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Hillary has nothing to do with local politics. The fact is that as more white people in Texas pass away and more mixed or Hispanic people take their place it's going to make it less a Republican stronghold than today. The only way that it might not happen is if the Republicans really begin appealing to them before that happens. However, I think they likely won't do that until it's too late.
Hillary has nothing to do with local politics. The fact is that as more white people in Texas pass away and more mixed or Hispanic people take their place it's going to make it less a Republican stronghold than today. The only way that it might not happen is if the Republicans really begin appealing to them before that happens. However, I think they likely won't do that until it's too late.
Abbott got 44% of the Hispanic vote.
Cornyn got 48% of the Hispanic vote.
Hispanics are not going to roll over and vote D as easily as the Blacks do.
Texas has not been majority White for a number of years now.
Minorities make up the majority of Texans.
Hillary has nothing to do with local politics. The fact is that as more white people in Texas pass away and more mixed or Hispanic people take their place it's going to make it less a Republican stronghold than today. The only way that it might not happen is if the Republicans really begin appealing to them before that happens. However, I think they likely won't do that until it's too late.
It's interesting that George Bush got 50% of the Hispanic vote 14 years ago. Sometimes these things change over time.
Abbott got 44% of the Hispanic vote.
Cornyn got 48% of the Hispanic vote.
Hispanics are not going to roll over and vote D as easily as the Blacks do.
Texas has not been majority White for a number of years now.
Minorities make up the majority of Texans.
They might not be, but they vote in larger proportion than Hispanics which gives their vote more weight. I'm not surprised about Jon Cornyn though, he has always made an effort to reach out to Hispanics, and I imagine Greg Abbot did as well. It still doesn't change my original point though that the state will be up for grabs in 10-15 years.
It's interesting that George Bush got 50% of the Hispanic vote 14 years ago. Sometimes these things change over time.
Bush got 33 percent in the 2000 elections :-P. In 2004 he got 44 percent which shows that when they appeal to them directly they can get their votes, like with most groups. When they just focus on anti immigration policies though, they will end up losing like Mitt Romney did in 2012.
Davis lost because Abbott was going to win regardless of who the Democratic candidate would have been, including Ann Richards. Davis' first and biggest mistake was selling her candidacy to the 'Blue State Pajama Party' and making her candidacy a national affair. As a national candidate, Davis made her campaign against Rick Perry, a non-candidate.
She has set the 'blue state project' back twenty years. But she'll look cute sitting on Charlie Rangel's knee.
Bush got 33 percent in the 2000 elections :-P. In 2004 he got 44 percent which shows that when they appeal to them directly they can get their votes, like with most groups. When they just focus on anti immigration policies though, they will end up losing like Mitt Romney did in 2012.
I was referring to the Governor race. Today's Austin American Statesman says Bush got 50% in the 1998 Governor's race.
The Presidency does affect local Politics just like Obama and his policies affected the 2014 elections which were all local.
Obama (and possibly Hillary's) far left policies have pushed many Moderates away from voting Democrat.
That's how Texas evolved away from Democrat Governors.
Because a lot of local policies were mimicking things they were doing in washington. I think it's pretty asinine to believe that people will vote out people in Montana because the President in Washington has pissed them off. This Country has a long history of split votes to say the opposite.
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