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12. Very different than the Latinos I meet here in L A./NT

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Mon Feb 23, 2015, 01:54 PM

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Why isn't Texas Blue and when will it turn Blue? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 OP

give it 10 years.... unblock Feb 2015 #1

With those demographics it should be Democratic now DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #2

institutions and voting patterns don't change the instant demographics do unblock Feb 2015 #3

People are not monolithic globs. HappyMe Feb 2015 #5

You do know we do have constituencies that could uncharitably be called "monolithic globs". /NT DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #7

I wasn't saying anything uncharitable. HappyMe Feb 2015 #8

But people shouldn't be expected to vote for candidates inimical to their interests./NT DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #10

The fact is, HappyMe Feb 2015 #13

Democrats got around 22% of the white vote Gothmog Feb 2015 #30

African Americans, Latinos and Asians do not vote as a block in Texas Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #4

Amazing how different they are from Latinos elsewhere... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #6

Texas media is also pretty much pro-GOP. Hard to get a message out that the GOP is hurting them BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #11

Very different than the Latinos I meet here in L A./NT DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #12

True. Much different than all the Latinos I've met here in the Inland Empire, too. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #16

Put a Latino (Julian Castro, Sec. of HUD) on the top ticket in 2016 and Texas WILL turn blue. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #9

Calling people "stubborn" because they don't HappyMe Feb 2015 #18

No, that's not what I said. Don't put your words into my post in order to change my meaning. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #22

It's hard for some immigrants to learn the language. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #24

I know - although Spanish is a far more difficult language to learn than English, imo. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #27

Not all kids TexasMommaWithAHat Feb 2015 #41

Well, maybe not all but many. And family participation will speed up the process. My son is born in BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #50

English is one of the more difficult languages to speak well and idiomatically Fumesucker Feb 2015 #43

Believe me, Fumesucker, I know. I write novels so I know how vast the English vocabulary can be. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #51

I knew an undocumented immigrant a while back.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #52

LOL! Weirder? Nah. Creative? Yes! BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #53

The Texas Democratic Party printed some Clinton/Castro 2016 bumperstickers over a year ago Gothmog Feb 2015 #31

Let's hope we can put those to good use should Hillary Clinton decide to run. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #37

That will not happen. former9thward Feb 2015 #40

Or so you hope, former9thward. eom BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #49

I deal in reality. former9thward Feb 2015 #57

Reality?? Uh, no. In this case, it's clearly wishful thinking. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #59

Democrats have highly favorable demographics among Texans who don't vote. Bucky Feb 2015 #14

Give them a reason to. When Pres. Obama postponed his immigration e.o. until after the elections BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #25

I agree that delaying immigration executive action was a mistake Gothmog Feb 2015 #32

It's just a show of respect for their demographic. Show them this, and they will fight hard for you. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #35

Not the way the USA speeds toward a 2 class society, the wall is to high. Sunlei Feb 2015 #15

Because everything is bigger in Texas abakan Feb 2015 #17

I think your sole aim here was to start yet another Texas-bashing thread. Paladin Feb 2015 #19

NM, CO, AZ, NV, CA, and FL are all blue or purple... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #20

I stand by and confirm my earlier statement about your motives, here. (nt) Paladin Feb 2015 #21

You are free to be wrong and egregiously wrong at that. (nt) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #23

I do not take this thread as Texas bashing Gothmog Feb 2015 #34

Why would I hate Texas? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #44

Gerrymandering? Faux pas Feb 2015 #26

Don't think it will betterdemsonly Feb 2015 #28

Two reasons (i) Texas has a low voter participation rate and (ii) GOP voter suppression tactics Gothmog Feb 2015 #29

Why isn't Vermont Red and when will it turn Red? onenote Feb 2015 #33

We know from exit polls how every demographic votes DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #45

If you know the exit polls then you know the answer to your question onenote Feb 2015 #46

In 012 President Obama was over ninety percent with African Americans... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #47

And Wendy Davis was over 90 percent with African Americans onenote Feb 2015 #48

The numbers may favor Dems, but the DISTRICTS favor the GOOP. I think they will do everything they Erose999 Feb 2015 #36

The redistricting trial is still proceeding Gothmog Feb 2015 #38

This ^^^ Egnever Feb 2015 #55

Gerrymandering, massive voter suppression, lack of any real help at the national level. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #39

They also suck a lot of big business there daredtowork Feb 2015 #42

Today would have been the day TexasTowelie Feb 2015 #54

Purple in a decade, blue in two, if I had to guess (nt) Recursion Feb 2015 #56

Texas actually USED to be a blue state. alp227 Feb 2015 #58

Latinos vote in very low numbers there, and white Texans are extremely geek tragedy Feb 2015 #60

It won't turn blue overnight, it will turn blue when those demographics can be mobilized pstokely Feb 2015 #61

This is why LynneSin Feb 2015 #62