tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post8816136745839831120..comments2024-01-18T01:51:10.582-05:00Comments on American TaĆno: A Blue Texas? Latinos Will DecideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-30523460939153875782011-06-17T00:12:44.040-05:002011-06-17T00:12:44.040-05:00Yeah but what does it mean that it goes "blue...Yeah but what does it mean that it goes "blue"? We need concrete plans and I don't see any to be honest, just because it's likely to go "blue" doesn't say much. I know you wrote his WAY back. Now in 2011 Democrats have had a chance to change things for the better but they have not, so I don't feel any relief necessarily that Texas might go "blue." I want to see more concrete plans that specify the changes. Like...an end to U.S. intervention in foreign countries, end the drug war, improve the public school system. I have not seen Democrats seriously address these issues. Thanks for sharing Gerry, I didn't want to post this long response on Facebook. --marcia herreraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-78400247398603684252008-12-08T17:48:00.000-05:002008-12-08T17:48:00.000-05:00Thanks for excellent website "American Taino"...I ...Thanks for excellent website "American Taino"...<BR/><BR/>I have become a Demography Junkie, studying the developments of Youth, in particular with the the campaign of Obama during the whole year 2008. That implies the study of Minorities and their numbers.<BR/><BR/>I have been collecting Maps of Youth for the USA, and statistics for the crucial Youth States : California, Texas, the South West, Florida, and probably Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. Those states are very young.<BR/><BR/>I share your impression that Texas has some possibilities of becoming blue and voting for Obama in 2012, if everything goes well.<BR/><BR/>You find maps and lots of numbers of Youngsters and Minorities in my sites :<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://milenials.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>Milenials.com</STRONG></A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://raciality.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>Raciality.com</STRONG></A><BR/><BR/>Vicente DuqueDefensores de Democraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990488344886411353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-45364648767697919732008-12-01T01:13:00.000-05:002008-12-01T01:13:00.000-05:00Some here have referred to California. Fair enough...Some here have referred to California. Fair enough. Just remember that California, the home state of Nixon and Reagan, was reliably Republican until prop 187-- the anti-immigrant proposition in 1994. That quickly turned California's large and varied immigrant population away from those who supported it-- the state Republican party. Since then, California has elected pretty much only Democrats to statewide office {other than one celebrity Republican who happens to be an immigrant himself and is far too liberal for most Republicans to contemplate-- but he is about the only kind of Republican who can still win statewide in California.)<BR/><BR/>It is amazing to me that the prop 187 suicide that the California Republican party committed is now being replicated on a national level.<BR/><BR/>As far as Texas is concerned, it is worth noting one obvious sign of impending trouble: Harris county was (light) blue this time around, a stark contrast from its red color in past elections. The movement of states like California, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania to the left about 10-15 years ago (and New York ten years before that) have been marked by a deeper and deeper blue of the county containing their largest metropolitan areas, which has eventually become a big blue monster that overwhelmed the less populated, more conservative areas of the state. Even Virginia has swung largely because of a single county, Fairfax, which is a heavily populated and now solidly blue county. Houston is the largest city in Texas, and while Harris county is relatively a smaller percentage of the state than, say, LA county is of California, its shift to blue this year is clearly the worrisome seed of what could become the identical occurrence of what happened in the aforementioned states.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-25067572595105219372008-11-30T20:59:00.000-05:002008-11-30T20:59:00.000-05:00foutsc said"Yeah! California's a big blue state, a...foutsc said<BR/><BR/>"Yeah! California's a big blue state, and look how great things are there!"<BR/><BR/>What foutsc forgets is that the U.S. had a "red" (Republican) government for the last 8 years and "look how great things are" in the U.S. as Bush leaves office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-62675745101809354152008-11-30T14:36:00.000-05:002008-11-30T14:36:00.000-05:00Yeah! California's a big blue state, and look how...Yeah! California's a big blue state, and look how great things are there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com