1. LIBERAL CALIFORNIA VS CONSERVATIVE TEXAS
GROUP 6

2. MAIN GOAL
To analyze indicators using GIS flowcharts to show why California historically votes liberally while Texas votes conservatively despite their relatively close location and size
Indicators:
Race
Age
Veterans
Education
Employment
Income
Crime
Social programs
Health
Poverty
Past Election date

3. BACKGROUND
Generally in the past Texas has tended to vote conservative while California has tended to vote liberal
Texas has voted republican in every election since 1980
California has voted democrat in every election since 1992

4. SCOPE AND CHARACTERISTICS
We wanted to see if there were certain aspects or characteristics of a state that would lead the population to vote either conservative or liberal.
We chose to look at Texas because it is a large state and well known to be conservative.
We chose to look at California because it is a large state and well known to be liberal.

5. OBJECTIVES FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE MAIN GOAL, CRITERIA
To compare all the indicators among Texas and California
To identify all the factors associated with the main goal
To develop an explanatory theory using ArcGIS analysis process to support the main goal
To analyze all the census data to find the indicators percentage rate differences between Texas and California

6. METHODOLOGY Data from cencus.gov Data into Excel Data into Arcmap
Merging dbase table to layer file
Adding choropleth layer
Analysis of data

7. GIS TOOLS Attribute tables Hand select tool Choropleth layer files
Add Datas

8. 1) RACE California 57.6% White 37.6% Hispanic/Latino 13% Asian
6.2% Black
4.9% Other races
1% American Indian
Texas
71% White
32% Hispanic/Latino
11.7% other races
11.5% Black
2.7% Asian
.6% American Indian

9. Asian race map

10. Black race map

11. White race map

12. Hispanic race

13. 2) Poverty
California
21 % of the population are living in poverty, 4 out of every 10 people are bordering poverty.
Los Angeles has the highest poverty rate at 25.7 %.
Texas
17.5% of Texans are living in poverty, 1 in six people living in Texas are living below poverty level.
Willacy County has the highest poverty rate at 38.8

14. Poverty

15. 3) Crime California In 2010 Total no. of Crimes reported 1,265,920
2,144 Murders
8903 Rapes
1,080,457 Property crimes
Texas
In 2010
Total no. of Crimes reported 923,348
1,184 Murders
8,236 Rapes
878,678 Property crimes

16. Violent crime

17. 4) Social Programs ( Medicaid and Social Security)
California
$70,342,200 Spent per year for citizens in California
Texas
$65,210,433 Spent per year for citizens in California

18. Social Security

19. 5) INCOME California per capita income: $29,634
highest income county: Marin County at $54,605
lowest income county: Imperial County at $16,593
Texas
per capita income: $19,617
highest income county: Loving County at $42,220
lowest income county: Zavala County at $10,180

20. Income

21. 6) Employment California Texas
Total population in labor force 18,550,900
Unemployed people 1,581,300
Unemployment rate at 8.5%
Texas
Total population in labor force 12,696,526
Population unemployed 577,214
Unemployment rate of 6.4%

22. Employment data

23. 7) AGE California 71.4% over 18 29.1% over 50 16.3% over 60
Texas
72.7% over 18
28% over 50
15% over 60
7% over 70
3% over 80

24. Age

25. 8) EDUCATION California
81.5% of people 18 years old or over have a high school diploma or higher
31% of people 18 years old or over have bachelor degree or higher
Texas
81.6% of people 18 years old or over have a high school diploma or higher
27.1% of people 18 years old or over have a bachelor degree or higher

26. Education ( amount of enrollment)

27. 9) VETERANS California 93.2% of the veterans are male
78.3% of the veterans are white
8.6% of the veterans are black
5.2% of the veterans are Asians
Texas
68.7% of the veterans are white
12.6% of the veterans are black
16% of the veterans are hispanic

28. Veteran data map

29. 10) HEALTH California Birth rate: 62.4 per 1,000 women
Infant death rate: 4.8 per 1,000 births
Death rate: per 100,000 people
Cancer death rate: 151 per 100,000 people
59.7% of adults are obese
Texas
Birth rate: 70.7 per 1,000 women
Infant death rate: 5.8 per 1,000 births
Death Rate: per 100,000
Cancer death rates: per 100,000 people
67.8% of adults are obese

30. Medicaid map

31. 11) Past Election Data California Texas In 2012: In 2012:
37.1% Republican voters
60.2% Democratic voters
In 2008:
37.0% Republican voters
61.0% Democratic voters
In 2004:
44.4% Republican voters
54.3%Democratic voters
Texas
In 2012:
57.2% Republican voters
41.1% Democratic voters
In 2008:
55.5% Republican voters
43.7% Democratic voters
In 2004:
61.1% Republican voters
38.2%Democratic voters

32. Republican

33. Democrats

34. Conclusions Most Useful indicators: Race Number of Medicare recipients
Poverty
Social programs (social security)
Age
Other indicators:
Crime Employment
Income
Education
Veterans