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WOOHOO!!!! Do you know Texas may be turning blue? News coming in.

Hillary is slightly ahead in Texas. Keep it up, Texans! 

Posted - October 31, 2016

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  • I sure hope not.   Texas just isn't Texas anymore without the bat-crap nuttiness we know it for.
    I mean,  it's like that crazy racist Great Uncle in the family everyone puts up with because his epically insane rants give the rest of the family fodder to snicker at and mock. All while reminding you what happens if you entertain those darker feelings inside you. and what you don't want to be.
      October 31, 2016 10:19 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Glis so you don't think this is bat-crap nutty?   LOL

    They are the biggest rednecks in the nation?  They decide Trump is so repulsive he turned the whole state against their own party?
    You gotta love them Texies.
      October 31, 2016 10:25 AM MDT
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  • As a redneck I am insulted by that statement.
      October 31, 2016 10:35 AM MDT
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  • 2515
    @Glis, rednecks who are democrats vote democrat. Remember Ann Richards, our beloved democrat governor?
      October 31, 2016 10:46 AM MDT
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  • I wouldn't know what they do.  I only voted Democrat twice.

    I know Ann Richards though.  
      October 31, 2016 10:51 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    So are we going to re-name Texas and call it Austin City Limits?

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at October 31, 2016 10:34 AM MDT
      October 31, 2016 10:26 AM MDT
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  • Austin is like a limbo town in Texas.  Kind like Asheville in North Carolina.
      October 31, 2016 10:33 AM MDT
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  • 2515
    @S, Indeed! That's where the news is coming in from. Seems the Democrats are really rallying down here. I think Donald made a mistake trashing the Mexicans and Muslims. People may not know that there is much assimilation here in Texas. Anglos are married to Hispanics----both men and women. It's not unusual to see blonde kids named Maria or Jose. There are also many black people married to white people, especially in the cities. Texas also registered about 4,000 Muslims to vote. Ha! 

    Texas has had one of the highest Muslim populations in the US. The rednecks too, are Democrats. The Bushes live here too. They are supporting Hillary. 

    Thanks for the music. Love Austin City Limits. 
      October 31, 2016 10:43 AM MDT
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  • 3934
    It was more a matter of "when" than "if."

    History indicates as states become more urbanized and multi-ethnic, the population tends to support left-Democratic politicians and policies.

    In fact, the Red State/Blue State construct is something of a canard. What we actually have are Blue urban areas surrounded by vast exurban/rural (but relatively sparsely populated) Red areas. The degree to which states are Blue or Red largely depends on the ratio of urban-to-rural population.

    Texas is no more immune to this phenomenon than Nevada, Iowa (one of the earliest states to legalize gay marriage), Virginia, North Carolina, etc.
      October 31, 2016 11:43 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    I did not KNOW that.  THANK YOU.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at October 31, 2016 11:51 AM MDT
      October 31, 2016 11:45 AM MDT
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  • 34296
    Link?
    I cannot find a single poll with Clinton leading in TX. 

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/tx/texas_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-6105.html
      October 31, 2016 12:00 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    My 2, read Old School's answer. It's pretty good and clairifies a lot
      October 31, 2016 12:03 PM MDT
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