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Isn't it kind of inevitable? The cities keep growing at a phenomenal rate, transplants from other liberal states are moving in, the typically conservative baby boomers are dieing off, the children of traditionally blue latino immigrants are reaching voting age, etc etc. I honestly dont see Texas being red too much longer.
Last edited by Bo; 01-25-2012 at 01:12 PM..
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Isn't it kind of inevitable? The cities keep growing at a phenomenal rate, transplants from other liberal states are moving in, the typically conservative baby boomers are dieing off, the children of traditionally blue latino immigrants are reaching voting age, etc etc. I honestly dont see Texas being red too much longer.
I wouldn't be suprised if we elect a Democrat for governor in 2018. Just don't look for it to be a liberal Democrat. We Texans have voted for Demos in the past and use to have a majority of Demos running the state in all major offices. Remember this, even as the Latino population rises and more voters are of Latino descent, a majority are conservative, though they vote overwhelming Democratic.
We have seen an increase in Libertarian Latino voters also. I am one of those people, as is my family and immediate friends. Make no mistake though, Republicans have a strong foothold in our state and there are many Latinos who vote Republican, just not the majority.
Last edited by kingdomcome1; 01-23-2012 at 11:40 PM..
I have to say that although this state is getting many transplants and an increasing number of latinos a lot of whom are democrats but I think Republicans will rule a while longer.
It's going to be really interesting to see how Texas' eventual return to a Democratic state plays out on a national level. Republicans would be pretty much doomed when it came to the electoral college. Cali + NY and Texas all out of their grasp? Eeks.
It's going to be really interesting to see how Texas' eventual return to a Democratic state plays out on a national level. Republicans would be pretty much doomed when it came to the electoral college. Cali + NY and Texas all out of their grasp? Eeks.
Isn't it kind of inevitable? The cities keep growing at a phenomenal rate, transplants from other liberal states are moving in, the typically conservative baby boomers are dieing off, the children of traditionally blue latino immigrants are reaching voting age, etc etc. I honestly dont see Texas being red too much longer.
Texas has been Blue already...then some wise guy came up with the idea of switching the colors for political parties...now we're red. Who knows, next year Republican/Conservatives could switch back to blue and you'll have your wish.
Texas has been Blue already...then some wise guy came up with the idea of switching the colors for political parties...now we're red. Who knows, next year Republican/Conservatives could switch back to blue and you'll have your wish.
I predict that the Republicans will largely move toward the centre after they get punished nationally by the voters over the next couple of election cycles. Hence, I'd expect a more moderate, centrist Republican leadership in Texas developing over the next six years or so. Democrats will gradually make gains in Texas and the state is likely to become a genuine two-party state, something that it truly only was previously during the few years that the old Democratic Party was losing its control of the state's politics and the Republican Party was gaining the ascendency. The state basically went from being a one-party Democratic state to a one-party Republican state. In between there was a brief two-party period.
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