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Originally Posted by urbanactivistTX
I have to disagree with your view/ assumption here. Most new residents moving to Texas are just as diverse as the rest of the United States... it's a fare amount of Democrats, Republicans and Independents. If anything, the trend with new residents is away from either party. And yeah, Democrats (and everyone else) moving to Texas has nothing to do with party affiliation... people are moving here in droves because the state is big, cheap and has lots of jobs.
Your argument might hold some weight if you're referring to "superliberals", but again when we're talking about real life job situations, people move where they have to, and take what they can get. Part of the reason that Houston is becoming so liberal is the amount of transient population that we have here is growing, especially inside the loop.
I disagree also with the view that Republicans are proclaiming ever since Scott Brown got elected... "the nation has turned the tide and now agrees with the Republican base". WRONG. Most people just need a government that's going to give them some answers. I think on the whole we still agree with more of the Democratic agenda than we do the Republicans... it's just that when you're mired in a rough economy (especially those without a job right now), you need to turn to whoever has an answer first, and people have grown impatient. The Obama administration also bit off a bit more than it could chew this year, and they need to focus. Once we see some results, the right-wing Tea Partiers won't have a leg to stand on.
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Agreed completely
Only question would be "Houston is becoming so liberal is the amount of transient population that we have here is growing." Was that a typo? Most transients don't qualify to vote without a mailing address to register at do they?
Also, "I disagree also with the view that Republicans are proclaiming ever since Scott Brown got elected..." You're right that I don't think Scott Brown's election means a whole lot of anything, and I think most Republicans realize that. That said, O'Reily and Hannity (and probably others but I avoid listening to them (the tv in my gym is stuck on Fox
)) have been crowing non-stop about the massive tidal shift signalled by the Scott Brown election.