperger, 2011).
The Individualistic can be most attributed to the political culture of Texas. The culture seems to prefer a marketplace of selfishness. “This is more of a free for all of government, participations is found in this culture but only as a means to ensure self betterment. The use of government to take care of others is frowned upon
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