I totally agree with you and would add Austin and SA to what you said. All one has to do is look at the voting map of the 2012 national election to see this. Our big metro areas are very blue: Texas - Election 2012 - NYTimes.comThe major issue is that NYC has more people than the rest of the state, and it tends to drag everyone else down with it. If we don't get working hard here in Texas, Houston or Dallas will wind up doing something similar.
I totally agree with you and would add Austin and SA to what you said. All one has to do is look at the voting map of the 2012 national election to see this. Our big metro areas are very blue: Texas - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com
I believe you were reading it correctly, but before you get too excited by it, consider there are multiple explanations. One is that people converted from D to R, which is probably the least likely. More likely is that more registered R's voted in 2008 than did in 2012. I like to look at voter turnout as a % of the registered voters and it typically is shocking how few voters decide things for everyone, especially at the state and local levels.If you click the "Change from 08" it seems like much of Texas became even more red.
But maybe I'm misreading something.
Working against the R's in Texas are the long-term demographic shifts: Latino Populations are Growing Fastest Where We Aren?t Looking
Your comment leads me to believe that you think the growth is moving here, perhaps even from accross the border. It is, however, mostly about birth rates of latino citizens.Holy smokes. That's a lot of growth. If anyone thinks the US can absorb all these people still even remotely resemble the US they are vastly mistaken.
I totally agree with you and would add Austin and SA to what you said. All one has to do is look at the voting map of the 2012 national election to see this. Our big metro areas are very blue: Texas - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com