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Drove by 2 Red polling stations in Houston so far (Original Post)
cannabis_flower
Nov 2018
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mobeau69
(11,163 posts)1. Aren't most of 'em red?
Austin's where we need a huge turnout.
https://www.statesman.com/news/20181106/more-than-61000-vote-in-travis-williamson-within-5-hours
Harris County is blue in a sea of red.
We voted for Hillary in 2016.
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/11/harris-county-turned-blue/
mobeau69
(11,163 posts)4. I was thinking of the metro area, not the city proper.
Glad to learn that though. I thought Austin was the only island.
cannabis_flower
(3,768 posts)6. Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio - all blue islands
Now out in Fort Bend, Waller, Brazoria and Montgomery counties, there is a lot of red and that's still considered to be the Houston Metropolitan Area
DontBooVote
(901 posts)7. I looked at possibly volunteering in Hays Co (so. of Austin) because my admittedly limited research
...of areas of blue in TX and those leaning r, Hays Co. looked to be a rich ground for flipping.
Anyone heard anything coming out of Hays?
dubyadiprecession
(5,730 posts)2. That's because their voters are in a bar crying.
DontBooVote
(901 posts)5. Slow in my red polling station, also.
mobeau69
(11,163 posts)8. State? District?
DontBooVote
(901 posts)10. Ha, my bad. TX-24, TX HD-92, TX SD-10.
mobeau69
(11,163 posts)11. Thanks.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)9. texas set early voting record, that could explain some of it