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Texas Economic Populism Refuses to Fit on a Red Paint Chip
· New York time
Political commentator David Griscom discussed his book The Myth of Red Texas with NPR, tracing a history of economic populism in the state. The book offers a longer view of Texas politics than the familiar shorthand of a reliably red map. That history is relevant as Democrats celebrate major gains in the state and consider how to build lasting support. A political label can make a large state look uniform from a distance, while a historical account has room for arguments that do not fit on a campaign graphic. Griscom's subject is economic populism, a tradition that complicates the idea that one color tells the whole story. Campaign professionals may prefer a map that can be explained in a sentence. History has the irritating habit of arriving with more pages than the presentation allowed.
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