Could Hillary Clinton win Texas?

A few pundits have even raised the notion of a Clinton victory in Texas—a huge state with more Electoral College votes than any state other than California.

In a lengthy profile by New York magazine’s Rebecca Traister, Clinton was almost salivating at the notion:

“Texas!” she exclaimed, eyes wide, as if daring me to question this, which I did. “You are not going to win Texas,” I said. She smiled, undaunted. “If black and Latino voters come out and vote, we could win Texas,” she told me firmly, practically licking her lips.

A Clinton victory in Texas would mean Democrats could hypothetically lose in all three major battleground states—Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania—and still take the White House. But consider Clinton’s massive primary victory in the state, and Trump’s lopsided loss to Ted Cruz in the state’s primary.

There is also Texas’s large and growing Latino population. Clinton won 70% of the Texan Latino vote over Bernie Sanders according to exit polls from the Feb. 2016 primary; whereas more than 80% of Latinos nationwide view Donald Trump unfavorably.

That said, experts are skeptical as to how much, if at all, the dial will move leftward for Texas in November. “Party identification for Latinos in Texas is not as one-sided as it is elsewhere,” Dr. James Henson, a professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin, and director of the school’s Texas Politics Project, tells Quartz. “While Latinos are still overwhelmingly Democratic in Texas, the margins are smaller than in comparable states.”

Still, Henson admits the time might be ripe for a leftward shift in the Lone Star State. “If ever you’re going to swing for the fences, or think that there might be a real outlier outcome, this would probably be that election,” he says, noting Trump’s pronounced unpopularity among mainstream Republicans.

“Secretary Clinton is right,” he adds, “If Latinos and African Americans do turn out in sufficient numbers, she might be able to pull off an upset in Texas.”

eddie wrote:I buy some products called Old El Paso - seasoning, tortilla wraps and sauces

Nothing to do with Hilary. I just wanted to join in

eddie wrote:I love their seasing mix. I put it on vegetables too.

I can eat Texan y'all

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:I love their seasing mix. I put it on vegetables too.

I can eat Texan y'all

Tried to cook it into a burger once, but I guess it either got burned out or overpowered by hickory smoke

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:I love their seasing mix. I put it on vegetables too.

I can eat Texan y'all

Tried to cook it into a burger once, but I guess it either got burned out or overpowered by hickory smoke

Ben Reilly wrote:Actually, Houston has gone purple. Obama won Harris County in 2012 by less than 1,000 votes. And that was an election when the Republicans were running one of the blandest politicians in recent memory, not Mr. Make America Hate Again.

Two more things:

* You don't get to take El Paso out of Texas. It is a beloved Texan city. It's also part of a big blue stripe that runs along the Rio Grande.

* You don't get Wendy Davis.

veya_victaous wrote:Is Old El Paso Consdered real mexican food?

it is the main brand here I always assumed it was 'bastardised mexican'

I like it. but it like most mexican

Original Quill wrote:She's way too liberal for Texas.

Ben wrote:here's the familiar Tex Mex taco:

Ben wrote:Whereas in Mexico they look more like this:

Ben Reilly wrote:It's Tex Mex, which is its own thing. You can see the difference with tacos, here's the familiar Tex Mex taco:



Whereas in Mexico they look more like this:



In Mexican cuisine, there's no such thing as "taco seasoning" -- their tacos are filled with meat recipes which have their own seasoning (they aren't made exclusively to fill tacos).