White women didn’t just fail Wendy Davis — they failed the rest of Texas, too
I went to the Texas Tribune first for a dissection of the election results, and one piece of information struck me as particularly… wrong. The Tribune cited CNN exit polls to illustrate the landslide, saying Abbott “beat Davis by lopsided margins with white voters (72-27), men (65-34) and women (52-47). Davis beat Abbott among Latinos (57-42) and African-Americans (93-7).” Last time I checked, though, there were thousands upon thousands of women in Texas considered Latina and African-American — what about their votes?
As RH Reality Check’s Andrea Grimes reports, their votes were solidly in Davis’ favor: 94 percent of black women and 61 percent of Latinas voted for her. Only 32 percent of white women did. That’s certainly not enough women to say that Abbott won the whole gender (though that’s a ludicrous statement in the first place). It seems to be enough, though, to result in the erasure of votes from women of color, Grimes notes:
You’ll hear that Greg Abbott “carried” women voters in Texas. Anyone who says that is also saying this: that Black women and Latinas are not “women,” and that carrying white women is enough to make the blanket statement that Abbott carried all women. That women generally failed to vote for Wendy Davis. As if women of color are some separate entity, some mysterious other, some bizarre demographic of not-women...
THE REST: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/white_women_didnt_just_fail_wendy_davis_they_failed_the_rest_of_texas_too/
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funny stuff right there 
Talking about Obamacare and freeloaders and you had to leave a famiky event because your sister-in-laws were complaining about the ACA? That means your starting the conversation. 
That was one of the first things my family noticed when we moved to Texas. I've lived here 35 years and have been asked hundreds of times, "What church do you go to?" (I was never asked that when I lived in the northeast.) And when you tell them that you don't go to church, they always reply that they will pray for you. 
Because I have lived in Houston almost literally my whole life, and no one has ever asked me that question. So, I'm assuming they figure they don't need to as I'm a native. That's why I'm constantly perplexed when people complain about always getting asked that question here.
It also depends on where you live. North and west Houston are strongholds of conservatives, including the SE side in and around NASA-JSC. I was so happy to move out of that sterile, planned-suburb area and "inside the loop" to some nice, older (and far more diverse) neighborhoods.
The SW side, going into Sugarland is changing for the better, possibly due to the influx of people from India. They've pretty much taken over Sugarland, and it always tickles me that such a former conservative stronghold (Tom Delay's district) has so many non-whites in it now 
I lived there for 17 years and could not wait to escape (I moved back to Houston last year). There it was, "Do you go to Riverpoint? I go to Riverpoint. You should go to Riverpoint. I'm blessed. We're blessed. Have a blessed day, in Jesus' name! What bible camp is your daughter going to this summer? What bible study group are you in?" (My daughter's kindergarten teacher had a bible class from 5-9 pm every M-F.)
The only way my daughter could spend a Saturday night at a friend's house is if she went to church with the family on Sunday. And when I would do theatre, the actors would play a game backstage where they would quote the bible and you had to guess the verse.
How weird that we have such different experiences. I don't think my transplant status was a factor. I don't go around saying, I moved to Texas 35 years ago. Maybe I just look like a sinner. 
only that the conservatism is waning there, according to DUers here that live there now. I mostly grew up in the Clear Lake area, and after seven years in a sterile, typical suburban neighborhood in Webster, I finally moved into Houston for some character and relief! Yay! No more zoning!
I'd be surprised if people thought I looked Texan, what with my almost Conquistador mustache and goatee. Maybe they think I look more evil and don't bring up the subject 
But truly, I have never been asked about my religion, what church I go to and so forth (I'm spiritual, but do not associate/identify with any particular religion.) However, I do agree about the topic of politics here. You just quickly learn not to bother talking with the brainwashed.
Now that I think about it, it's usually married women asking me that question. My mom was also single when we moved here.
Maybe they find us single gals threatening. 
I've been married (and divorced) though I never wore a ring. Don't want to go into why, so that might be a reason I'm not asked, either 
I can barely get through a two hour weekly book club, and the book changes all the time.
still way too red. The west side is getting better but it is still really bad down here.
I did live in the Heights when I first moved to town & dream of moving back there! Parts of Houston are really cool Just not the suburbs.
One conservative coworker here (he a nice guy other than his politics) mentioned how his wife is the only person in her whole school that can speak Spanish. That's in Katy, which is pretty much "White Central"
The first place I lived in Houston proper was off Durham on 24th. It was a nice little, mostly Latino neighborhood, but it's being gentrified now, with far too many fix-me-up bungalows turning into 5000' sq.ft. townhouse blocks. The Heights at least seems to have some rules or a strong enough neighborhood association to keep that kind of thing out, or limited in scope.
Thank you. 
... we view these results as a reflection of where we have work to do?
Too often, we treat results as a source of pride because a disfavored group (i.e. "old white men" voted for the other guys. I hope we haven't already forgotten the downside.
Instead of "worst of the worst" perhaps we should do some outreach.
Starting with; do you have the same polling breakdown for men?
