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for the people of Austin Texas (Original Post)
oldtime dfl_er
Dec 2016
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Hey! I'm in the Lower Rio Grande Valley - A deep blue oasis in a red intellectual desert. nt
Xipe Totec
Dec 2016
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Xipe Totec
(43,889 posts)1. Hey! I'm in the Lower Rio Grande Valley - A deep blue oasis in a red intellectual desert. nt
oldtime dfl_er
(6,930 posts)3. wow
that is a cool map. Texas is in danger of going blue one of these years!!
CCExile
(467 posts)6. Nueces county (Corpus Christi)
CC was reliably blue until the last gerrymander.
TwilightZone
(25,451 posts)2. Well, yeah, except for the other major cities in Texas, plus the Valley.
They've all gone blue the last few elections now.
oldtime dfl_er
(6,930 posts)4. Yea I know
Gotta see if there's interest in this one before I start making all the others ! LOL
northoftheborder
(7,571 posts)5. I'm surprised at the large cross shape area in west Texas.
Are these the latest results from the election?
LeftInTX
(25,201 posts)7. No. That district went red. The lastest congressional district map is here:
I couldn't copy and paste the image
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas