Essay On Texas Government

Admittedly Texas government is not a favorite subject of mine. As exciting as learning about Texas’ history and government was the first time I read about it in elementary school, Texas started to lose its charm once I took my 5th or 6th Texas history class. Steadily throughout high school and now college, Texas government became but another class I had to pass to move on with the rest of my life and obtain my degree. You may be wondering if this paper is going to be three pages of me bashing Texas government however, there is a silver lining. Since taking Political Science 2306, I have experienced a new perspective on Texas government. Thank to this class, I have a new understanding on how our legislature works, as well as how to actively …show more content…
To my surprise, not many of my peers knew how to take the first step in participating in politics either. Upon evaluating my previous Texas government and history classes, I realized that none of them really provided strong ties to daily life. The mystery only deepened when we began learning about elections in Texas. According to our textbook, “Texas is in the bottom five of [voter] turnout with just over 50 percent of the voter-eligible population voting” (Rottinghaus, B., 2018). This raises questions as to why the Texan people are not participating in arguably the easiest and least time-consuming part of the entire legislative process. Taking what we have learned in class coupled with information from our textbook, one of the biggest problems is voter awareness and a lack of knowledge about the legislative process. The textbook reads, “Research also shows that well-organized get-out-the-vote efforts by parties or organizations are effective if they rely on door-to-door visits or phone calls from a volunteer” (Rottinghaus, B. 2018). By informing individuals on the voting process, voter turnout increases. If simply holding polite conversation with someone about the voting process results in a higher voter turnout, one can only imagine what thoroughly informing and educating someone about Texas government could do for

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