In my view, the Democratic party is beginning to establish itself in Texas, especially in the Austin or San Antonio area. The Republican party has dominated Texas' politics since the late 1960s, and the Republicans' rein is likely to end in Texas in the near future. Such a political party shift will have a broad range of implications on Texas politics in matters relating to healthcare, education, abortion, and gay marriage.
If the Democratic Party takes control of Texas politics, one of the effects it will have on education is that the state government will encourage or support teachers' unions and ensure that the taxpayer's money caters for all educational activities at both K-12 and college levels (Wiebe, 2017). Besides, the Democratic Party’s leadership in Texas will support the consistent spending of public funds on education irrespective of the schools' performances. That will be contrary to the current Republican leadership's beliefs that poorly performing schools should not receive public funds and that public-sector unions are a threat to educational progress (Wiebe, 2017).
Regarding healthcare, the Democratic Party leadership is likely to support a universal form of healthcare delivery, characterized by state government’s strong support and involvement in various government-run care programs such as Medicaid and Medicare (Wiebe, 2017). That will be contrary to the Republican Party leadership’s belief that government-run programs provide less efficient healthcare services and, therefore, prefers private companies’ delivery of health services (Wiebe, 2017).
Additionally, the Democratic Party leadership is likely to support gay marriage in Texas, a practice that is strongly opposed by the current Republican Party leadership. The Democratic Party’s government in Texas is also likely to legalize abortion, which is also opposed strongly by the current Republicans’ government (Wiebe, 2017).
References
Wiebe, T. (2017). Today’s Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans; Today’s Social Issues: Democrats and Republicans. Reference " User Services Quarterly, 56(3), 221. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.56n3.221
