About 60 young adults — almost all minorities — are crammed into a side room of a bubble tea cafe in the Houston suburbs on a steamy August evening. As local and congressional candidates make their pitch to the new group, there are roaring cheers — and a sense of optimism that wasn’t here even a decade ago.
Ali Hasanali, a 30-year-old assistant district attorney, has been involved in local politics in his hometown since 2010, and he remembers a much lonelier scenario back then.
Source: Wikipedia (Williamson County, Conroe)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
- 33.7% - Montgomery County
- 28.7% - Texas
- 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
- 13.1% - Montgomery County
- 12.6% - Texas
- 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 8.9% - Montgomery County
- 14.7% - Texas
- 15.6% - U.S.
3rd party votes: 24.9% in 1992, 8.3% in 1996, 4.7% in 2016
(George Wallace received 36.8% of the vote in 1968, a plurality.)
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Georgia. Fayette County. (3/10/2019)
Georgia. Forsyth County. (3/10/2019)
Kansas. Johnson County. (3/9/2019)
Minnesota. Carver County. (3/9/2019)
North Carolina. Union County. (9/9/2019)
Ohio. Delaware County (3/8/2019)
Texas. Collin County. (9/21/2019)
Texas. Denton County. (9/22/2019)
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Georgia. Cherokee County. (3/10/2019)
Georgia. Fayette County. (3/10/2019)
Georgia. Forsyth County. (3/10/2019)
Kansas. Johnson County. (3/9/2019)
Minnesota. Carver County. (3/9/2019)
North Carolina. Union County. (9/9/2019)
Ohio. Delaware County (3/8/2019)
Texas. Collin County. (9/21/2019)
Texas. Denton County. (9/22/2019)
Texas. Williamson County. (9/25/2019)
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