Yes, like All the Southern states, Texas still has many yellow dog Democrats. Most of the Southern state senators were Democrats not that long ago. Some, like Corker in Tennessee, represent that generational demographic. The issue in the Houston Mayoral runoff came down to turn out 104,000 or so "republicans" showed us to vote for the "conservative" King. A 108,000 or so blacks and teachers showed up to vote for the black Truner. I do not see how statistics apply in this run off. I do see that unless people are really motivated - usually by pocket book issues - they simply do not show up to vote.
Hillary received 3 million more votes than Trump. There were a few states like WI, PA, and MI, that saw Trump garner more votes, Dem and otherwise, than was previously the case.
I think this is a case of misreading statistics. In the Electoral collage the 3 million more votes Hillary received were totally irrelevant. What counted were the States of PA, WI and MI - statistically Democrat voting blocks. Again the issues in these states more than likely had to do with pocket book issues. Trump bringing jobs, Hillary killing Coal jobs.
What connection does the results of Venezuelan elections have to do with what we are discussing re the demographic impact on election results?
People are people, it make no difference where they live. If enough uneducated / fooled by the press people show up to vote, we here in the U.S. of A could end up in the same situation as the Venezuelans.
You shouldn't be drinking so early in the day.
I have a late game today - no drinking until after the game. We know God loves us - he gave us good German/Czech bear
LOL. The runoff came about after the initial election results to determine the top two candidates. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote during the general election on November 3, 2015, the run off was held between the top two finishers, Sylvester Turner, who received 32% of the vote, and Bill King, who received 25%.
If you look at the results, the Dem candidates received the majority of the votes on November 3rd. Sylvester Turner, Adrian Garcia, Ben Hall, and Chris Bell (all of whom were Democrats) got 65% of the total vote.
Turner 32%
King 25%
Garcia 17%
Hall 9%
Bell 7%
Bell endorsed King while Garcia and Hall endorsed Turner. All things being equal, Turner should have won with a bigger margin.
I think this is a case of misreading statistics. In the Electoral collage the 3 million more votes Hillary received were totally irrelevant. What counted were the States of PA, WI and MI - statistically Democrat voting blocks. Again the issues in these states more than likely had to do with pocket book issues. Trump bringing jobs, Hillary killing Coal jobs.
Trump won narrowly in PA, WI, and MI. Yes, Presidential elections are decided by the electoral college per the Constitution. It is rare that the candidate who wins the popular vote loses the election. What is happening now is that more and more states are turning blue. I lived over 30 years in VA. It used to be a red state and is now solid blue when it comes to statewide elections. I lived in Fairfax County, which is the largest county in the state. Kerry won FC in 2004, the first time that had been done by a Dem candidate for President since 1964. The demographics of FC have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Now one-third of the residents are foreign-born. For the first time in the history of VA, the ballots were in English and Spanish for a county. That county was FC.
People are people, it make no difference where they live. If enough uneducated / fooled by the press people show up to vote, we here in the U.S. of A could end up in the same situation as the Venezuelans.
We are being colonized by the Third World. We have a much different electorate. In 1970, 89% of the US electorate were non-Hispanic whites. Today, it is 63%.