Biden, Sanders, O'Rourke Tie Trump In Texas - February 28, 2019

[workinclasszero]

In a very early look at possible 2020 presidential matchups in Texas, President Donald Trump is essentially tied with former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders or former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. President Trump leads other possible Democratic contenders by small margins.

Hypothetical matchups by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll show:

President Trump at 47 percent, including 41 percent of independent voters, to Biden's 46 percent, including 46 percent of independent voters;

Trump at 47 percent, including 41 percent of independent voters, to Sanders' 45 percent, including 48 percent of independent voters;

Trump at 47 percent, including 41 percent of independent voters, to O'Rourke's 46 percent, including 48 percent of independent voters.

https://poll.qu.edu/texas/release-detail?ReleaseID=2602

[ucrdem]

1. Well, the numbers say that Biden and O'Rourke are tied at 46% each. Bernie

is in third place. Close but not that close.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. moe 3.4

all tied. i think it is fair to say beto will likely do thw best being actually from texas and relatively still there

[workinclasszero]

3. Right it's virtually a tie

Bernie would run strong against Dump if he’s still in office to run that is.

Beto might do a little better but he just lost a race there so who knows.

[ucrdem]

4. Possibly but if Bernie had won by so much as a point would we be reading about any tie?

No, we'd be reading about his great victory over his establishment rivals.

[Gothmog]

5. Texas will turn blue

We picked up two house seats in 2018 with good moderate candidates. Texas was hurt with a weak governor candidate. If we have a strong presidential candidate like Biden, Beto, Booker or Harris at the top of the ticket Texas can turn blue. Right now the party is talking to Wendy Davis, both Castro brothers and a couple of other candidate in case Beto ends up not running. The party hopes that Beto may change his mind if it looks like Biden has the race locked up.

Texas will turn blue. There are a large number of real democrats working hard to turn Texas blue. The major cities have been blue for a while and now the suburbs are flipping. This makes me smile https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/03/texas-gop-races-2020-1202205

House Republicans like Olson, who defeated Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni by fewer than 14,000 votes in a fast-changing slice of the Houston suburbs last year, say they have gotten the message too. Campaigns are mirroring the state party’s early staffing,

“We plan on it being more a retail race,” said Melissa Kelly, Olson’s chief of staff, who added that Olson plans on being even more active in the diversifying community, attending events like Chinese New Year and Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

“He’s definitely preparing for it to be a more challenging environment,” Kelly said.

Olson’s race is one of six congressional races in Texas that the national Democrats already are targeting in 2020. With the exception of Hurd’s district, which takes in a massive swath of West Texas along the Mexican border, all are contained in fast-growing, rapidly diversifying suburban districts outside cities like Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Fort Worth.

The fact that Beto got so close gives me hope that we can flip Texas and get rid of Cornyn