cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21676181
Help make this the year that Texas flips for senate and or for president!
I’m absolutely not going to bank on it, but holy shit, can you imagine the shitshow in the GOP if Texas goes blue? Like… jesus. I think that’d actually sink the modern GOP entirely.
As if the GOP has any sense of introspection.
Intended to vote yesterday, but something came up and I couldn’t. Voted today. Longest lines I’ve seen at a polling place for early voting.
I know it’s anecdote, but I’m hopeful.
Democratic voters in Texas expect to find dirty tricks and voter suppression when they come out to vote. So they want to complete the process earlier, to leave them some backup and contingency options.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that Texas is about to flip on this cycle.
We’re not possibly going to flip but hopefully with abortion now restricted we’ll be closer to a swing state than in quite a while. The biggest problem is how heavily gerrymandered the state is, there are some crazy looking districts to get some parts of urban areas to vote red. A simple majority of votes really won’t do it in the state of Texas.
If nothing else, Texas could finally oust Ted Cruz…
Don’t give me hope. I mean, yeah, I voted for Allred today but still. It’s a lot closer of an election than it should be considering how Cruz has acted during his tenure
As a powerless outsider, I can only hope.
America has let me down so many times in the past, yet I still hope…
You can’t gerrymander a statewide election like US Senator or President. Those are total number of votes across all voters in the state. The state senators and representatives are definitely gerrymandering.
It’s also possible for Texas to go blue this election. Hillary needed 800,000 votes (5% of the registered voters) and Biden needed 630,000 votes (3.5% of the registered voters). It’s been really close the last couple presidential elections and Beto was really close to ousting Cruz in 2018.
Don’t forget, Biden won more votes in TX than he did in NY and Trump received less votes in TX than CA in 2020. We can definitely flip this year, we just need a large turnout. Historically speaking, Dems win with large voter turnout out and we are breaking records this year.
thats something that should have zero relevance in any election. if you live within a hundred miles of a post you should be able to vote on that post regardless if your “district” is outside of it
I voted yesterday about 630 in Denton county. We waited in line for about 10 minutes. My kids voted in Addison yesterday - no line.
yep.
How many votes did we lose by last time?
About 640k votes, 46.5% to 52.1%. It’s a tough hurdle, as he won that same percentage in 2016, although Clinton only had 43.5% and a third party probably ate some of Trump’s votes.
He’ll likely win, but by less. Its a pretty big margin, even if Trump openly pisses on military graves while Harris is a proud owner of a glock.
Note that the Senate race was closer last time in 2018 and is also closer in the polls. In 2018 that was 50.9% Cruz to 48.4% Beto (2.5% margin, ~200k votes)
That’s certainly true. You know, if Texas does flip for Harris I won’t just be overjoyed, I’ll have to reevaluate the whole state (which isn’t Texas fault; literally, all my exes are from Texas-- heartbreak can certainly sour a state!)
Clinton lost by 800,000 votes (5% of registered voters) and Biden by 640,000 votes(3.5% of registered voters). It has been getting much closer. We could flip this year if voter turnout keeps this pace.
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My concern with early voting is it’ll make it easier for them to target democratic voters, especially if the numbers are that skewed.
What do you mean by this? Who is targeting them and in what way?
Republicans who’ve been mobilizing to challenge ballots and election outcomes for months. Who have for years, been unashamed, to target and diminish democratic voting power. Who seem all but ready to destroy democracy and install Donald Trump as king.
What does early voting have to do with this though?
What is it about a ballot cast now that is more vulnerable than one cast on November 5th
I’m just concerned. MAGA is going to ratfuck this election, wherever they think they can get away with it, and I’m just concerned that democrats are voting in easy to identify patterns that can be targeted.
