Don't Buy the Great White Hype

[TexasTowelie]

by Joe Bowen, Texas Signal


So, hey, I called it wrong. In the final weeks of the 2020 election, friends of mine working on races around the country would periodically text me to ask if it was real. Could it be? Are y’all about to flip Texas?

I fielded the same texts in the final days of the 2018 campaign when I was running now-Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s race. Those questions centered not on a moment but a person. Was this Beto guy for real? Was it possible?

I had the same response to all of them in 2018: we’re right there. It’s this close. We can do it.

I had that same feeling this year, watching poll after poll come back with Joe Biden neck and neck with Donald Trump. We were right there. It really was this close.

Read more: https://texassignal.com/dont-buy-the-great-white-hype/

[LeftInTX]

1. If Democrats did not run Spanish language ads on TV, then that's a problem

Trump and the GOP did...

The same can be said for South Texas. For generations, Democrats haven’t had the resources to go on Spanish language broadcast television in crucial markets. That lack of investment is felt by voters in our border communities, but the impact of television in those markets is almost incalculable because voters are unaccustomed to seeing it. Democratic candidates on Spanish speaking stations asking Latinx Americans for their vote is incredibly powerful communication, and our party needs to make meaningful national investments in paid media for voters of color.