Texas to become a blue state soon? (wages, Pelosi, Reid)
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Texas is officially a minority-majority state, and minorities tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic. Heck even in 2012, Romney only won about 57% of the vote. Even Rand Paul said the state could turn blue in the near future. Texas is worth like 34 electoral votes, right? If Texas turns blue (which I hope it does), it will be virtually impossible for a Republican to win a general election ever again, unless they change their positions on the issues.
What the left fails to see is that the Democratic party is only a stopover place for Latinos, Asians & Muslims. They all share far more in common with the GOP & will be trending that way over the next 20 years as they graduate into 2nd-3rd generations of Americans. Texas is a good example. The Latinos are religious, Catholics even. Why would they support Progressive ideology which openly mocks their religion? Latinos are pro-life. Latinos generally don't support homosexuality, certainly not as being equal. Latinos generally look to integrate into mainstream culture & live the American dream. If it wasn't for immigration the D's would literally have no appeal at all. Now that the GOP is trending that way, it should be a long, hard slap in the face for the Democratic party who very much feel like they own the Latinos.
The red-state and blue-state thing is nonsense. You will find plenty of conservatives in so called "blue-states" and you will find plenty of liberals in so called "red-states". It's more accurate to break it down by individual counties. I live in California, a supposedly hardcore "blue state" on the surface, but yet if you break it down by county you would be very surprised! There are several counties here that are VERY conservative! Like a totally different planet than you would expect.
I would argue that California is much more conservative than other states like Washington and Colorado. Voted for GMOs, voted down same-sex marriage, voted down legalized marijuana, etc.
What the left fails to see is that the Democratic party is only a stopover place for Latinos, Asians & Muslims. They all share far more in common with the GOP & will be trending that way over the next 20 years as they graduate into 2nd-3rd generations of Americans. Texas is a good example. The Latinos are religious, Catholics even. Why would they support Progressive ideology which openly mocks their religion? Latinos are pro-life. Latinos generally don't support homosexuality, certainly not as being equal. Latinos generally look to integrate into mainstream culture & live the American dream. If it wasn't for immigration the D's would literally have no appeal at all. Now that the GOP is trending that way, it should be a long, hard slap in the face for the Democratic party who very much feel like they own the Latinos.
Yep, you'd be surprised at the amount of minorities who are conservative, and not politically. But I wonder if the left sees them as bigots since they preach tolerance.
But Latinos are not pro business, are no in favor of small government, are in favor of social justice, and do not share the same values that the Republicans, Latinos love the state of social welfare, They not like social activism and not care politics, therefore they do not care if progressive agenda go forward or not, just to see that in latin america controversial topics like gay marriage, was quickly approved in some countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, some Mexican state, Colombia), are pro - life but they do not care abortion if it is legalized or not, because in practice, they already practice.
I've talked here Latino religiosity is just farce, many Latinos are assumed to be religious, just because being without religion is not accepted socially, most no go in sermons nor in the mass, or worse, practice witchcraft and vodoo
Research indicates that Latinos of second and third generation show little difference from their parents, continue with the same thoughts.
Another thing Latinos dislike of formality, they prefer informal businesses,for this reason Latin America is a mess, they do not care with urban zoning, direction of traffic laws, laws of nighttime silence, young people like to turn the night at parties, they dont like the school, do not obey their parents and the index of teen pregnancy, prostitution and drug use, and greater than that of young Americans.
I live in latin america 1 year ago, but there are exceptions not all Latinos are the way I write, but most Latinos are this way, so do not believe everything you read is necessary to know the truth, this utopia that Latinos are conservative and that at some point will Republicans voting is bull****, contrary to what you think , they no vote in Republican even in Texas, and the new generation and even more Democratic than the first.
You do have Brazil though that has shifted away from the "informal" way of conducting business and has been accepted in the global workplace.
I have had some first hand experience dealing with Latin American country's "informal" way of doing business.
Deadlines have a different meaning to them. A number of projects got delayed due to waiting on their software translations for several projects I worked on over my career.
This is a big reason why Obama and the Democratic party want to give citizenship and amnesty to all of the illegal aliens living in the US. More Democratic voters assuring that a Republican with traditional conservative values never gets elected to office again. Goodbye USA. Hello UASR (Union of American Socialist Republics).
What the left fails to see is that the Democratic party is only a stopover place for Latinos, Asians & Muslims. They all share far more in common with the GOP & will be trending that way over the next 20 years as they graduate into 2nd-3rd generations of Americans. Texas is a good example. The Latinos are religious, Catholics even. Why would they support Progressive ideology which openly mocks their religion? Latinos are pro-life. Latinos generally don't support homosexuality, certainly not as being equal. Latinos generally look to integrate into mainstream culture & live the American dream. If it wasn't for immigration the D's would literally have no appeal at all. Now that the GOP is trending that way, it should be a long, hard slap in the face for the Democratic party who very much feel like they own the Latinos.
Mexico has legal abortion and homosexual marriages -- and the churches in Texas are far from filled. Latinos consistently vote for pro-abortion politicians.
The problem with latinos -- the huge growth in numbers are from the indigent very government dependent types from south of the border. Virtually all illegals use Medicaid and food stamps for their children.
The Conservative latinos are either those who came legally on work visas or are from the USA -- often their roots go way back. The newcomers aren't conservative in the least.
The mistake is to believe that latinos are a monolith -- yes there are hard working self-reliant pro-Constitution latinos -- Ted Cruz is an obvious example but those are not the ones pouring over the border by the many millions coming to cash in on welfare handouts and that have zero respect for the laws of this country.
Mexico has legal abortion and homosexual marriages -- and the churches in Texas are far from filled. Latinos consistently vote for pro-abortion politicians.
The problem with latinos -- the huge growth in numbers are from the indigent very government dependent types from south of the border. Virtually all illegals use Medicaid and food stamps for their children.
The Conservative latinos are either those who came legally on work visas or are from the USA -- often their roots go way back. The newcomers aren't conservative in the least.
The mistake is to believe that latinos are a monolith -- yes there are hard working self-reliant pro-Constitution latinos -- Ted Cruz is an obvious example but those are not the ones pouring over the border by the many millions coming to cash in on welfare handouts and that have zero respect for the laws of this country.
That is the mistake many are making..lumping them all into a single group with shared ideas.
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