Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 25
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Allred
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And, of course, under the Texas system Republicans can vote
for you in that the Republican Party is still vastly a minority
party in Texas. It's growing, but as of this time, may Republicans
cross over and vote in the Democratic primary. Their reasoning is
that they stand for conservatism. I dislike the terms conservative
and liberal because they mean different things to different people.
But the Republican Party is generally acknowledged as being the more
conservative of the parties. They stand for conservative government,
and they realize that if they vote for a Republican, they don't have
a chance. They want to influence the Democratic Party as conser-
vatively as possible, so they come over and vote in the Democratic
primaries for conservative condidates. So in that respect they
could vote for me on occasion, and I know some Republicans who
are old friends of the family, did vote for me, I'm sure.
This county is a very close-knit county, and I think one of
the things that helped me in my campaign was that both sides of
my family came here in 1919. I was considered to be from an old
family within the county. And consequently a great many people
voted for me out of friendship for my family as much as political
conviction, per se. My dad used to say, "You can know a man's a
so-and-so, but you don't have to let him know it." This is my own
interpretation of what he might have meant, but I might want a
person to vote for me some time, and would feel there's no future
in antagonizing him unnecessarily. I'm not averse to antagonizing
someone if I have to. In fact my younger brother says that's oneone reason why I'll never go anywhere in politics. If I don't like
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/26/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.