Isn’t Austin the liberal section of Texas?
... 2004 President George W. Bush won 68% of the vote in Williamson County while garnering only 42% in neighboring Travis County. John McCain received 55% of the vote to Barack Obama's 42% in the 2008 election. In 2012 Republican Mitt Romney defeated President Obama by a total of 59% to 38%.
Poverty on the rise in Houston suburbs
The number of poor people in Houston’s suburbs doubled between 2000 and 2011, surpassing the number in its urban area, researchers reported Monday.
I do believe that it is. My question: why haven’t these libs invited the poor into their homes?
I do believe that it is. My question: why haven’t these libs invited the poor into their homes?
Yes Austin is liberal. The suburbs are more conservative. Houston is booming. The construction going on is astounding, road building, strip centers, highrise buildings, houses of all price ranges. New stores and business everywhere you look. Amazing!
Yup. Austin is the lib arm pit of Texas. And Houston is the lib ### of Texas.
In other words, we got them surrounded.
The majority of the billionaires in the US live in the Dallas Fort Worth area - DFW - and those billionaires have quite a bit more than 1 billion, up to 20+ billion owned by Sam Walton's daughter who lives there. Next to her is Stemmons with about 9-10 billion, then others less than that but above 1 billion. Those are the known billionaires in that area.
All billionaires in the Houston area are stuck in the 1 billion, don't make it to 2 billion.
Austin is, but the surrounding counties, especially Williamson, are conservative.