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This week the President of India was in Houston for a state visit, so was Donald Trump. The two of them walked hand in hand into the event (very Indian) at which the two heads of state spoke to a very enthusiastic crowd.
On the way back from a fishing trip today I stopped in at a little mom and pop convenience store run by an Indian couple. I asked if they had been at the event and the guy just lit up and answered enthusiastically in the affirmative. Then he said that 240,000 Indians live in the eastern half of Texas and 60,000 attended the event, that's 25% folks. The guy told me that the vast majority of the Indian families sent at least one person as a representative.
We were in the Huge Vietnamese/Chinese area of Houston on the southwest side and we saw a big Republican party booth on the site.
A lot of minority or immigrant groups are actually a naturally conservative block. They own small to mid size businesses, are generally culturally conservative and family oriented. It really isn't even necessary to win a majority of these groups in every election. All the Repubs have to be in competitive. The Hispanics in Texas usually vote about 40% republican and that has been enough for the "Rs" to hold every statewide office in a majority minority state for 25 years. That happens because Republican candidates campaign hard in Latino areas. It doesn't hurt that folks like Greg Abbott, George W. Bush and Rick Perry speak Spanish and have ties, often family ties to that community. As more people from leftie states move into Texas it would be a good idea to continue that outreach.
On the way back from a fishing trip today I stopped in at a little mom and pop convenience store run by an Indian couple. I asked if they had been at the event and the guy just lit up and answered enthusiastically in the affirmative. Then he said that 240,000 Indians live in the eastern half of Texas and 60,000 attended the event, that's 25% folks. The guy told me that the vast majority of the Indian families sent at least one person as a representative.
We were in the Huge Vietnamese/Chinese area of Houston on the southwest side and we saw a big Republican party booth on the site.
A lot of minority or immigrant groups are actually a naturally conservative block. They own small to mid size businesses, are generally culturally conservative and family oriented. It really isn't even necessary to win a majority of these groups in every election. All the Repubs have to be in competitive. The Hispanics in Texas usually vote about 40% republican and that has been enough for the "Rs" to hold every statewide office in a majority minority state for 25 years. That happens because Republican candidates campaign hard in Latino areas. It doesn't hurt that folks like Greg Abbott, George W. Bush and Rick Perry speak Spanish and have ties, often family ties to that community. As more people from leftie states move into Texas it would be a good idea to continue that outreach.
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