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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 19:54:10 GMT
" The 2020 presidential election is projected to have record voter turnout, and the once-safe Republican state of Texas is shaping up to be a competitive battleground. Over the course of just a few weeks in July, four incumbent Republican congressmen who represent suburban and majority non-white districts all decided to call it quits and not run for re-election in 2020. White, college-educated voters in Texas' growing suburbs who dislike President Donald Trump are fleeing the Republican party, and voting out their representatives. Meanwhile, Texas is gaining new Latino residents at a rapid pace — and neither party has a clear monopoly on Latino voters in Texas. "The narrative that Hispanics will turn Texas blue may eventually happen, but that's not moving as fast as the fact that college-educated whites are telling us they don't like Donald Trump," one GOP strategist told INSIDER." www.insider.com/texas-suburban-voters-fleeing-trumps-gop-democrats-could-win-big-2019-8If the 60% of non-Trump-lovers would vote in the same proportions as the 40% of Trump lovers and the 70% of evangelicals who support Trump, we'd move away from the obstruction, narcissism, and immaturity of the current administration. VOTE! and GOTV! |
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Post by amom23 on Aug 18, 2019 20:21:14 GMT
Given how the midterms in 2018 went for Republicans I'm not sure how any of them up for re-election in 2020 can feel secure. My gut instinct says there will be a huge voter turnout and we all know that is the key to more Democrats winning.
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Post by Merge on Aug 18, 2019 20:32:25 GMT
I know Texas Republicans in many districts are running scared. I plan to participate in get out the vote events as much as possible leading up to the election. I agree that increasing turnout will be key. I don’t trust suburban folks to vote blue when it comes down to it, no matter how much they dislike Trump - many will cast a third party vote instead. We have to turn out those who didn’t vote in the last election.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 18, 2019 20:57:30 GMT
Good Colorado went purple a little over a decade ago. We are now more blue because the population is concentrated on the I-25 corridor. The plains and slope are still red, but they have less numbers.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 18, 2019 21:20:08 GMT
MUST add to the HOUSE.......... MUST win the Senate!! Gives us much greater control!!!!
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Post by quinlove on Aug 19, 2019 1:23:09 GMT
I know Texas Republicans in many districts are running scared. I plan to participate in get out the vote events as much as possible leading up to the election. I agree that increasing turnout will be key. I don’t trust suburban folks to vote blue when it comes down to it, no matter how much they dislike Trump - many will cast a third party vote instead. We have to turn out those who didn’t vote in the last election. My dd campaigned big time for Beto in 2018. Whoever the Dem candidates are in 2020, she will be out even more so. We got this. 💜 |
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Post by dewryce on Aug 19, 2019 1:32:35 GMT
I like seeing things like this. At the same time I’m afraid it will make people more complacent.
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Post by mom on Aug 19, 2019 1:38:29 GMT
Im torn about this - I seriously thought Beto was going to win back in November. Everything I was seeing in my area was Beto, Beto, Beto. At the Republican rallies they couldn't give tickets out to get enough people to fill the venues. And then the Republicans still won.
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Post by mom on Aug 19, 2019 1:39:51 GMT
I know Texas Republicans in many districts are running scared. I plan to participate in get out the vote events as much as possible leading up to the election. I agree that increasing turnout will be key. I don’t trust suburban folks to vote blue when it comes down to it, no matter how much they dislike Trump - many will cast a third party vote instead. We have to turn out those who didn’t vote in the last election. I expect this to happen. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 19, 2019 2:54:00 GMT
I know Texas Republicans in many districts are running scared. I plan to participate in get out the vote events as much as possible leading up to the election. I agree that increasing turnout will be key. I don’t trust suburban folks to vote blue when it comes down to it, no matter how much they dislike Trump - many will cast a third party vote instead. We have to turn out those who didn’t vote in the last election. I expect this to happen. Each one is a vote that dt does NOT get! |
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Post by mom on Aug 19, 2019 3:24:49 GMT
Each one is a vote that dt does NOT get! Very true! |
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TXMary
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And so many nights I just dream of the ocean. God, I wish I was sailin' again.
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Post by TXMary on Aug 19, 2019 4:43:10 GMT
Im torn about this - I seriously thought Beto was going to win back in November. Everything I was seeing in my area was Beto, Beto, Beto. At the Republican rallies they couldn't give tickets out to get enough people to fill the venues. And then the Republicans still won. I didn’t think he had a snowball's chance in hell when he started, but look how close he came. Change is coming...slowly...but it’s coming. |
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Post by Merge on Aug 19, 2019 11:40:56 GMT
Im torn about this - I seriously thought Beto was going to win back in November. Everything I was seeing in my area was Beto, Beto, Beto. At the Republican rallies they couldn't give tickets out to get enough people to fill the venues. And then the Republicans still won. I didn’t think he had a snowball's chance in hell when he started, but look how close he came. Change is coming...slowly...but it’s coming. It’s my hope/belief that the upcoming generation - my daughters’ generation - will be the one to turn Texas away from the far right. One of the first things my 18 year old did on her college campus was to seek out and join the college Democrats so she can get involved in voter registration and GOTV activities on campus. I could not be more proud! 🥰 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 13:13:46 GMT
I didn’t think he had a snowball's chance in hell when he started, but look how close he came. Change is coming...slowly...but it’s coming. It’s my hope/belief that the upcoming generation - my daughters’ generation - will be the one to turn Texas away from the far right. One of the first things my 18 year old did on her college campus was to seek out and join the college Democrats so she can get involved in voter registration and GOTV activities on campus. I could not be more proud! 🥰 The next generations (Y and esp Z) are so much less gullible than mine (X) and before (boomers, silent, greatest) |
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