Why the trend toward dem. in Austin. I thought Austin was very suburban, like Houston. Lots of stay at home moms, new cookie-cutter homes, and shopping centers and office parks sprouting up like mushrooms. Also the capital of the Lone Star State for Pete's sake.
Yes, but since it's the capital, it has lots of government employees. Also, it's a university town, so you have all of the professors and students.
State capitals and university towns tend to be liberal in general.
As for Shankbear's comments, apparently Gore must be worse than a pedophile, because Travis County did vote for Bush in 2000 (albeit with help from Nader).
