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Turning Texas blue

imported_tajmahal

imported_tajmahal

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Just this last Tuesday was a special election that was supposed to be the precursor to the Democrats attempts to "turn Texas blue" Whoops, guess what? It didn't turn out the way the Democrats hoped and it was even better than the Republicans expected. Probably just a little fall out from the impeachment fiasco.
www.westernjournal.com

In Landslide Defeat, Dems Lose Race That Was Supposed To Start Turning Texas Blue

Democrats' hopes of flipping Texas from red to blue suffered a serious setback on Tuesday night, with a decisive GOP victory in a House special election.
www.westernjournal.com www.westernjournal.com

"That prospect took a serious hit on Tuesday when Texans elected Republican businessman Gary Gates over Democratic educator Eliz Markowitz by an impressive 58 to 42 percent margin to become the next state representative for the 28th District. "
 
imported_tajmahal said:
Just this last Tuesday was a special election that was supposed to be the precursor to the Democrats attempts to "turn Texas blue" Whoops, guess what? It didn't turn out the way the Democrats hoped and it was even better than the Republicans expected. Probably just a little fall out from the impeachment fiasco.
www.westernjournal.com

In Landslide Defeat, Dems Lose Race That Was Supposed To Start Turning Texas Blue

Democrats' hopes of flipping Texas from red to blue suffered a serious setback on Tuesday night, with a decisive GOP victory in a House special election.
www.westernjournal.com www.westernjournal.com

"That prospect took a serious hit on Tuesday when Texans elected Republican businessman Gary Gates over Democratic educator Eliz Markowitz by an impressive 58 to 42 percent margin to become the next state representative for the 28th District. "
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Now there will be a string of lefties saying how the Republicans must have cheated. 🙄


😛
 
pcgeek11 said:
Now there will be a string of lefties saying how the Republicans must have cheated. 🙄


😛
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Considering republicans track record, it's not implausible.

From the article:
"The 30,000 ballots cast represented an unusually high voter turnout, easily surpassing the previous record of 22,000 for a special election, the Houston Chronicle reported."

Hmmm
 
There was still a 10 point gap in 2018. On the list of flippable seats this one was somewhere well down in the bottom third IIRC but everybody loves an expensive special that validates their priors.

Beto's results are what spooked the local GOP here.
 
imported_tajmahal said:
Just this last Tuesday was a special election that was supposed to be the precursor to the Democrats attempts to "turn Texas blue" Whoops, guess what? It didn't turn out the way the Democrats hoped and it was even better than the Republicans expected. Probably just a little fall out from the impeachment fiasco.
www.westernjournal.com

In Landslide Defeat, Dems Lose Race That Was Supposed To Start Turning Texas Blue

Democrats' hopes of flipping Texas from red to blue suffered a serious setback on Tuesday night, with a decisive GOP victory in a House special election.
www.westernjournal.com www.westernjournal.com

"That prospect took a serious hit on Tuesday when Texans elected Republican businessman Gary Gates over Democratic educator Eliz Markowitz by an impressive 58 to 42 percent margin to become the next state representative for the 28th District. "
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You'd need to show that this was caused by the impeachment and trial as opposed to other factors.

Besides, even if those were key factors, no one should be celebrating that connection. "Hurray, there are Americans who think Trump is an all-powerful king who shouldn't be held accountable for his obvious, undeniable corruption! May democracy and justice die horrible deaths!"
 
Sen. Cruz only won the district by 3 points in 2018, now in 2020 the Republican won it by 16 points. That's a huge difference in the direction the suburban district moved and it wasn't in the direction of the Democrats.
 
Trying to understand the renewed interest here.... is it to serve propaganda for election year?

Which case I've never cared much for special elections. The actual election of consequence is in November. You can put the topic on ice until then. As for Texas going blue, congratulations... the Republican Party still exists. Because the day you lose Texas... you lose everything. IMO that can't happen soon enough, but I'm not exactly counting on it. I'd be happy enough to win the traditional way where it was actually a contest. So whatever.

We know from 2016 which states will decide the election, and Texas isn't one of them.
 
Jaskalas said:
Trying to understand the renewed interest here.... is it to serve propaganda for election year?

Which case I've never cared much for special elections. The actual election of consequence is in November. You can put the topic on ice until then. As for Texas going blue, congratulations... the Republican Party still exists. Because the day you lose Texas... you lose everything. IMO that can't happen soon enough, but I'm not exactly counting on it. I'd be happy enough to win the traditional way where it was actually a contest. So whatever.

We know from 2016 which states will decide the election, and Texas isn't one of them.
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Every election counts, not just the ones in Nov., not just the ones that pick a President and not just the ones that draw the attention of mainstream media. Our lives are at times impacted by the most basic of election results such as school districts and Judges.
 
Jaskalas said:
Trying to understand the renewed interest here.... is it to serve propaganda for election year?

Which case I've never cared much for special elections. The actual election of consequence is in November. You can put the topic on ice until then. As for Texas going blue, congratulations... the Republican Party still exists. Because the day you lose Texas... you lose everything. IMO that can't happen soon enough, but I'm not exactly counting on it. I'd be happy enough to win the traditional way where it was actually a contest. So whatever.

We know from 2016 which states will decide the election, and Texas isn't one of them.
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That's a little disingenuous. If a democrat had won that election it would have been headline news about the "blue wave" sweeping the US.
The fundamental issue I see is that it's always portrayed as us vs them, when it's actually us vs us. These people you hate are your countrymen, your parents, your brothers and sisters.
 
Greenman said:
That's a little disingenuous. If a democrat had won that election it would have been headline news about the "blue wave" sweeping the US.
The fundamental issue I see is that it's always portrayed as us vs them, when it's actually us vs us. These people you hate are your countrymen, your parents, your brothers and sisters.
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I agree, but what is he supposed to do about those countrymen, his parents, his brothers and sisters who hate him?
 
Agreed in principal with Taj: Folks, don't assume there is some magical blue wave coming. Just like Fox was telling Republicans that Mitt Romney was going to come in and clobber Obama only to have the election called against him in 15 minutes, don't drink the cool-aid and think that this President is down to just his core group of voters and this one is in the bag.

Verify that you're registered to vote, make sure people you know are registered to vote, get out and vote.
 
I don’t know any lib who think Texas is going blue next election.
I do know people who believe it will go blue, just not yet. I agree with them not this election and probably not next election but it certainly appears to be filling up with people who tend to vote blue.
 
Greenman said:
That's a little disingenuous. If a democrat had won that election it would have been headline news about the "blue wave" sweeping the US.
The fundamental issue I see is that it's always portrayed as us vs them, when it's actually us vs us. These people you hate are your countrymen, your parents, your brothers and sisters.
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oh boo hoo
 
RamIt said:
Why do people get their news from obviously biased news organizations
mediabiasfactcheck.com

Western Journal - Bias and Credibility

QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor
mediabiasfactcheck.com mediabiasfactcheck.com
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Because that's what propagandists/provocateurs do. They're like farmers. They spread shit hoping that something will grow.
 
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