North Texas starting to bleed Blue

Denton (0.00 / 0)

John McLeod is a great candidate and I hope he runs again next time.

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by: TheUNTEdge @ Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 06:33:24 AM UTC

Putting Dem's on the Ballot (3.00 / 1)

Couldn't agree more. In looking at some of the numbers in and around my congressional district, I couldn't help but notice how many state house districts with no Democratic contender had several counties where Rick Perry got less than 40% of the vote.

It's also worth noting that in many of these counties, the Libertarian garnered up to and in some cases exceeding 20% of the vote.
Those aren't Lib's voting, those are hard core Dem's who have been cognizant enough to forgo the straight party ticket and vote every race in order to vote for the non-republican in these races. I posted some maps that demonstate some of this.

We need a strategy to recruit strong candidates in every race.

Prisoner of hope.

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by: comeon @ Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 16:06:41 PM UTC

Libs (0.00 / 0)

That is true. I voted for Libertarians where they were running and had no Democratic opposition. Though they did not fair too well in Denton County, because a lot of Democrats choose not to give them the vote.

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by: John McClelland @ Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 20:23:54 PM UTC

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Question (0.00 / 0)

So, Dallas County is offically "blue". One poster sited a reason for Harris County not being "blue" yet is b/c it encompasses more of the suburbs than Dallas Co. does.

So, my question is this: the state-wide vote totals don't seem to vary much from cycle-to-cylce (comparing down ballot R-D races).

Have the suburbs of Dallas, as the result of "white flight" and other factors, become increasing Republican as Dallas Co. itself becomes increasingly Democratic?

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by: Matthew D. @ Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 20:49:35 PM UTC

the burbs (0.00 / 0)

The suburbs of Dallas in the North are heavily Republican. My candidate still got 37% of the vote in the most heavily Republican area. Southern Denton County would be considered suburbs of Dallas. Cities include Carrollton, The Colony, Lewisville, Flower Mound.

I also consider most of Collin County a surburb of Dallas. And that includes the heavily Republican city of Plano.

However, even where I live in Denton County, I still live in the city of Dallas. And 3 of the 6 voting precincts went blue, with the other 3 not far behind. I live as far north in the city of Dallas as you can go.

But "North Dallas" has always been considered the white flight area and the more Republican.

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by: John McClelland @ Sun Nov 12, 2006 at 01:25:17 AM UTC

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but... (0.00 / 0)

have they become more R, as the result of Dallas becoming more blue?

Meaning, is Dallas really becoming more Democratic, or are the surrounding areas simply becoming more Republican as Dallas Co.'s R voters leave...

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by: Matthew D. @ Mon Nov 13, 2006 at 21:00:26 PM UTC

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Mainly the same (0.00 / 0)

No it looks like its been fairly stable.

The only numbers I was able to crunch hard during the race was straight ticket voting. And in that regard, in the southern part of Denton County, Democratic straight ticket voting has increased each election cycle over the last 4 cycles.

So I think the flight of Republican voters is now moving away from southern Denton County and moving even further north into areas like Frisco, Little Elm, etc. which show to be solidly Republican.

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by: John McClelland @ Tue Nov 14, 2006 at 16:39:34 PM UTC

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