By Metro Area, White Houston Voters are the Most Republican in the Nation (Metros over 1 million) (Dallas: vs, suburbs)

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Link is below. It breaks down how whites vote by county. Houston white are more Republican than even OKC, Jacksonville, or Colorado Springs. It was kind of a shock to see, but given how prominent the O&D industry is in this area, Im not surprised:


http://www.whitdem.org/2012WhiteVote.html

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

I'd like to see a chart that ranks the counties or Metro areas by percentage of white voters who voted for Obama. Or a search section would be nice where we could just type in the county. I have big fingers and it's hard to get the finger to land on the county I'm trying to find. I can't get the map to enlarge.

[Oildog]

Energy industry tends to vote Republican.

[Inphosphere]

The differences are negligible between Harris county vs Duval, Oklahoma, and El Paso counties (Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, and Colorado Springs, respectively). Overall, it doesn't really look much different from much of the South (sans Florida).

Harris County is a large county, lots of suburbs in addition to Houston. Meanwhile, most of the other high white-for-Obama percentage areas in the South all are concentrated in very small counties centered around the city (Orleans Parish, Travis County, etc); outside the city, and the percentages drop like a rock. Harris County, if it was shrunk in size to be centered on Houston (or if Houston held the vast majority of the county's population), then the white voter percentage would definitely go up (and by a significant amount).

Central/South Florida; very few counties drop below 40% of the white vote. It seems that despite having a white population atypical of the South (Catholic religion, descended from French Canadian population), Southern Louisiana doesn't really vote much differently than other areas of the South.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Inphosphere

The differences are negligible between Harris county vs Duval, Oklahoma, and El Paso counties (Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, and Colorado Springs, respectively). Overall, it doesn't really look much different from much of the South (sans Florida).

Its pretty different. Harris County is only 3% less Republican (among whites) than Collin County. Think about that. Tarrant County is almost exactly in line with Harris County in this regard and Tarrant County has a higher ratio of suburb to city than Harris County. In Dallas and Atlanta, whites are much more likely to vote blue.

[Inphosphere]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

Its pretty different. Harris County is only 3% less Republican (among whites) than Collin County. Think about that. In Dallas and Atlanta, white are much more likely to vote blue.

I've already explained here:

Harris County is a large county, lots of suburbs in addition to Houston. Meanwhile, most of the other high white-for-Obama percentage areas in the South all are concentrated in very small counties centered around the city (Orleans Parish, Travis County, etc); outside the city, and the percentages drop like a rock. Harris County, if it was shrunk in size to be centered on Houston (or if Houston held the vast majority of the county's population), then the white voter percentage would definitely go up (and by a significant amount).

The counties of Dallas and Atlanta are smaller in area than Harris county, and their populations are more concentrated/focused in their cities. If Harris county were shrunk to be more centric on the city, then the % goes up, as the proportionality of liberal white voters (places like Montrose) goes up.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Inphosphere

I've already explained here:


The counties of Dallas and Atlanta are smaller in area than Harris county, and their populations are more concentrated/focused in their cities. If Harris county were shrunk to be more centric on the city, then the % goes up, as the proportionality of liberal white voters (places like Montrose) goes up.

I'm crunching the numbers and you're about to see why that explanation holds no water.

[Inphosphere]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

I'm crunching the numbers and you're about to see why that explanation holds no water.

Actually, it does.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Here are the major 4 in Texas broken down by MSA and white Democrat voters:

Houston:
Harris County - 344,436
Fort Bend County - 34,733
Montgomery County - 29,559
Brazoria County - 14,390
Liberty County - 4,324
Galveston County - 27,947
Waller County - 2,714
Chambers County - 1,077

Total White Democrats in 2012: 454,856
Total Non-Hispanic White population in 2012: 2,415,820
Percent of white voters that were Democrats in 2012: 18.8%

Dallas/Fort Worth:
Dallas County - 308,457
Tarrant County - 221,693
Collin County - 111,717
Denton County - 97,033
Johnson County - 15,679
Ellis County - 13,565
Parker County - 11,556
Kaufman County - 10,122
Hunt County - 7,943
Rockwall County - 7,807
Wise County - 4,421
Delta County - 610

Total White Democrats in 2012: 802,678
Non-Hispanic White population in 2012: 3,334,255
Percentage of white voters that were Democrats in 2012: 24.1%

Austin:
Travis County - 302,290
Williamson County- 81,156
Hays County - 32,527
Bastrop County - 12,056
Caldwell County - 3,167

Total White Democrats in 2012:
Total Non-Hispanic White population in 2012: 1,011,245
Percentage of White Democrats in 2012: 42.6%

San Antonio:
Bexar County - 210,230
Guadalupe County - 12,910
Comal County - 11,465
Wilson County - 3,540
Kendall County - 3,297
Atascosa County - 3,294
Bandera County - 2,366
Medina County - 2,004

Total White Democrats in 2012: 249,106
Total Non-Hispanic White population in 2012: 800,165
Percentage of White Democrats in 2012: 31.1%

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Inphosphere

Actually, it does.

No it doesn't and the numbers I posted prove that. Among white voters, Greater Houston is, by far, the most Republican of the bunch. Thats including all voters among all counties in the metro areas of all 4 major metro areas in Texas.