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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:04 PM Original message |
A very important (but relatively unknown) fact about Texas... |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good point! As much as I love my latino brothers & sisters, they did not turn out |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Actually what the poster said was that the Latino communities |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Texas has traditionally had 20-24% latinos eligible to vote. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. True, True. Latinos outnumber blacks in Texas, and blacks vote Dem in higher percentages. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I agree with your analysis. Obama needs to get out to South Texas. n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. You win the prize! For correctly and succinctly explaining a very important detail of Texas primary |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Wow, coming from a Texan... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. It's an important wrinkle, and rewards the precincts who turned out last time. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. On the other hand, I understand there are more of those Latino precincts ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You suppose so? |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's only part of it, though |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. 67 more Texas delegates to the Denver get chosen in June at the State Convention |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very very interesting |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. One thing that Obama hopefuls seem to forget is the Ron Paul effect |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. maybe but i kinda doubt it... |
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Oskie (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. As I stood in line to vote in '06 I heard a lot of talk about |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. But what about the so called youth vote? Is it happening? |
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catagory5 (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. a little wrinkle in that info |
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Amimnoch (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I believe the vote still goes to the district you are registered in. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. The youth vote is happening in Texas. It will take some districts away from Hillary. |
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Amimnoch (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. True, but also it seems republicans are pushing for Hillary. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. That is part of the Republican scheme, but there are 3 problems with it. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. I was trying to follow an explanation of this on AA the other day and simply couldn't. Thanks for |
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