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LetMyPeopleVote

(155,603 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 08:29 AM Oct 22

Kamala Harris is holding a rally in Houston on October 25

Texas will turn blue. This is a big deal for the Democratic Presidential candidate to come to Houston so close to Election Day


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LetMyPeopleVote

(155,603 posts)
6. There are some demographic trends that show that Texas will be blue
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 01:32 PM
Oct 22

The population growth has been in urban areas that are blue. The counties with the greatest population growth are counties that are blue or are becoming blue



TBF

(34,772 posts)
8. In my county they recently gerry-mandered
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 02:48 PM
Oct 22

my sub-division. I think they were mad that so many voted democratic in the last election. They took us out of Nehls district and put us in Al Green's.

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,603 posts)
5. Kamala Harris to hold a rally in Houston amid early voting in Texas
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:18 AM
Oct 22

This is a big deal for Texas. Demographic trends point to Texas turning blue. Having the Democratic Party Presidential candidate come to Texas so close to the general election is a big deal.



https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/kamala-harris-houston-rally-19853754.php

Vice President Kamala Harris is coming back to Houston for a campaign rally on Friday as the first week of in-person early voting wraps up.

The Democrat’s campaign has not announced the exact location, but the rally will be between 3 and 8 p.m.

It will be Harris’ first stop in Texas since July, when she spent four of her first 10 days on the campaign trail in Houston for speeches and fundraising events.

It’s a rare visit for a presidential contender to be in Texas this close to Election Day. Texas is not considered one of the nation’s battleground states, where White House contenders spend most of their time.

If the state is going to get tighter or flip to Democrats, they need a big turnout in Harris County where Harris will be. The state’s most populous county has become increasingly blue in presidential elections. Joe Biden won 56% of the vote in the county in 2020, the largest percentage for a Democratic presidential contender since Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1964.

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
7. Maybe Texas won't turn blue, but...
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 02:25 PM
Oct 22

It says a lot that she can take some valuable time to come here and perhaps get Trump into defending ground he thought he had locked down while she gets back to the blue wall states.

And if we go blue? Hey, works for me! I hope it translates into some Lege seats too. We need some folks to help fight off vouchers and get some rational reproductive rights legislation going.

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,603 posts)
9. Beyonc will appear alongside Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time on the campaign trail at a Houston rally
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:23 PM
Oct 24
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