Make no mistake about it, Texas is a red state. Although it is red more because of religious values than political values. Until very recently, Texas has had a democratically controlled state government. That was until Delay and Rove gerrymandered the voting districts to favor republican candidates both on the state and federal level.

As with any state, voting is surprisingly democratic in large urban areas. However rural and suburban areas are almost completely republican. Travis County (the home of Austin) is overwhelmingly democratic. It was the only county in Texas to vote against Prop 2 (the amendment to the Texas constitution to outlaw gay marriage).

In the 2004 elections, many urban center precincts had a majority vote for Kerry. In Dallas County as a whole, Bush only got 50% of the vote to Kerry's 49%. As much as I hate her, our mayor Laura Miller has reguarly participated in our Alan Ross Freedom Day Parade (our gay pride but we don't dare call it that).


What was the point I was trying to make? Oh yeah... Tom Malin. His precinct is 108 which is about as gay as the Castro in San Francisco or Weho in L.A. Lol. And as sad as it is, the whole religious forgiveness thing will only add to his voter base.

I predict a big win for Tom Malin.