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0 pointsreaperducer6y ago0 comments

Serious question:do you still vote Democrat?

He said "Houston," so chances are the answer is yes.

People outside of Texas like to pretend that it's a solid red state. They conveniently don't bother to look at electoral maps and pretend that Austin doesn't exist so long as they can make jokes about where someone else lives.

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junar6y ago

They also said "suburb", though.

While many congressional districts in the city proper are dominated by Democrats, the suburbs usually go to the Republicans.

diafygi6y ago

That's becoming less true, especially around Houston, where there were several district flips to blue in the last midterms, even with the heavy Republican gerrymandering.

https://www.kut.org/post/texas-suburbs-are-slipping-away-gop...

205guy6y ago

Texas Republicans have gerrymandered the heck out of Austin to make sure the blue stays contained.

kortilla6y ago

If you think Texans pretend Austin doesn’t exist, I doubt you’ve ever been to Texas. It’s very frequently lovingly referred to as a liberal armpit, shithole, etc.

Austins problems (super high housing costs, homelessness) are often trotted out as an example of Democratic policies being the source of California’s problems.

reaperducerOP6y ago

If you think Texans pretend Austin doesn’t exist, I doubt you’ve ever been to Texas.

I said no such thing. I said people who like to stereotype Texas as Republican like to pretend Austin doesn't exist.

As for visiting Texas, I lived there for many years.

kortilla6y ago

And California has some Republican districts. That doesn’t mean the people stereotyping California for being liberal are pretending they don’t exist.

Stereotypes are broad generalizations that are lucky if they are even accurate about the majority, let alone all of something.

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0 pointsreaperducer6y ago0 comments

Serious question:do you still vote Democrat?

He said "Houston," so chances are the answer is yes.

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junar6y ago

They also said "suburb", though.

While many congressional districts in the city proper are dominated by Democrats, the suburbs usually go to the Republicans.

diafygi6y ago

That's becoming less true, especially around Houston, where there were several district flips to blue in the last midterms, even with the heavy Republican gerrymandering.

https://www.kut.org/post/texas-suburbs-are-slipping-away-gop...

205guy6y ago

Texas Republicans have gerrymandered the heck out of Austin to make sure the blue stays contained.

kortilla6y ago

If you think Texans pretend Austin doesn’t exist, I doubt you’ve ever been to Texas. It’s very frequently lovingly referred to as a liberal armpit, shithole, etc.

Austins problems (super high housing costs, homelessness) are often trotted out as an example of Democratic policies being the source of California’s problems.

reaperducerOP6y ago

If you think Texans pretend Austin doesn’t exist, I doubt you’ve ever been to Texas.

I said no such thing. I said people who like to stereotype Texas as Republican like to pretend Austin doesn't exist.

As for visiting Texas, I lived there for many years.

kortilla6y ago

And California has some Republican districts. That doesn’t mean the people stereotyping California for being liberal are pretending they don’t exist.

Stereotypes are broad generalizations that are lucky if they are even accurate about the majority, let alone all of something.

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