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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKornacki pointed out something about Texas
Easily should make the GOP sweat like mad. In 2012. Romney carried Texas by 16 points. 16! Trump carried it by almost half that in 2016 by 9. Now 2018. Cruz only won by 3.
Now do you see a trend here? Why the Texas GOP has made it their mission to suppress voters in Texas? The change is happening too fast that their efforts are becoming futile.
Texas will become democratic in my lifetime. Could be this year, could be 2022 or 2024. But one things for sure.
They smell blood in the water and its their own.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Texas is changing like Arizona. Soon it'll be blue from Washington state to the Lone Star State. Super blue firewall
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)If we capture the state house. That'll be the meaningful moment for us to change everything
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)I have my fingers crossed
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 2, 2020, 01:05 AM - Edit history (1)
There are a large number of née voters with bo primary voting history which makes Texas hard to predict
Link to tweet
moonscape
(4,673 posts)MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Its people seeing that their vote might actually matter. Same thing happened in Colorado. Once Democrats saw their vote could matter it turned blue rapidly. Its not just demographics.
We should see the same in Georgia and North Carolina. A bit in Mississippi. We saw it in Alabama but abandoned it. Arizona is energized.
Will it be enough this year? I think so.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Gothmog
(145,176 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Beto and his team registered 1.4 million new voters this year
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)Every two years, you in effect register as a member of a party by voting in that party's primary. After you vote in one party's primary, then you cannot vote in the other party's primary until the next two year cycle
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)that assuming they are falling within expected demographics, it will be very, very difficult to make up the ground on Tuesday, assuming the GOP shows up at all (and doesn't actually secretly pick Biden anyway)
roamer65
(36,745 posts)TX isnt red anymore, its a purple swing state.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)James48
(4,435 posts)No longer just flowers or ice cream.
Soon will be the change you see across the state. Maybe that expanded Medicaid the blue states have received might be a path to increasing blue voters.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Abbott is next. He won't expand it because hes an asshole
Thunderbeast
(3,407 posts)brought on by Tom DeLay. He led the effort to re-draw districts between traditional census adjustments...netting the GOP six more congressional seats through gerrymandering.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)They are contesting a lot more than 9. We win, we can change the entire game here.
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)amount of money from somewhere.
liberalla
(9,244 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I was using my voice to text
C Moon
(12,213 posts)I think that has been happening too, as Texas has been focusing on bringing corporations over from California.
There's not a thing they can do about thatexcept cheat.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Too much change is happening and they can't combat it anymore.
Quixote1818
(28,930 posts)Lots of young liberals moving to Texas as their older more conservative population dies off. And of course the Hispanic population is growing fast.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/american-migration-patterns-should-terrify-gop/598153/
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Lot of tech jobs in Austin too.
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)Thats 4 for Biden.
I travel to Texas often enough for work (from CA) but you couldn't pay me enough to move there!
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Once we become a Democratic stronghold. Consider it!
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)Been in San Diego since the mid-70s and pretty sure I'll be staying until I pass on.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)San Diego is
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)Quixote1818
(28,930 posts)If that occurs again this year then Biden will win by 2 pts.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/tx/texas_trump_vs_clinton-5694.html
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)And not only that but deliver us a Senate seat and statehouse control
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)It discourages voting in all but the swing states. Because of the close loss of Beto in 2018 (2.6%), Democrats think their vote might actually MATTER, so they are showing up at the polls. Add to that, older, more conservative voters die and are replaced by younger, more liberal ones.