Will Ron Paul help turn Texas PURPLE ......or....BLUE? (San Antonio: move, bill)

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by hoffdano

Is it significant to you that Romney is a Mormon? I find it odd you chose to list it that way>

It's significant to every poster here who mentions it in every single post they make. It's clearly the deciding factor in who they will or won't vote for. And most of them would vehmently deny being the bigots they are.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

The voting trends are incredibly predictable in Texas.

The Rio Grande Valley, Dallas, Harris, Travis, and Bexar counties vote Democrat. Everyone else votes Republican.

Things will only change once Texas is majority Hispanic and they all start voting. Until then, its a Republican stronghold.

[Philip T]

The voting trends are incredibly predictable in Texas.

Yep.

It is likely that the last independent thought in Texas died at the Alamo.

[doctorjef]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

It's significant to every poster here who mentions it in every single post they make. It's clearly the deciding factor in who they will or won't vote for. And most of them would vehmently deny being the bigots they are.

Oh, I do hope that there be many such bigots amongst Texas Republicans!

[ReppingDFW]

Originally Posted by justme02

The voting trends are incredibly predictable in Texas.

The Rio Grande Valley, Dallas, Harris, Travis, and Bexar counties vote Democrat. Everyone else votes Republican.

Things will only change once Texas is majority Hispanic and they all start voting. Until then, its a Republican stronghold.

What about Jefferson County? They haven't voted for a Republican since 1972.

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

It's significant to every poster here who mentions it in every single post they make. It's clearly the deciding factor in who they will or won't vote for. And most of them would vehmently deny being the bigots they are.

My dislike of mormons comes from their actions, not from a benign characteristic like skin color or sexual orientation. That is a big difference. As I've said before, I would have voted for Huntsman because I don't feel that he votes or acts in lockstep with his cult.

[Sunderpig2]

Forget Ron Paul and all those others. Politics and politicians will never help or improve this country. Only "the people" will. It's naive and foolish to put hope and attention on the politicians. Especially the lot and breed we have these days....

[HtownLove]

Romney is a lackluster candidate. The Republicans are a force when they are mobilized behind a candidate (like Dubya). For better or worse Romney is no Dubya and can't shake up the base.

Unfortunate (or fortunately, depends on how you look at it) he has pushed himself so far right during the primaries that he won't be able to motivate the moderates either. Romney needs to pick a fire cracker hard core conservative like Cheney to have any chance in the election.

[doctorjef]

Originally Posted by wehotex

My dislike of mormons comes from their actions, not from a benign characteristic like skin color or sexual orientation. That is a big difference. As I've said before, I would have voted for Huntsman because I don't feel that he votes or acts in lockstep with his cult.

I expect few people are aware that Harry Reid is mormon (a convert rather than born into it). He's hardly the stereotype of that religion. A lot of Texans would dislike him because he's a progressive Democrat rather than due to the sect of which he is a member. Huntsman is said to be more conservative than people normally realise, but I tend to like the guy even though I would never vote for a Republican. As far as I'm concerned, he was the only decent candidate the Repugs had this time around and it's telling how little traction he achieved (none, basically). I can't imagine that Mittens is very culturally congruent with Texas, completely leaving the whole LDS thing aside.

[doctorjef]

Originally Posted by ReppingDFW

What about Jefferson County? They haven't voted for a Republican since 1972.

Jefferson County has a long history of unionised industry, which pretty much explains why it votes Dem, although I must say that unions have been so weakened that it's surprising to me that in basically conservative Southeast Texas, a Democratic majority has been maintained. A couple of other demographic factors are a large African-American population and a sizeable number of persons from Acadiana who settled in SE TX in the mid-Twentieth Century, bringing along, I presume, certain old populist Democratic leanings, a la the Huey Long tradition.