Posted on 10/13/2020 4:38:42 PM PDT by ReelectTrump2020
Don’t believe what the Left says. Yet again, Texas isn’t the swing state they wish it was. I am in line to early vote in a bluer part of Austin (itself unfortunately the San Francisco of Texas). 4 Trump signs out front, not a single Biden one. Tons of Chip Roy and not a single one for Abortion Barbie/Wendy Davis. I have no doubt Travis county will go for Biden but TX won’t; otherwise, they would be putting their signs out.
God bless Texas and god bless what is left of America
Any reports about wait times at the early voting spots? I saw a friend post on FB that wait times were upwards of 6 hours in some San Antonio and New Braunfels polling places.
Texas doesn’t register voters by party, but....
In 2016 there were twice as many votes cast in the Republican primary as in the Democrat primary. Both primaries were contested of course, and native son Ted Cruz was running on the R side. There were 1.4 million Democrat votes as compared to 2.8 million Republican votes.
Just 4 years later, Democrat primary voters OUTNUMBERED Republicans, 2.094 million to 2.017 million. Obviously the Democrats had a contested race and our side did not, but still....
And of course there was a bloodbath at the U.S. House level in Texas in 2018 (with a net loss of another 2 to 4 Republican seats to come in 2020 if things go really bad; best case is probably +1) despite the narrow statewide win of Cruz and the less-narrow but still unimpressive win by Abbott against a complete non-entity Rat candidate.
Texas is getting pretty damn purple these days and is heading more in the red (to use the proper color for the Commies) direction by the day.
Welcome newbie. You know, Texans said the same thing in 2018. Cruz in a 10% plus blowout. Except it wasn’t a blowout, and we very nearly had Texas Senator O’Rourke. If we went by yard signs and crowds, Trump would have won the 2016 national vote by the largest margin in history. But it doesn’t work that way. So drag a few more conservative friends to the polling place and quit counting your chickens.
God bless Texas and thanks for backing Chip Roy, a good man in an endangered district.
Harris County shatters record for turnout on first day of early voting
More than 100,000 ballots already cast on Day 1 of early voting with a few hours to go.
From start to finish it took me maybe 45 minutes
Yeah, even its proponents can’t really make good arguments for it. We do have really bad traffic problems here in ATX but that isn’t the answer. Of course, we also have an affordability problem and a 25%+ tax hike is also the last thing we need. Interestingly its opposition seems to transcend partisan lines; I even saw a “Vote No on Prop A, Vote Biden” combined sign, suggesting even the Leftists aren’t buying it.... but who knows. Too many renters here who are too dumb to realize that property tax hikes will also raise their rent.
To be fair, I know I wasn’t the only person to switch to voting Democrat in the primaries. Even though I have voted GOP my whole life, I switched to Dem in the primaries both because I saw Biden as a weaker candidate and Bernie scares the crap out of me, even more than Biden. Funnily, I never had a single pollster reach out to me in my many years as a Republican. In the few months the books has shown me as a Dem (I am switching back next election) I have had no less than 6 pollsters call/text me... hmmm
Very true.
I think some Dems will crossover. I think most dems will hold their nose and vote Biden-Harris to vote against Trump. They don’t look me their ticket but they hate Trump.
That’s some jive. Texans don’t say “yee haw.”
Whatever you say, MrThistle.
Hmmmmm.....
Is this a good, or bad thing?
Hmmmmm.....
Is this a good, or bad thing?
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Bad
that houston
54-42 for Clinton
That oversize chart isn’t exactly accurate. People are NOT moving out to small towns.
Katy - suburbs of Houston
Richmond - suburbs of Houston.
Frisco - DFW metroplex. Decent size city itself.
Georgetown - 20min north of downtown Austin
Leander - 18min north of downtown Austin.
Cypress - suburbs of Houston.
Not one of these is a standalone town, every single one of them can be driven to from their big city without you seeing a single cow or field.
While those cities may not be “densely populated” like the big ones, they’re still full of neighborhoods and retail and industrial, houses with small lots and apartment complexes. Not much wild land. They may have some empty undeveloped areas, but those are owned by investor/developers, not farmers. Most residents likely don’t name those cities when you ask where they’re from, they’ll tell you Houston-area, Dallas-area, not-Austin. And I would guess most/all of those non-Texas cities are the same thing.
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