Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Texas

Paladin

(29,292 posts)

1. The conservative Hispanic vote has hindered TX Democrats for some time, now.

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 11:23 AM

May 2022

It centers around Catholic anti-abortion doctrine, and it's contributing to Texas being red, even though most of the big cities (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio) are Democratic blue.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

8 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How Did A Town That's 81% Hispanic Elect A Xenophobic Mayor? [View all] Shell_Seas May 2022 OP

The conservative Hispanic vote has hindered TX Democrats for some time, now. Paladin May 2022 #1

Hispanics are often Catholic. They are anti abortion and to a point think that people who are Autumn May 2022 #2

The right to life bullshit started as a method to peel off catholic votes from the Democratic Party Walleye May 2022 #3

So now, these people are voting for the "death party". The one that kills children. SharonAnn May 2022 #7

Lees1995 has a great response to this Baitball Blogger May 2022 #4

Hispanics in general and in TX and FL in particular are moving towards republicans in ever kelly1mm May 2022 #5

Because everyone knows that Republicans love their little brown brothers and sisters. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #6

Many Latinos are evangelicals. Those churches have LuckyLib May 2022 #8