Roof Open

Commentary is staying away from the talking heads these days. I am not interested in the blame game.

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The following was on the front page of yesterday’s Chron:

Despite growing up in a liberal Mexican American household in Houston’s Denver Harbor neighborhood, Tessie Kempenski hasn’t supported a Democrat in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

For decades, the 67-year-old has been an outlier as a Republican-supporting Latina, but when she woke up to the news Wednesday that Donald Trump had regained the White House — with unprecedented levels of Latino support nationwide — she felt vindicated.

“What people don’t understand is my hairdresser, my nail salon, my cleaners, they all voted for Trump because they’re small businesses and they’re taking a hit (economically),” she said as she ate breakfast at the East End staple Doña Maria on Wednesday. “(Democrats) take us for granted and assume we’re going to agree with them on everything.”

Latinos in Texas and across the country voted for President-elect Trump in striking numbers in the 2024 election, weakening the Democratic voting base and helping contribute to the Republican victory on Tuesday. 

Exit polling by The Washington Post indicates that 55% of Latino voters in Texas, who make up about a third of the state’s electorate, voted for Trump in this election — a 14-point swing from the 41% who voted for him in 2020. And though Vice President Kamala Harris won a slim majority of Latino voters across the country, her eight-point lead amongst Latinos nationwide is a double-digit drop from Biden’s in 2020.

The results could indicate that Republicans made significant inroads into one of Democrats’ most reliable voting blocs. 

Here is the entire read: How Trump and Republicans won big with Latino Texans.

I reviewed a few precincts in Harris County. Since 2016, Trump has made gains in hardcore Latino boxes. For the most part, a majority of Harris County Latino voters supported Vice President Harris.

I also found it interesting that in a number of these precincts, Cong. Colin Allred is running 5 to 8 points ahead of the VP over Cancun Cruz.

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The featured photo is the roof that was open last night at NRG for the Texans hosting the Lions. I went to the game with my best friend. Here is the Chron headline from the game:

The Houston Texans don’t know how to finish. Collapse against the Detroit Lions is latest example

We had a 23-7 lead and ended up losing 26-23 on the last play of the game.

There sure were a lot of Lions fans at the game.

We still may make the playoffs, but we are not a Super Bowl caliber team.

Have a safe Veterans Day.