Texas sees a surge in Latino Voters

In this blog, written in the Texas Monthly, Ratcliffe tells us about the current voting numbers and how Hispanics/ Latinos are changing that. The main reason that we are helping change that is because more Latinos are voting. One of the main reasons that we are seeing an increase in young Latino voters is because as the blog states, “{They} are likely the U.S born children of undocumented Immigrants who arrived in the late 1980s and early 1990s.” The blog has a point, most of the young Hispanic population that is allowed to vote, will vote due to the fact that they fear for their parents if Trump does become president. The issue that most of these young voters and their families fear is the idea that if Trump becomes president all the undocumented people will get deported and the idea of the wall being built to keep out future immigrants. The idea of the wall that trump talks about is clearly absurd. It is just an idea in his head that will most likely not be possible if he becomes president.

I, as one of those Hispanics, did not doubt twice about who I was voting for. My parents are documented but having relatives with no papers, made me vote straight democrat. All though the “odds remain low for Clinton to carry Texas,” the increase in Hispanic voters might have a small chance to change this,  The audience for this blog leans more to the liberal side than the conservative side when it comes to the issue of immigration I the political campaign. It tends to be more liberal because it talks more about the fact that Hillary is closing the gap between her and Trump here in Texas and that there is an increase in the Hispanic population in voting. All though the odds are slim, we don’t stand a chance of winning if people do not go out and vote, and most young Hispanics voters are aware of that and that is another factor into why there is an increase in voters. 

In Texas, Trump Signals a plan for victory

In this article written in the Texas Observer, Patrick Michels gives his opinion on Trumps visit to Austin. He states how everything that he is saying is not supported, and questions the fact that Trump came to Texas (knowing it is prominently Republican and knowing that he will probably win) to try to get votes. He states in the article that “His [Trumps] campaign is a joke.” The author of this article is tackling mainly the way that Trump is starting to present himself and the way that people start viewing Trump. As quoted in the article “…asking why Trump does something is like asking why a bird flies into a window or a frat bro shoots fireworks out of his ass.  Coming to Austin, like just about everything he’s done, doesn’t make sense.” For the most part it is true. He tends to talk so much about immigration and fixing our job situation in America, but he has done nothing to prove that he is actually making a change in the way that our government is currently being presented. I agree with everything that is being said in this article, because as president, Trump does not have what he needs to make these changes to the United States. One of the main examples is the wall that he intends to build and having Mexico pay for it. “A significant portion of his base truly believes he has the power to bring factories back from China, make coal mines roar back to life, and kick out the Mexicans.” These are the things that he says he wants to do, but he doesn’t say how he is working on how to fix these ‘problems’ that he sees in our society. Yes, he has talked so much about the wall, but how is that going to change from the immigration that is caused by Chinese, Africans, French, Indians, and many more. The only thing that he is getting out of the wall is nothing. The one thing that we tend to not realize and tend to oversee is the fact that he loves to talk about the things that make our society so screwed up, but no real effort is seen to change it