Yesterday was the day to view the maps & numbers for the Mayorals. Today, it's the Controller-wannabes.
Anglo Dem Neighborhoods
Khan Green Holm Heights 37% 34% 29% Meyerland 40% 29% 32% Montrose 30% 43% 27% Rice U 32% 35% 34%
African-American Neighborhoods
Yeah, he got the areas he should have gotten, and at a better clip than Gene Locke did. But he also got between 20-25% in GOP-friendly areas, where Locke got a more meager single digit showing. His weakness is in Anglo Dem and Hispanic boxes. Those are fixable, but they'll' [...]
MJ did reasonably well in his own district: 49%. But he also did well in Kingwood & Clear Lake. And he didn't do too badly in the Anglo Dem stretch of the city, either. Mathematically, he's in a strong position. I underestimated his ceiling in the first round, but I' [...]
She killed in her own district. Why she didn't capitalize from being the only female in the race AND having a huge warchest to communicate with? Feel free to speculate. Mine is that it's inside baseball, but she was not very well served by her political consultant. Once we saw' [...]
