40 Reasons to Vote a Straight Democratic Ticket

Do you need a reason to vote a straight Democratic ticket? How about 40? Here's a list of the numbers no Texans could be proud of (with a nod to Karl-Thomas Musselman of the Burnt Orange Report and the Office of the Texas Comptroller- yeah, that one.)

1. 1st Toxic and cancerous manufacturing emissions
2. 1st Consumption of electricity per capita
3. 1st Number of civil rights complaints
4. 1st Number of clean water permit violations
5. 1st Number of executions
6. 1st Number of registered machine guns
7. 1st Number of home refinance loans that are sub-prime
8. 2nd Birth rate
9. 2nd Teen birth rate
10. 2nd Percentage of population that goes hungry
11. 2nd Sales tax dependency
12. 3rd Percentage of population that is malnourished
13. 5th Total crime rate
14. 11th Violent crime rate
15. 44th Percentage of eligible voters that are registered
16. 45th Public health spending per capita
17. 45th Rate for substance abuse treatment
18. 45th Number of women receiving prenatal care
19. 46th Average hourly pay rate
20. 46th Mental health spending per capita
21. 46th Per pupil public school state funding (2003 school year)
22. 46th Open space protection
23. 47th Percentage of eligible voters that go to the polls
24. 47th Amount of welfare and food stamp benefits
25. 48th Child protection and public safety spending
26. 48th SAT scores
27. 48th Number of poor covered by Medicaid
28. 49th Number of WIC recipients
29. 49th Water quality
30. 49th Transportation dollars
31. 49th Percentage of women voting in congressional/presidential elections
32. 49th State spending per capita and tax revenue raised
33. 49th Support of state parks
34. 50th High school graduation rates
35. 50th Goverment employee wages
36. 50th State funding for arts
37. 50th Percentage of population with health insurance
38. 50th Percentage of insured low-income children
39. 50th Homeowner insurance affordability
40. 50th Residential electric bill affordability