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Hey, all I can say is that my family votes. I can't help what others do or don't do.
That being said, Texas is one of the few states in which white, non Hispanics make up less than fifty percent of the population. Considering that minorities make up more than fifty percent of Texas' population, and Hispanics have THE LOWEST percentage of voter participation, followed closely by Asians and then African Americans - the reason for low voter turnout in Texas starts to become clearer. White non Hispanics vote at a much higher percentage than other groups - and we have a lot less of that demographic group than nearly any other state.
In fact, in Texas, 61 percent of white, non Hispanics voted (the national average is 64 percent). Where the drop is, is in the Hispanic percentage. The national average is 48 percent, but in Texas, Hispanic voter participation is only 38 percent.
The only state with a higher percentage of Hispanic population is New Mexico. Texas is 38.2 percent Hispanic, and only 38 percent of the Hispanic population in Texas votes.
Hope that helps you understand more about Texas' voter participation rates.
And what has Texas done to help encourage Hispanics in the state to vote to help increase voter participation?
And what has Texas done to help encourage Hispanics in the state to vote to help increase voter participation?
Texas isn't a nanny state, and those who want to live in a nanny state shouldn't move here with that expectation.
That being said, politicians of both main political parties run ads in Spanish, campaign in largely Hispanic areas, and have bilingual or Spanish websites.
Voting and community involvement are encouraged in public high school. When you get your state ID or drivers license, voter registration is part of that process (though it's not mandatory, it's pretty hard NOT to actually register to vote when you're getting a state ID or drivers license in Texas!).
But as HappyTexan noted, Hispanics trail all other ethnic groups NATIONWIDE when it comes to voting. Part of the problem is that many Hispanics living in Texas are not eligible to vote because they are here illegally. Yep, that's a pretty serious problem here in Texas.
Getting Hispanics to vote is not a Texas problem. It's a national problem that has been noted the past two Presidential elections.
And many Hispanics are ineligible to vote.
Getting people to vote in a state is very much that own state's problem. So what has Texas done to encourage their own citizens to vote? Texas should be ashamed at how low their voter participation is.
Texas isn't a nanny state, and those who want to live in a nanny state shouldn't move here with that expectation.
That being said, politicians of both main political parties run ads in Spanish, campaign in largely Hispanic areas, and have bilingual or Spanish websites.
Voting and community involvement are encouraged in public high school. When you get your state ID or drivers license, voter registration is part of that process (though it's not mandatory, it's pretty hard NOT to actually register to vote when you're getting a state ID or drivers license in Texas!).
But as HappyTexan noted, Hispanics trail all other ethnic groups NATIONWIDE when it comes to voting. Part of the problem is that many Hispanics living in Texas are not eligible to vote because they are here illegally. Yep, that's a pretty serious problem here in Texas.
Voter participation isn't a nanny state thing. Also, those that are illegal don't count in voter participation, only legal residents count.
I am curious what Texas is doing to help encourage voter participation in their state because the standard trying to get people to register, but not doing anything else clearly isn't working for them.
Voter participation isn't a nanny state thing. Also, those that are illegal don't count in voter participation, only legal residents count.
I am curious what Texas is doing to help encourage voter participation in their state because the standard trying to get people to register, but not doing anything else clearly isn't working for them.
Sigh.
I can't believe I have to explain this in even more detail. Oh wait, yes I can.
I never said that "voter participation is a nanny state thing." But some "encouraging voter participation" might fall under the "nanny state" concept - and Texas isn't one.
I gave examples of what the state of Texas does to encourage voter participation. But no - the state isn't going to go to peoples' houses, wake them up, help them get dressed, and then hold their hand all the way to the polling booth. Voting is free. It's easy. Ballots are in both English and Spanish. You can register to vote, for free, via any number of methods that you have to practically TRIP OVER in the course of daily life. If people still won't get out and vote - it's on them, not on the state of Texas.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Voter participation isn't a nanny state thing. Also, those that are illegal don't count in voter participation, only legal residents count.
I am curious what Texas is doing to help encourage voter participation in their state because the standard trying to get people to register, but not doing anything else clearly isn't working for them.
Well yall got to rmember that we are often out herding our cattle and shooting bad guys while we take advantage of our women folk. It hard to find the time to vote when we are all out chasing outlaws and eating coyote. Plus you to sign a document and most of us just sign with a X ,Them there officials don like us putting our address as the house 5 miles past the telegraph office. Plus now we got to go get one of them fancy drivers license just so we can ride our horse to the general store to pick up our chewing tobacco and beef jerky.
I never said that "voter participation is a nanny state thing." But some "encouraging voter participation" might fall under the "nanny state" concept - and Texas isn't one.
I gave examples of what the state of Texas does to encourage voter participation. But no - the state isn't going to go to peoples' houses, wake them up, help them get dressed, and then hold their hand all the way to the polling booth. Voting is free. It's easy. Ballots are in both English and Spanish. You can register to vote, for free, via any number of methods that you have to practically TRIP OVER in the course of daily life. If people still won't get out and vote - it's on them, not on the state of Texas.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
No one is saying Texas needs to take people from their homes to make them vote. No state does that, but sitting on their hands and saying their is nothing they can do is a lame excuse for having such a poor voter participation.
Well yall got to rmember that we are often out herding our cattle and shooting bad guys while we take advantage of our women folk. It hard to find the time to vote when we are all out chasing outlaws and eating coyote. Plus you to sign a document and most of us just sign with a X ,Them there officials don like us putting our address as the house 5 miles past the telegraph office. Plus now we got to go get one of them fancy drivers license just so we can ride our horse to the general store to pick up our chewing tobacco and beef jerky.
That's funny, but I was being serious, and I wasn't saying Texas was full of backwater cowboys. Voter participation is a very important thing. This whole needing a photo ID clearly won't help nor will it prevent any fraud that has already been shown isn't happening in the state of Texas.
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That's funny, but I was being serious, and I wasn't saying Texas was full of backwater cowboys. Voter participation is a very important thing. This whole needing a photo ID clearly won't help nor will it prevent any fraud that has already been shown isn't happening in the state of Texas.
