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4/16/2012
The Legislative Branch - 3.2 Informal Qualifications
  • Added video of Trey Marinez Fischer discussing the Mexican American Legislative Caucus.
The Legislative Branch - 3.0 Characteristics of the Texas Legislature
  • Added video of Trey Martinez Fischer discussing getting involved in politics.
  • Added video of Bill Hammond on how he got involved in politics.
3/31/2012
Polling - .
  • Added graphic on impact of Perry campaign
  • Revised text with discussion of "impact of perry campaign" graphic.
Polling - 7.0 National Policy Issues (February 2012)
  • Added graphics for MIP, abortion, class/wealth questions
  • Updated text
3/21/2012
Polling - 6.0 Representation and Redistricting
  • Updated text to reflect February 2012 results
  • Added graphic for February 2012 poll item
3/20/2012
Polling - 8.13 February 2012
  • Method section for February 2012 poll
  • Added files for February 2012 poll
Speaker Series
  • Added full length version of Trey Martinez Fischer video
Polling - .
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  • Updated trend data
Polling - 5.3 State Immigration Policy (Archive)
  • Archives updated with May 2011 and October 2011 graphics
  • Text updated
3/8/2012
Polling - .
  • Update text to reflect February 2012 poll results
  • Added feature on trend disapproval of Obama among GOP
2/20/2012
Polling - .
  • Added graphics for GOP presidential race
  • Added graphics for favorability ratings of GOP candidates, President Obama
2/15/2012
The Legislative Branch - .
  • Added Todd Hunter "Getting Started" video.
1/16/2012
Polling - .
  • Corrected link to October 2011 summary document
Polling - 8.12 October 2011
  • Corrected link to October 2011 summary document
1/10/2012
The Justice System - 4.2 Qualifications
  • More Info box with links to providers of Justice of Peace training added.
12/9/2011
Polling - .
  • Updated text to reflect October 2011 poll results
  • Update trend graphs
  • Added MIP results from October, 2011
Speaker Series
  • Added Wendy Hunter videos
  • Added Kel Seliger videos
  • Added Todd Hunter video
11/18/2011
Speaker Series
  • Added video from Todd Hunter November 2011 appearance
Polling - .
  • Added October 2011 data files
Polling - .
  • Added October 2011 data files
11/15/2011
The Executive Branch - 3.1 Qualifications and Characteristics
  • Corrected text regarding terms served by George W. Bush and Rick Perry
  • Added approval trends feature.
Speaker Series
  • Added video from Kirk Watson Nov 2011 appearance
11/7/2011
Polling - 3.2 Previous Poll Results
  • Text revised with archived results from May, 2011 poll
  • Additional feature figures archived
  • Features re-sorted in descending chronological order.
10/13/2011
The Executive Branch - 5.1 The Veto
  • Updated number of vetoes for Rick Perry
Speaker Series
  • Added clip of Root, Hoppe, and Embry discussion Rick Perry & race with Henson
  • Added video of event with Root, Hoppe, and Embry discussing Perry candidace with Henson
7/29/2011
Polling - .
  • New section discussion redistricting items from May, 2011 poll.
Polling - 5.4 Social Issues (Archive)
  • Added multiple archived graphics with results for social issue items
7/20/2011
Bureaucracy - 6.3 State-level Initiatives and Federal Programs
  • Text updated to reflect new legislative session
The Legislative Branch - 8.0 How a Bill Becomes a Law
  • Text updated to reflect data from the more recent legislative session
The Legislative Branch - 10.1 Reforms
  • Text updated to reflect data from the more recent legislative session
7/2/2011
Polling
  • Added Section 6: Representation and Redistricting
  • Added Section 2.3: Most Important Problem Archive
6/11/2011
Polling - .
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6/10/2011
Polling - .
  • Updated text with May, 2011 results
  • Added features based on May 2011 results
6/5/2011
Polling - .
  • Added text discussion 2012 presidential election match-up
  • Added feature graphic on 2012 presidential election match-up.
Polling - .
  • Added discussion of May results
  • Added MIP feature for May 2011
  • Updated text to discuss trends and MIP
5/27/2011
Polling - .
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Polling - .
  • Added data and methods section for May 2011 poll
5/25/2011
Polling - .
  • Added discussion of May 2011 UT/Texas Tribune poll
  • Added graphics from May 2011 poll
Polling - .
  • Added discussion of May 2011 UT/Texas Tribune poll results for 2012 Senate and Presidential contests
  • Added graphics on 2012 contests, including Tea Party crosstabs in Republican contests
Polling - 4.1 2012 Elections (Archive)
  • Created archive section for 2012 election pollling
4/6/2011
Speaker Series
  • Video from April 5 Straus event added to archive.
3/7/2011
Speaker Series
  • Added Steve Murdock video from February 28, 2011 in TribLive event at UT Austin.
Polling - .
  • Created new section for 2012 elections
  • Added US Senate heat results from February 2012 poll
2/28/2011
Polling - .
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Polling - .
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  • Data files, crosstabs, summary added.
2/22/2011
Polling - .
  • Revised with partial results from February 2011 UT/Texas Tribune survey.
The Legislative Branch - 1.0 Introduction
  • Updated budget figure in text from 2008-2009 figure to 2010-2011 figure
1/19/2011
Political Parties - 4.0 Contemporary Party Politics: The One-Party State of Texas?
  • Feature on Texas representation in US Congress added
  • Text updated
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 1.1 Republican Dominance
  • Feature on Texas representation in US Congress added
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The Legislative Branch - 8.1 Introduction and Referral
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The Legislative Branch - .
  • Text updated to reflect bill pre-filings in 82nd Legislature
1/18/2011
The Legislative Branch - 6.2 Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • Feature updated with new data from 2011 legislative session
1/13/2011
The Legislative Branch - 3.3 Party Affiliation
  • Feature updated with new data from 2010
1/12/2011
The Legislative Branch - 3.4 Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 election results
  • Gender in legislature feature updated to 2011
  • Race and ethniciy in legislature feature updated to 2011
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 4.1 Small Chance Of Making a Difference; Then Again ...
  • Minor revisions to text reflecting 2010 election
Political Parties - 7.4 Organizational Strength
  • Minor revisions to text reflecting 2011 election of Speaker of the House
The Justice System - 2.2 Sources of Law
  • Updated number of amendments to the Texas Constitution
The Executive Branch - 9.2 Lieutenant Governor
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 election results
The Executive Branch - 9.4 Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 election results
The Executive Branch - 9.5 Commissioner of the General Land Office
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 election results
The Executive Branch - 9.6 Commissioner of Agriculture
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 election results
1/11/2011
The Legislative Branch - 6.2 Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • Updated biography for former Speaker Tom Craddick
1/7/2011
The Legislative Branch - 3.5 Incumbency
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 elections
  • Feature updated with new data from 2010
The Legislative Branch - 3.5 Incumbency
  • Updated feature "Incumbency and Turnover in the Texas Legislature" to reflect 2010 election results
1/5/2011
The Executive Branch - .
  • Text updated to reflect 2010 election results
The Constitution - 4.5 Mode of Amendment (Article XVII)
  • Updated feature "Comparing Turnout in Constitutional Elections with Other Election Types" to reflect 2010 election results
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 3.2 Voting Pattern
  • Updated feature "Turnout Across Election Types" to reflect 2010 election results
The Legislative Branch - .
  • Updated feature "Race in the Texas Legislature" to reflect 2010 election results
The Legislative Branch - .
  • Updated feature "Race in the Texas Legislature" to reflect 2010 election results
The Executive Branch - .
  • Updated feature "Characteristics: Texas Governors Since 1874" to reflect 2010 election results
12/22/2010
Bureaucracy - 4.2 Sunset Review
  • Corrected text re: membership of Sunset Commission
Political Parties - .
  • Updated feature "Comparing ideology in Texas Politics"
11/22/2010
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 2.1 Getting on the Ballot: Primaries, Party Conventions, and Petitions
  • Revised text to reflect parties qualifying for 2012 ballot.
Polling - .
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  • Text updated with discussion of likely voter screens
11/11/2010
Political Parties - .
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Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 1.0 Introduction
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11/1/2010
Polling - .
  • Added May 2010 health care results / renamed section
Polling - .
  • Updated discussion with October 2010 numbers
  • Added MIP and Mood of Texas graphics with October 201 data
Polling - .
  • National policy issues discussion updated
  • Graphics describing Afghanistan policy, Obama's religion, and 14th Amendment modification posted
10/29/2010
The Constitution - 6.2 Recent Attempts at Constitutional Revision
  • Angelo State University reference corrected.
10/27/2010
Polling - .
  • Added data sets and other primary documents
Polling - .
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10/25/2010
Polling - .
  • Added data and description of gubernatorial results from October survey
Polling - 2.1 Trends
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Polling - .
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9/29/2010
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 5.3 Historical Barriers to Voting
  • Updated and redesigned "Presidential and Midterm Election Turnout" feature
9/20/2010
Polling - .
  • Updated Economic Assessment Trends graphic to include September survey results
9/19/2010
Polling - .
  • Added summary, crosstabs, codebook, and data file for September 2010 survey.
Polling - .
  • Added methodology description for September 2010 survey.
  • Add summary, crosstabs, codebook, and data file for September 2010 survey.
Polling - .
  • Added mood of the state graphic (right track/wrong direction, economic assessments)
  • Added Most Important Issue graphic (state and US)
  • Updated text to reflect September 2010 results
9/15/2010
Polling - .
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Polling - .
  • Added leadership updated leadership approval trends
  • Added Obama approval graphic
9/13/2010
Polling - .
  • Added Gubernatorial results from Septmber 2010 poll
9/10/2010
Polling - .
  • Updated chart style in Presidential Approval feature
Polling - .
  • Updated chart style in Employee Verification feature
8/30/2010
The Constitution - 4.5 Mode of Amendment (Article XVII)
  • Updated and redesigned "Comparing turnout in constitutional elections"
7/30/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
  • Updated and redesigned "Race and Ethnicity in the Texas Legislature, 1937-2009"
6/17/2010
The Justice System - .
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The Justice System - 4.7 The Future of Partisan Judicial Elections in Texas
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6/10/2010
Polling - .
  • Added text and figures on imigration items, SBOE items, and marijuana item.
Polling - .
  • Added text and figure on "Texas as a model" item from May 2010.
Texas Political Culture - 2.1 Low Taxes, Low Services Political Culture
  • Added feature and text using survey data related to "Texas as a model for other states
Texas Political Culture - 2.1 Low Taxes, Low Services Political Culture
  • Added feature and text using survey data related to "Texas government as a model for other states."
6/7/2010
Polling - .
  • Added text and features for May 2010 health care items.
6/1/2010
Polling - .
  • Section updated with text and graphics from May 2010 poll.
5/28/2010
Polling - .
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Polling - .
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Polling - .
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Polling - .
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5/27/2010
Polling - .
  • Data files for May 2010 added
5/24/2010
Polling - .
  • New electoral match ups added
  • Graphic of gubernatorial preference results added
5/23/2010
Interest Groups - 6.0 How They Do It: Interest Group Tools and Techniques
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5/12/2010
Speaker Series
  • Added Richard Murray video clips
4/19/2010
Polling - .
  • Added Feb poll files, including codebook
4/2/2010
Speaker Series
  • Added video from March 11 event.
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - .
  • Added video clips from March 11 Speaker Series event
  • Modified text to mention 2010 primary results
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 8.0 Polling and Campaigns
  • Added link to polling section
3/11/2010
The Justice System - 3.0 Organization and Structure of the Texas Court System
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3/8/2010
The Justice System - .
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The Justice System - 1.2 Looking Ahead
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3/4/2010
Speaker Series
  • Revised image, information for March 11 event
Polling - .
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  • Added information on primary election results
  • Add links to Texas SOS and Texas Tribune results sources
2/23/2010
The Executive Branch - 9.11 Another Balancing Factor: Appointed and Ex-Officio Boards and Commissions
  • Edited text and revised links
  • Added PUC and TABC links to More Info box
Polling - .
  • Corrected national MIP figure
  • Added PID crosstabs to national and state MIP feature
2/19/2010
Polling - .
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Polling - .
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Polling - .
  • Added charts for gay marriage results
  • Added charts for death penalty results
  • Added charts for gambling results
  • Added charts for "Texas as model for government"
2/16/2010
Polling - 3.0 Assessments of Political Leaders: October, 2009
  • Added approval charts reflecting February 2010 polling
  • Added text description of February 2010 polling
The Executive Branch - .
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The Executive Branch - .
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Polling - .
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2/15/2010
Polling - .
  • Added "Mood of the State" charts reflecting Feb 2010 survey
Polling - .
  • Updated text with October 2009 results
Polling - .
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  • Added date file
  • Added overall summary
  • Added all crosstabs
2/12/2010
Polling - .
  • Added February 2010 poll results
Polling - .
  • Added methodological notes for February 2010 poll
2/11/2010
The Executive Branch - .
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2/5/2010
The Executive Branch - .
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2/3/2010
Polling - .
  • Cleaned up crosstabs file for June survey posted
2/2/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
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The Legislative Branch - .
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The Legislative Branch - .
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The Legislative Branch - .
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2/1/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
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1/28/2010
Polling - .
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1/27/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
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1/26/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
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1/20/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
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1/19/2010
The Legislative Branch - .
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1/13/2010
Polling - .
  • Universal health care support chart with party and ideology breakdowns
  • Public option support chart with party and ideology breakdowns
12/15/2009
The Justice System - 3.5 Supreme Courts - Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Supreme Court
  • Added video of Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson on procedure related to Exxon v. Emerald
The Justice System - 4.0 Judicial Selection, Qualifications and Performance
  • Added video of Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson discussing judicial elections
12/4/2009
Texas Political Culture - 5.1 Settlement and Population Characteristics
  • Updated text
  • Added Census link to More Info box
12/3/2009
The Legislative Branch - .
  • Retitled section
  • Added existing features to page
12/2/2009
The Executive Branch - 1.0 Introduction
  • Added links to Handbook of Texas on division
  • Added link to Joint Resolution on Annexation (1845)
  • Edits to text
12/1/2009
The Legislative Branch - 2.1 Legislative Sessions
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Polling - .
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  • Added Shaw podcast
11/25/2009
Polling - .
  • Added Redistricting graphic
  • Added CHIP graphic
Polling - .
  • Added Shaw podcast methods interview
  • Added link to Doug Rivers paper
11/17/2009
Polling - .
  • Added files for national Money and Politics poll.
Texas Political Culture - 3.2 Popular Culture and Political Socialization
  • Add video excerpt featuring Christy Hoppe.
Polling - .
  • Added Money and Politics poll documents
11/9/2009
Polling - .
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Polling - .
  • Added crosstab files for October, 2009
11/6/2009
Polling - .
  • Consolidated survey data files and results
11/2/2009
Political Parties
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11/1/2009
The Executive Branch
  • posted new video
10/27/2009
Political Parties - .
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10/21/2009
Polling - .
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Political Parties
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Political Parties - .
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10/20/2009
The Legislative Branch - 2.0 Organization of the Legislature
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10/19/2009
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 7.1 Causes of Rising Campaign Costs
  • added Norma Chavez video
Texas Political Culture - 6.3 Political Actors and Political Culture
  • added Norma Chavez video
Interest Groups - 6.1 Lobbying
  • added Jack Gullahorn video
9/21/2009
Voting, Campaigns and Elections - 7.0 Political Campaigns
  • Added slide show feature with images from Hutchison event with Perry activities outside.
9/15/2009
The Legislative Branch - .
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The Legislative Branch - .
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The Legislative Branch - .
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The Legislative Branch - .
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Political Parties - .
  • updated text to reflect current party balance in the house
  • changed identification of Speaker of the House to reflect 2009 Speaker's race
The Constitution - 2.1 The State of Coahuila y Tejas, Estados Unidos Mexicanos
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  • fixed diacritics
The Constitution - 2.4 The Confederate Constitution of 1861
  • fixed typo in "more info" box
The Constitution - 3.1 State Constitutions
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The Constitution - 6.0 Modern Attempts at Constitutional Revisio
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The Constitution - 6.1 Constitutional Revision, 1971-1975
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9/13/2009
Political Parties - .
  • Revised description of party history in Texas.
1/1/2009
The Executive Branch
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The Executive Branch - 1.0 Introduction
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The Executive Branch
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The Executive Branch
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The Executive Branch
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The Executive Branch - 1.0 Introduction
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The Executive Branch - 1.0 Introduction
  • Added results and graphics from October survey.
Polling - .
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12/31/2006
Speaker Series
  • Added Marc Veasey video from 11/17/2009 event
  • Added excerpts from Bill White appearance
Political Parties - 3.0 History and Politics: Political Parties and Party Systems
  • Edited text to reflect 2010 election results
Polling - .
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  • Features updated with figures from October, 2011
  • Trend features updated.

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