cinque said:

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Texas, despite its penchant for voting red, is now a minority majority state. That reality has not been politically impactful because Texas leads the nation in low voter participation. Should that change, Republicans as a ruling party in Texax are in trouble.

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Iron Claw said:

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cinque said:

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Texas, despite its penchant for voting red, is now a minority majority state. That reality has not been politically impactful because Texas leads the nation in low voter participation. Should that change, Republicans as a ruling party in Texax are in trouble.

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Is it a given that minorities only vote democrat and the only reason Texas is still red is that said minorities are not voting?

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Mothra said:

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PartyBear said:

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Actually it hasnt gotten redder Mothra. The parties finally aligned themselves along the red/blue dichotomy in the 90s. You formerly had very red voters who still called themselves Democrats and very red candidates running as Democrats and being elected across the state. I would say as recently as in the 80s for example even though the party affiliation of most folks in Texas was Democrat that the ratio between actual blue voters and red voters in the state was about 80 red/20 blue. That ratio now is approximately 55/45. This trend will only continue. In fact if the state currently was just every Texas county with a population of 200K or more. Texas would already be a more blue shade of purple. As all those counties as a whole have gone with the Democratic nominee for POTUS for 3 straight elections. Eventually the urban/suburban vote will overwhelm and knock down the red rural wall of far east Texas and west Texas.

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Disagree with your numbers. The chance of a Dem being elected to a high political office today are not nearly as good as it was in the 80's.

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Waco1947 said:

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Voting Beto/White
1) Blacks.
2). Women who believe in the right to make their health choices as a child of God
3). Hispanics who are tired of the demonizing and tearing families apart
4) Educators / teachers and school personnel, contractors who build schools, text book writers and sellers, parents of children
5). University educators
6). Educated whites
7). Unions
The trick is registering, overcoming voter registration suppression, ideas to motivate. Standing for something not simply "simply against Trump".
Tall orders but possible. ,

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Osodecentx said:

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Waco1947 said:

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Voting Beto/White
1) Blacks.
2). Women who believe in the right to make their health choices as a child of God
3). Hispanics who are tired of the demonizing and tearing families apart
4) Educators / teachers and school personnel, contractors who build schools, text book writers and sellers, parents of children
5). University educators
6). Educated whites
7). Unions
The trick is registering, overcoming voter registration suppression, ideas to motivate. Standing for something not simply "simply against Trump".
Tall orders but possible. ,

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Does "Beto/White" mean you believe Lupe will lose the runoff?

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Waco1947 said:

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Osodecentx said:

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Waco1947 said:

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Voting Beto/White
1) Blacks.
2). Women who believe in the right to make their health choices as a child of God
3). Hispanics who are tired of the demonizing and tearing families apart
4) Educators / teachers and school personnel, contractors who build schools, text book writers and sellers, parents of children
5). University educators
6). Educated whites
7). Unions
The trick is registering, overcoming voter registration suppression, ideas to motivate. Standing for something not simply "simply against Trump".
Tall orders but possible. ,

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Does "Beto/White" mean you believe Lupe will lose the runoff?

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probably

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Doc Holliday said:

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You're a moron if you think O'Rourke stands a chance...or is a good candidate.

There are two ways to guarantee you'll lose a statewide election in Texas: campaign for abortion or campaign against guns. Which he publicly states he's in favor of banning AR-15's.

Texas Democrats accomplished the first in 2014, when Wendy Davis lost the governor's race to Greg Abbott by 20 points. Now they're determined to do the second.

Going by sheer numbers, Cruz got twice as many votes in the primary as O'Rourke.

And 47, you claim to be a Christian but endorse murdering babies?

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HuMcK said:

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Doc Holliday said:

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You're a moron if you think O'Rourke stands a chance...or is a good candidate.

There are two ways to guarantee you'll lose a statewide election in Texas: campaign for abortion or campaign against guns. Which he publicly states he's in favor of banning AR-15's.

Texas Democrats accomplished the first in 2014, when Wendy Davis lost the governor's race to Greg Abbott by 20 points. Now they're determined to do the second.

Going by sheer numbers, Cruz got twice as many votes in the primary as O'Rourke.

And 47, you claim to be a Christian but endorse murdering babies?

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I think this is right, especially the guns aspect. Banning guns is a political loser in Texas, no matter what the demographics are, and if Cruz can successfully make the race all about those issues he'll cruise to victory.

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syme said:

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Waco1947 said:

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Voting Beto/White
1) Blacks.
2). Women who believe in the right to make their health choices as a child of God
3). Hispanics who are tired of the demonizing and tearing families apart
4) Educators / teachers and school personnel, contractors who build schools, text book writers and sellers, parents of children
5). University educators
6). Educated whites
7). Unions
8). Anyone in need of affordable medical and health services
9) Corporations Who need an an educated work force and immigrant workers.
10) Young adults
The trick is registering, overcoming voter registration suppression, ideas to motivate. Standing for something not simply "simply against Trump".
Tall orders but possible. ,

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Really, we're going with the "deplorable republicans" strategy again?


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quash said:

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BaylorBJM said:

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Does he win in November?

I say he has a chance.

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Doesn't have the war chest to win.

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Waco1947 said:

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Voting Beto/White
1) Blacks.
2). Women who believe in the right to make their health choices as a child of God
3). Hispanics who are tired of the demonizing and tearing families apart
4) Educators / teachers and school personnel, contractors who build schools, text book writers and sellers, parents of children
5). University educators
6). Educated whites
7). Unions
8). Anyone in need of affordable medical and health services
9) Corporations Who need an an educated work force and immigrant workers.
10) Young adults
The trick is registering, overcoming voter registration suppression, ideas to motivate. Standing for something not simply "simply against Trump".
Tall orders but possible. ,

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JXL said:

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He'll work well together with Gov. Wendy Davis, the last Democrat whom the national news media told us would turn Texas blue.

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Osodecentx said:

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fadskier said:

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As a leaning Republican, I'll vote for him.

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Me too

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Sam Lowry said:

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Osodecentx said:

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fadskier said:

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As a leaning Republican, I'll vote for him.

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Me too

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That surprises me. Why?

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cowboycwr said:

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Beto lost a lot of people when he sent out mass spam text messages to cell phones. Even after people have asked to be removed.

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cinque said:

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Iron Claw said:

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cinque said:

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Texas, despite its penchant for voting red, is now a minority majority state. That reality has not been politically impactful because Texas leads the nation in low voter participation. Should that change, Republicans as a ruling party in Texax are in trouble.

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Is it a given that minorities only vote democrat and the only reason Texas is still red is that said minorities are not voting?

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That's what the data say.

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TexasScientist said:

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The pendulum hasn't swung that far yet.

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TexasScientist said:

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Beto's politics are too far to the left for him to appeal to enough people across Texas to take down an incumbent. I'm not a Cruz fan, but the reality is Beto is too extreme for mainline Texans. If he were more to the center he would have a chance. The pendulum hasn't swung that far yet.

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quash said:

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Doc Holliday said:

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quash said:

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Doc Holliday said:

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I can't believe you people that would vote for higher taxes when you know for a fact that our government spends way more money than it takes in. Wrecklessly.

Democrats = Business killers.

You people need to stop looking to government to help people and start doing it yourself. You're coming from a place of full authority and control...that leads to VERY bad things.

How can you possibly not see this?

Do you want to be California?

I would laugh at you, but I feel sorry for your stupidity.
And you're going to get crushed in midterms and you can't handle it. I garuntee you'll blame Russians instead of realizing Americans are waking up and see just how f***** stupid you really are.

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I don't care how much you cut taxes, if you still spend gigantic sums more than you take in then you are in the Too Party.

And as Trump's #1 cheerleader around here you owe bubbadog another Iron-O-Meter with that crack about authority. Trump is authoritarian and worships authoritarianism.

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Neither party is going to fix spending.

But one party is for sure going to take more. Why vote for that?

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Two parties are going to take more. Why vote for either of them?

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Osodecentx said:

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quash said:

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Doc Holliday said:

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quash said:

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Doc Holliday said:

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I can't believe you people that would vote for higher taxes when you know for a fact that our government spends way more money than it takes in. Wrecklessly.

Democrats = Business killers.

You people need to stop looking to government to help people and start doing it yourself. You're coming from a place of full authority and control...that leads to VERY bad things.

How can you possibly not see this?

Do you want to be California?

I would laugh at you, but I feel sorry for your stupidity.
And you're going to get crushed in midterms and you can't handle it. I garuntee you'll blame Russians instead of realizing Americans are waking up and see just how f***** stupid you really are.

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I don't care how much you cut taxes, if you still spend gigantic sums more than you take in then you are in the Too Party.

And as Trump's #1 cheerleader around here you owe bubbadog another Iron-O-Meter with that crack about authority. Trump is authoritarian and worships authoritarianism.

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Neither party is going to fix spending.

But one party is for sure going to take more. Why vote for that?

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Two parties are going to take more. Why vote for either of them?

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1. I don't favor every drug being legalized
2. I don't favor abortion with no restrictions
3. I don't favor doing away with the Fed
4. I like zoning laws
5. I like (some) environmental laws

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