There's no shading it, Harris County (Texas) went undeniably blue [View all]

Harris County, Texas, home to Houston, has a population greater than 25 states. It also went solidly to Hillary Clinton. She won the county by more than 160,000 votes. Obama won the county in 2012 by 971. And it wasn't just Cliinton who won.

Red state, indeed. She won by similar margins in the other large cities in TX and in the Valley.

Ironically, perhaps, it was one of the few bright spots in this election. To put it in perspective, Hillary won Harris County by more votes than Trump won PA, WI, and MI *combined*.

I'm posting this in part because we as a group tend to talk about blue states and red states and often forget that every state is purple to one degree or another, leading to some rather dodgy assumptions. Turnout won Harris County and should be our primary focus moving forward.

From the Texas Tribune:

The blue wave was apparent up and down the ballot on a banner night for the county's Democrats.

They swept up every single countywide seat, including the district attorney and sheriff’s offices. They flipped a Texas House district in Pasadena. And with a presidential fight at the top of the ticket, Democrats shored up their lead in the fight for the typically purple county with Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by more than 160,000 votes — up from the 971 votes with which Obama took the county in 2012.

Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/11/harris-county-turned-blue/