re: So much for turning Texas blue

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You guys have been saying that for years and it just isn’t happening

When will it happen?

Florida never turned blue and is actually more red than it was in 2000 despite 18 years of minority’s growth

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Idk how long but its simple math. It might not happen for a decade or two but it will.

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its simple math

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Go on ....

Is it a good thing in your mind for Florida and Texas to be permanently blue?

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I'm just saying these Beto-voting white liberals are unlikely to send their kids to Houston ISD.

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Sorry, I didn't understand. But you are right, except you are allowed to apply to schools you are not zoned to, and some people win that lottery. For example, one of the best public elementary schools in TX is River Oaks Elementary, which obviously doesn't fill up since those are the people that can afford the real expensive private schools. So if you are lucky, you can stay in public schools.

And as I said in my first post in this thread, Cruz will win handily.

You don’t see a lot of Cruz signs in Houston because Houston is generally left leaning. Yes, even the oil capital of the world generally votes liberal at this point.

It won’t change the outcome though.

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Mexicans are usually conservative.

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This.
At least in Texas, anyway.
Most of my Hispanic friends are some of the staunchest conservatives I know.

Nothing about politics is “simple math”


People and groups change

If I told you in 1992 that the dem would only get 27% or vote in WV in 2016, you’d laugh

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Most of my Hispanic friends are some of the staunchest conservatives I know.

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The Mexicans I grew up with were always making fun of liberals and calling them figs. They liked hunting and fishing and came from families with both parents AND grandparents around. They’re family people and good ‘ol boys, really. Doesn’t strike me as a reliable leftist voter.

lolBeto

The reason we lean left, like most cities is that the population density in the lower income areas is a lot higher than in the higher income areas. Houston is much less left than most cities because outside of the 2 big demographics that always vote blue (Black and Hispanic), we are hugely red everywhere else. Hence Harris County proper (the burbs) swings it back to the right.

If the poster that says the Hispanic vote is shifting right happens to be correct, then the city would change as well.

But I think you are wrong about the sign thing. There is a ton of oil industry in Heights, Memorial, River Oaks, Tanglewood, etc...and they are not putting signs out and you can pretty much guarentee that the oil industry is 90%+ voting Cruz.