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According to a new Gallup Poll, 43 percent of Lone Star State residents identify as "conservatives" while just 16 percent identify as "liberals."

Let's say you relocated the People's Republic of Austin to Berkeley. Or even (God forbid) brought em here, to our beloved blue college town of Charlottesville.

Would there be a single liberal left in Texas?

1 posted on 08/19/2009 10:45:36 AM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited

The Rio Grande valley and Beaumont.


2 posted on 08/19/2009 10:48:26 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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It’s more like 75% if you take out the inner cities, much of Austin, and the Rio Grande Valley. Even the Rio Grande is conservative, but they are fooled by government promises and vote for Democrats.


4 posted on 08/19/2009 10:52:11 AM PDT by DallasMike
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I was sorta expecting, “43 percent of Lone Star State residents identify as “conservatives” while the rest simply said, “Mind your own damned business!”...;’}


5 posted on 08/19/2009 10:56:35 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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43% is more than enough to get a real state sovereignty movement rolling in Texas. I plan to actively encourage Governor Perry to stick to his stated position regarding 10th Amendment protections if this crap sandwich health bill passes.


6 posted on 08/19/2009 10:59:08 AM PDT by Pantera
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Bet it’s more than that. Even some of liberals here are conservative.


7 posted on 08/19/2009 11:02:22 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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Thirty-six percent of respondents described themselves as "moderates," in the poll of more than 9,100 Texans.

Moderate means no core beliefs
8 posted on 08/19/2009 11:03:09 AM PDT by uncbob
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"Texas' identity as a solid "red" state is unlikely to change any time soon."

Man, I love this state.

9 posted on 08/19/2009 11:08:08 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Please secede Texas, please. Americans need a sanctuary to escape liberal fascism. Where else can we go? Australia?


11 posted on 08/19/2009 11:16:10 AM PDT by gorilla_warrior (Metrosexual hairless RINOs for hopey-changey bipartisan-ness)
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To: freespirited
Would there be a single liberal left in Texas?


Don't let polls like this confuse you... Don't forget Texas has major metropolitan areas in Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio all of which aren't necessarily conservative.

There are many democrats that will answer a question tht they are conservative and are in many ways.

Today the Texas State House is 76 - 74 GOP. The GOP has lost seats in the last few elections and after redistricting may well loose the House. The state Senate is safely GOP but that may close under redistricting.

Statewide elective offices have been held by the GOP for a few years now. But as I said the conservative adjective isn't synonymous with how one will vote.

12 posted on 08/19/2009 11:17:03 AM PDT by deport
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If you want to get rid of liberals in your state, it only requires two policies:

End entitlements - the freeloading sheep leave for greener pastures.

Make it impossible for government at any level to control people’s lives - the leftist elitists will be gone before you can say “know better”.


14 posted on 08/19/2009 11:19:04 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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Yes yes, you can play with numbers all you want but the only two States that had NO counties go Democrat in recent elections are Utah and Nebraska.


16 posted on 08/19/2009 11:20:51 AM PDT by Seruzawa (Obamalama lied, the republic died.)
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I like the headline, but what people say and how they vote is not always the same. Dallas, Houston and Austin are all run by liberals. Dallas elected a lesbian sherrif and replaced every republican in our court system in the last election. Houston may soon have a lesbian as their mayor and Austin is the home of more liberals than you can imagine. San Antonio has been in the hands of Democrats for 25 years. If it was not for the suburbs and the rural areas of TX sending conservatives to government we would be in big big trouble.


29 posted on 08/19/2009 1:27:28 PM PDT by q_an_a
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