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Georgia is experiencing significant growth in the minority population, and the white population is dropping in certain counties but not the state as a whole. The same is true of Texas, although its minority presence is more heavily Hispanic and less black. The term "white flight" would be more appropriately applied to a state such as New Jersey or California, where the total white population is declining, not just the percentage of white residents.
I've read the white population of Georgia is declining, not just the percentage. And have been told this by Georgians.
From everything I've read and heard in Texas it's just the percentage.
That is a very good point. I never thought about it that way. Certainly Texas is pretty darn red even though the left would like to think differently.
Outside of a handful, I doubt many people are trying to argue that Texas is no longer red. However, there was some clear movement away from the GOP in the state, at least in regards to Trump.
Also, if there was some type of Cruz impact, you would have likely saw the pullback in other parts of the state. Primarily the large pullback against Trump tended to be in the metro areas of the state. Travis (Austin), Collin, (suburban Dallas), and Fort Bend (suburban Houston) were the areas that swung the most, with the other major counties behind them.
Since you live in Texas, let me ask you this: why do you think Trump only pulled 52% of the votes in Texas? I mean, he won Texas, but Texas sure had an awful lot of Clinton supporters (43% of voters).
So, why not ask on the Texas forum why Trump didn't get a bigger majority in your state?
That might be more helpful to you as a (presumed) Texas voter than worrying about a place where you don't live and can't vote.
By the way, it might also interest you to know that members of the LDS church make up about the same percentage of the population in your state (Texas) as they do in California. In both cases, less than 2%. Since that includes children, and not all Mormons vote Republican, it seems doubtful that "Mormons make up an important part of the GOP base" in either state.
The 1967 Immigration Act. The same reason why California is now blue. Domestic immigration into Texas over the last decades also has added some reliably democratic voters as well, but the huge demographic shift is the main cause making Texas more competitive.
The 1967 Immigration Act. The same reason why California is now blue. Domestic immigration into Texas over the last decades also has added some reliably democratic voters as well, but the huge demographic shift is the main cause making Texas more competitive.
I don't buy that. Oregon and Washington also went blue and they didn't get as much foreign immigration as CA. The Republican Party also changed (as did the Democratic Party)
Remember in the period when California was a red state, Texas was a blue state (albeit that terminology was not used then)
It’s due to the fact this state is bluer than blue and Trump is more hated here than anyone else.
I honestly think Kim Jong Un would get a warmer welcome in California than Trump.
Of course he would, as would any communist or tyrannical dictator like the Castro's or Chavez. Just look at how Hollywood types fawn over them, while espousing hatred of the American way of life.
What many of these fools do not realize is that they would be some of the first victims of these despots they adore.
Liberals seem to love the worst people on earth, all the while demonizing conservatives of any stripe.
As to CA, it is lost to the liberals in the big population centers, vs. the north and pockets of the rural south.
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Of course he would, as would any communist or tyrannical dictator like the Castro's or Chavez. Just look at how Hollywood types fawn over them, while espousing hatred of the American way of life.
What many of these fools do not realize is that they would be some of the first victims of these despots they adore.
Liberals seem to love the worst people on earth, all the while demonizing conservatives of any stripe.
As to CA, it is lost to the liberals in the big population centers, vs. the north and pockets of the rural south.
First, no one is fawning over communists like Jong Un.
And second, when you say "the American way of life", there isn't one universal lifestyle for everyone in this country
First, no one is fawning over communists like Jong Un.
And second, when you say "the American way of life", there isn't one universal lifestyle for everyone in this country
These same words were undoubtedly said about Castro during his worst rein of terror, as well as Chavez. Yet that did not stop the Hollywood liberals and leftists from fawning over them later. So while Jong Un is the current bogyman/threat, rest assured that the Sean Penn types will be praising them eventually.
More importantly, I didn't say the present nut from NK were the best example. Rather pointing out how liberals have pushed a false narrative in an effort to rehab the reputations of despots like Castor/Chavez and their countries as if it was a model of Utopian paradise.
Needless to say most conservatives said their liberal supporters were nuts, and with hindsight, nothing could be more accutrate for your average American.
As to your typical Alinsky playbook, rest assured this country was more cohesive by accepting the norm, and shunning the exception/freaks.
But in the malcontent liberal world, up is down and all traditions need to be challenged. The American ideal was one of a melting pot, not a salad as the liberal freaks like to claim.
The majority of Americans have always bought into assimilation into American culture, not divisive isolation via promoting diversity.
But don't take my word for it, look up history via the Federalist Papers, and/or great speeches by presidents like Teddy Roosevelt about such matters.
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