Commentary on Latinos Won’t Turn Texas Blue Anytime Soon

Over 100 years, Texas was a blue state. Recent years, Republicans have dominated election making Texas a red state. Democrats having to try to make Texas again a Democrat state, but the Republican Party has been a strong political party here in Texas. In the article “Latinos Won’t Turn Texas Blue Anytime Soon” by R.G. Ratcliffe, describe the impact Latino vote could have if most of them were register voter and voted for Democratic Party.  R.G. Ratcliffe’s article provides facts, statistics, and valid points throughout his article to support his argument that the Latino votes aren't going to be significant now but possibly in the future. He mentions how Democrats base their believes that Democrats can win over Republicans base on Latinos demographics, but even if there’s a city populated with many Latinos it doesn’t mean they’re eligible to vote. R.G. Ratcliffe argues that many Latino who are eligible to vote may not vote Democrat possible they may vote Republican, not only that some Latinos voter preferred a candidate that fully connected with the Latino voters. One of his major points in his article is that 4.8 million Latinos are eligible votes even though Latinos population in Texas is 10.4 million if the rest were eligible it could make the Democrat party win elections.  R.G. Ratcliffe providing facts and statistics, making the reader interested and wants to learn more because Latinos are not minorities anymore and they have a strong influence in the government. I believe he has many valid points about Latino vote not influencing right away; there are many factors that need to improve: knowledge on how to register, finding candidates who connected with the Latino voters and a better voter turn out. R.G. Ratcliffe’s article made me realize how voting can make it or break a political party and the next years hopefully we see more latino voter voting on election day. I think this article can make people reflect on how their vote can count, the article structure is well thought out. I can’t wait to see what would happen in the next years, maybe Texas would be a blue state again.

The Fight Over Transgender Bathrooms

The 85th Texas Legislative Session is still in effect, many bills are getting propose or bills have been passed. Recently, Senator Lois Kolkhorst proposes SB 6 bill, the bill requires transgender to use bathrooms in public schools, government buildings and public universities based on their biological sex. The article, Religious leaders enter both sides of fight over transgender bathrooms by Chuck Lindell, describe the views of religious leader that are against this bill. Many religious leaders feel  religion and politics should be separated and this bill violate the rights of transgender. Pastor Willie Davis from Houston said, “Equal protection means exactly that, and we must keep all Texas women and children from suffering the violation of their privacy and safety that American blacks fought to eliminate.” Davis is saying this bill is discriminating and violates their civil rights. Pastor Steve Branson and other religious leaders are planning to make lawmakers liable if SB 6 bill passes, he said “This is simple. The Legislature will either protect decency, safety, and freedom for all Texans equally by passing SB 6, or bow to radical liberalism that does not reflect the Texas we love.” Pastor Steve just wants everyone to be treated equal and I agree with him. This article is worth reading because you can see how Texas government likes to mixing religion and politics and we all know that those are suppose to be separate. I honest believe bathroom are not important, Texas legislative should propose bills to benefit all resident and treat everyone equal.