why are Houston hispanics less democrat than hispanics in other TX big cities?

[freepcrusher]

looking at the heavily hispanic precincts in harris county, I found that Obama got only around 62-63 percent of the hispanic vote. That is a solid win but markedly below that in the other major counties (El Paso, Tarrant, Bexar, Dallas) where in the heavily hispanic precincts Obama got around 70-72 percent of the vote.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

More of them might be from families living in the US for generations like lots in New Mexico instead of recent immigrants/descended from recent immigrants.

[minionofmidas]

Fewer than just about anywhere else (that is urban) are even US citizens, let alone registered to vote.

[BaldEagle1991]

They are more likely to be Protestant. I've heard only 55% of Hispanics in Houston are Protestant, so there's your answer. 

I think this might change in the future, as more Hispanics from other parts of the country move in.

[freepcrusher]

They are more likely to be Protestant. I've heard only 55% of Hispanics in Houston are Protestant, so there's your answer. 

Well Houston does has always had somewhat of an evangelical presence, but I've always thought that the metroplex was far more fundie than the houston area. And Obama got around 70 percent in the heavily hispanic precincts in Dallas and Tarrant county.

[BaldEagle1991]

They are more likely to be Protestant. I've heard only 55% of Hispanics in Houston are Protestant, so there's your answer. 

Well Houston does has always had somewhat of an evangelical presence, but I've always thought that the metroplex was far more fundie than the houston area. And Obama got around 70 percent in the heavily hispanic precincts in Dallas and Tarrant county.

Houston is more of a religiously diverse city than an evangelical one, it's suburbs however are a different story.

But I know Houston has been historically a haven for Protestant Hispanics, at one point 65% of the Hispanics in Houston were Protestant, it's rapidly increasing becoming more Catholic as years go by. 

I dunno about much of the Metroplex since I have never lived there, but I've been told it's more religiously diverse than Houston.

[Indy Texas]

Context has a lot to do with it.

Hispanics in South Texas (especially rural areas) vote Democratic because they're still steeped in the patrón system of politics (which is basically Latin American-style bribery/nepotism/favoritism).

Hispanics in San Antonio tend to live in the inner city and urban politics=Democratic politics.

Hispanics in DFW vote Democratic out of solidarity with one another. DFW is extremely segregated (blacks packed into South Dallas; Hispanics in the working class neighborhoods between Dallas and Fort Worth; Anglos in the Park Cities and the outer-ring suburbs).

Houston doesn't have the patronage system or the Democratic machine politics of The Valley or San Antonio, and it's a much more racially integrated city than Dallas is. So the above issues tend to be mitigated.

[BaldEagle1991]

Context has a lot to do with it.

Hispanics in South Texas (especially rural areas) vote Democratic because they're still steeped in the patrón system of politics (which is basically Latin American-style bribery/nepotism/favoritism).

Hispanics in San Antonio tend to live in the inner city and urban politics=Democratic politics.

Hispanics in DFW vote Democratic out of solidarity with one another. DFW is extremely segregated (blacks packed into South Dallas; Hispanics in the working class neighborhoods between Dallas and Fort Worth; Anglos in the Park Cities and the outer-ring suburbs).

Houston doesn't have the patronage system or the Democratic machine politics of The Valley or San Antonio, and it's a much more racially integrated city than Dallas is. So the above issues tend to be mitigated.

I'd say religion has a lot of a bigger factor than any of these.