The city of Austin makes up 42% of the population of the five-county metro area, but the political identity of 'Austin' has annexed swaths of Williamson and Hays counties.
An election watch party in San Marcos held by Mano Amiga Action upon glimpsing first results showing 81% support for their"reeferendum," a ballot initiative to decriminalize marijuana. Texas State University students boosted the measure, while the San Marcos Police Officers Association had lobbied the community to reject it.
The city of Austin makes up 42% of the population of the five-county metro area, but the political identity of"Austin" has annexed large swaths of neighboring Williamson and Hays counties. To the north,– which cast just under 14,000 votes in the Austin mayor's race – can no longer be called anything but purple, which in practice means a sharp divide between the north and west and the south and east .
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