Several counties, in Texas, have turned blue, since the 2012 election.
Fort Bend county, once a very reliable RED county, went for ILLary, in 2016.
They just lost their long time Repub County Judge and many other (Judge, District Clerk, etc) positions, to Dims. Only Rs that were safe were the ones unopposed, or not up for re-election, THIS year. (2016 was their wake up call, and they didn’t answer that call.)
Tarrant County (Fort Worth area) just turned blue, for the first time in DECADES.
It’s the influx of immigrants....legal and illegal....and transplants from CA and IL. The CA’s come for jobs, the IL come for welfare. Both bring their lib value systems with them.
Not to mention that the RNC/GOP in Texas and in Ft Bend County (I have no idea about Tarrant) did a horrible job of getting any messages out, or boots on the ground. Again, at least what we’ve seen in our area. (Far west of Houston area). And, Cruz ran a poor campaign. No sign of him, until the last month and when Trump rallied for him, in Houston. Didn’t he have ANY successes or track record to tout?
I am no longer buying red/blue crap.
No place is redder in America than Montana. #EpicFail.
The question is, “why is it blue?” What are they appealing to, and how?
It’s like saying, Mesa, AZ, is now MdDonald’s territory. Well, fine. But why? Why is it not Burger King territory?
The issue is how you appeal to voters to change the colors.
That is bad news about Tarrant County.
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