Why be a Democrat?

The Democrats built this state. Together, we can return it to its rightful path.

Democrats believe in Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, & freedom from fear. To achieve these ends, the Democratic Party has given the American people:

  • Texas State Parks
  • Social Security
  • Medicare
  • Public schools
  • Public roads
  • Electric Coops & rural electrification
  • Ended Child Labor
  • Created the weekend
  • The GI Bill
  • Women's Suffrage
  • The New Deal
  • Medicaid
  • Civil Rights
  • Voting Rights
  • Minimum wage
  • The ACA and affordable healthcare via the market place
  • & much much more. 

 

Famous Texans who are/were Democrats:

  • President LBJ
  • Governor Ann Richards
  • Commissioner Jim Hightower
  • Speaker Sam Rayburn
  • Sam E Johnson Jr. 
  • Barbara Jordan
  • Willie Nelson
  • Bob Bullock

 

Infamous People Who Claim to be from Texas but ain't:

  • George W Bush
  • Ted Cruz