Could Texas go BLUE? (Houston, Dallas: unemployment, suburban, title)

[gy2020]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Only Hispanics outnumber Whites in Texas.

By and large, the Hispanics have more in common with Republicans than Democrats, from the perspective on religion, abortion, and work ethic. They tend to go Democrat because of the illegal alien issue. But if the Republicans make a real effort to bring Hispanics in, I think their vote could switch. I was listening to Dennis Miller last night and an hispanic from LA called and talked about this same issue. As Miller said, "We have more in common than not."

[gy2020]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

At the time that Texas was a "solid blue state", it did not mean what it means today. Even though it was once majority democrat, those democrats very often leaned conservative....and are a far cry from what a democrat generally means today.

Yes, and the Republicans also changed colors. Don't forget Lincoln was a Republican and after the Civil War, south being Democratic fought off the carpet baggers. It stayed that way up till Teddy Roosevelt era. Since the intergration policies in the 50's and 60's south flipped to the Republican party and conservatism and the Democrats went liberal.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

At the time that Texas was a "solid blue state", it did not mean what it means today. Even though it was once majority democrat, those democrats very often leaned conservative....and are a far cry from what a democrat generally means today.

Tell that to the people that go around saying "Abraham Lincoln was a republican"

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Dopo

Tell that to the people that go around saying "Abraham Lincoln was a republican"

LOL!! Uh huh......

[bman15470]

Yea right libs, next thing your gonna tell us is how Texas will follow the trend of hope and change right behind the death grip liberal states like NJ. Oh yea I forgot that liberal bastion just voted CONSERVATIVE. Gee it must be voter fraud seeing as that state has been run by Dems for decades.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by bman15470

Yea right libs, next thing your gonna tell us is how Texas will follow the trend of hope and change right behind the death grip liberal states like NJ. Oh yea I forgot that liberal bastion just voted CONSERVATIVE. Gee it must be voter fraud seeing as that state has been run by Dems for decades.

I'm not a lib.......

The really scary thing is that Texas just barely stayed red 2008--and NM, where I now live--went blue, along with others.

We can hope that the recent elections indicate that some are finally waking up and realizing just what they elected--voter fraud/dead people notwithstanding.

[bman15470]

Cathy, a lot of traditional states and areas got hooked on the hype perpetrated by the sell outs in the media. Heres how the movie ends- Hes a radical! by the time Nov 2012 rolls around Voters wont be able to send this guy to the rubbish pile fast enough, right on top of that anti Semite Carter.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by bman15470

Cathy, a lot of traditional states and areas got hooked on the hype perpetrated by the sell outs in the media. Heres how the movie ends- Hes a radical! by the time Nov 2012 rolls around Voters wont be able to send this guy to the rubbish pile fast enough, right on top of that anti Semite Carter.

One can hope. The media really did help them out big time.

One really realizes how meaningless the Nobel Peace Prize has become, when you look at these two recent recipients.

The election was mostly a backlash against Bush/Cheney. Not a fan of either myself, but that didn't translate to a vote for BO.

[joelaldo]

Originally Posted by txguy2009

It *could* definitely by 2016.

500k new people each year from California, NY, Northeast, Midwest, etc. will favor that demographically. Also becoming more and more minorities (it's already a minority majority state with blacks + hispanics + asians outnumbering whites).
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Whites are still the majority in Texas.
Texas - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder=

And your statement relies heavily on the assumption that all people from California, NY, Northeast and Midwest that move to texas are democrats. Just like the metro areas in Texas are anomalies in the state and vote democrat, many of those states have anomalies that heavily vote republican.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by joelaldo

Whites are still the majority in Texas.
Texas - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder=

Depends on how you define it.

Non-Hispanic whites make up less than 50% of the population.