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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReminder: It's VOTING TUESDAY and the PRIMARIES are on!
Voters in a number of states will choose their primary candidates today, and of course who will fill offices in special elections. Too many seats to list. Check your states.
The nation's eyes are on Texas especially, where early voting is twice what it was 4 years ago in the last midterm primaries and Democrats are turning out.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)He has been pounding the pavement grassroots style. The former Punk Rock musician gets the votes, even in Texas.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)convention.
But Tuesdays GOP primary will indicate whether Cruz has issues with Republican voters at the poles of the party spectrum: those who were once furious with his failure to endorse Trump in 2016, and moderates turned off by his strident conservative policies and tactics.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 6, 2018, 07:04 PM - Edit history (2)
seriously. He is nervous and should be.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I think our people need to campaign on a return to decency, responsibility, honor, cooperation, end to corruption in politics, and service to the people. I was really inspired by the way a Democrat got Alabamans to elect him their senator. The Anointed One is really as bad in his different way as Moore.
And if it's given additional energy by women who believe in decency and good schools, Cruz's extremely nervous 8 months on his knees praying will hopefully be wasted.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/06/texas-primary-midterms-democrats-republicans-437564
ananda
(28,858 posts)An article I read pointed out that the Reeps have maxed
out in rural areas and suburbans who were leaning Reep
are now leaning Dem.
If enough people actually get out and vote, I think we
could see some interesting results.
I voted early by paper ballot. I wish everybody here
could vote paper.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)It's in the San Antonion/Austin area:
And most of them, reports The Washington Posts Mike DeBonis, are taking the strategy of: Theres no such thing as being too close to Trump. Make America Like Texas slogans, TV ads of candidates literally standing in swamps promising to drain them this race has it all, except for a clear front-runner.
Watch for whether a Ted Cruz-backed candidate wins. Chip Roy, a former Cruz aide, benefits from his Washington ties, with super PACs running ads in which Cruz calls Roy the real conservative.
Early turnout in Texas is reportedly showing a big surge of Democrats in what is still a red state.