[albie]

“Oh, but Austin is the little dim love nest, wanna be. Texas will never go blue”.

...I lived in Austin for 8 years (1992-2000) and I just don’t remember it being half as liberal as when I went back to visit this past March. There were BO signs everywhere.

[Theodore R.]

TX can “go blue”. It’s a matter of demographics pending.

[austinaero]

My take on Austin is it is trying really hard to be like San Francisco. This makes no sense because most Texans like being original but, Austin takes it’s “weird” status to new heights on a regular basis.

[TexanByBirth]

I lived in Austin for 8 years (1992-2000) and I just don’t remember it being half as liberal as when I went back to visit this past March. There were BO signs everywhere.

The high-tech and dot-com explosion in Austin during the late 90s brought in a lot of people from the west coast. They drove up the housing prices and made an already blue area even bluer! And we won't even talk about the number of illegal immigrates there are in Austin.

[jagusafr]

I went to UT undergrad when Reagan ran the first time. I think I was the only one I knew who voted Republican, and that was in ‘76. It’s only gotten worse - a bunch of kids from our church went there two years ago and most of them have transferred to A&M because Austin and UT just don’t agree with their values.

Colonel, USAFR