Posted on 09/08/2018 12:52:18 AM PDT by hsmomx3
That figure counts illegals...among registered voters hispanics are are still a small minority. about 20%.
In 2014 Greg Abbot got 40% of the latino vote!!!
I want to know how any statewide D plans to overcome a 150,000 R registration advantsge.
Can’t do it with indies.
Except I have tracked a steady R registration advantage for a year & a half.
I am skeptical of claims that large #s of voters switch for primaries. For most people, registering alone is a pain. But to do it 3x?? (Register D, switch to R, switch back?)
I don’t see it.
Excellent insight, which I completely missed.
Thanks for tuning out the major media and thinking independently.
I thought more about your point & I think we can prove there was no “primary party switching”: there was no sudden surge of any kind in R registration in July/Aug-—just normal growth typical of previous 18 months.
But there WAS a March-Aug. surge in Ds registration. So just the opposite of what you fear occurred: despite a big push by Ds, they STILL came up 140,000 short!
In January 2008 I switched from (R) to (D) and then back to (R) to vote for Obama in the NH Primary, because I figured he was the only one McCain could beat easily.
I agree.
I would also agree that Texas Hispanics are more Conservative than in other states, except Florida, which has a large block of GOP Cuban voters.
I was trying to keep my previous Comment simple.
You may regret enticing me to write more about one of my favorite subjects!
(1) Almost 30% of eligible Texas Hispanic voters are not registered.
(2) Black and Hispanic eligible voters combined make up at least 34% of the total eligible voters in Texas. Black and Hispanic registration is much lower - only about 25%.
(3) Nationally, Hispanic voters have the lowest turn out of any ethnic group.
(4) A solid majority of the people who die each day in Texas are white Republicans.
(5) A solid majority of the people who turn 18 years old each day in Texas are non-white Democrats.
(6) Nationally, white Conservatives have the highest voter registration and the highest turn out of any other ethnic group.
Bottom Line...
Democracy is a simple math problem.
When Blacks and Hispanics register and turn out at the same rate as Conservatives, we will be politically dead.
Thanks.
The info I provided and I am not claiming it is true was from educrats posting on FB how they switched to R for the primary only.
A lot of hot air, IMO.
Time to pardon Leonard Peltier.
This was “Operation Chaos” but I’d be surprised if many people did this.
At any rate it isn’t reflected in monthly $s in AZ or FL, for example.
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