Texas is not a Red state. It's a nonvoting state wanting a reason to vote

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/28/1332547/-Texas-is-not-a-Red-state-It-s-a-nonvoting-state-wanting-a-reason-to-vote?detail=email

It doesn't matter whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, a Libertarian, a Green, or a member of any other party. Many have died in order to provide every Texan, every American, the right to vote.

Many consider Texas a Red state. There has been much talk about Texas becoming a purple state or even a blue state, but Texas will be neither if most of its citizens are not voting. To believe that a Texas that suddenly starts voting will make it a Purple or Blue state is wishful thinking. Demographics is not necessarily probative. Making the case that any specific demographic would do better if they vote is the answer.

Many Texas Democratic politicians buy into the outdated narrative that Texas is a conservative state. As such, many of them come across as run-of-the-mill Republicans. A Battleground Texas volunteer working at a large outdoor event recently attempted to register several young people. Their response was predictable—they didn't want to be bothered because they perceived no significant differences between candidates. In other words, none of the candidates spoke to them. None of the candidates asked for their vote in return for a specific value.

Luckily, this volunteer spoke to them, and provided the narrative that these Texas candidates should be spreading. State Sen. Wendy Davis never mentions the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), yet many of the new voters she must win over have either benefited from it or would benefit from it if she were elected and accepted the Medicaid xxpansion to Obamacare. In fact, it was just reported that the Latino uninsured rate plummeted, thanks to Obamacare, and we all know the Latino population in Texas is large.

for me and I fill sure many others on both sides judge Texas by it's Gov., the laws the huge amount of deaths by execution, the racist rhetoric coming from those in the news on the republican side it'd war on women and support by laws of rape and abuse of women.  in general just what I hear, read and see all points to Texas as not a place friendly pretty much to anyone including the growing Hispanic population.  Perry and his hunting ranch "

NIGGERHEAD" pretty much let's you know where the sentiments lie.  leading a state and a possible 2nd presidential run and he never painted over it shows that those voters are in his head not relevant.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-manyby-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.html

Many Texas Democrats, like many national Democrats, fail to realize that they do not stand a chance of getting the vote of those predisposed to vote for Republicans. A few months ago, I wrote the following in an essay:

As the 2014 and 2016 elections approach, it is imperative that Democrats reaffirm what they stand for. It is not enough to simply win—it is important to differentiate. It is important to ensure voters know that when they pull the lever for a Democrat, they are voting for a Democrat who will govern with the tolerant middle-class centric values who will work to implement those policies accordingly. Democrats should embrace the criticisms from activists who are pointing out where the party has failed to live up to its ideals, its tenets and its platform. The embrace would mitigate the rightward creep that makes policies, once anathema to the party, somewhat plausible

while true I think PRES. has tried to but been obstructed on the right and literally abandoned on the left again it falls to us to save our own butts PRES. said "YES WE CAN" not "YES I CAN"  2014 MIDTERM MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. act like it and vote like it indifference on our side is a sure winner for the other side. recognize