Why did Abbot do so much better then Cruz?
That should be the question, not this feaking out at the voters.
Simply compare Abbott to “Canuck Cruz” - there’s your answer.
Cruz instantly lost credibility with many people when he blamed Trump's rhetoric for the Chicago protests at the Trump campaign rally.
He was being touted as a constitutional god and then blurted out that nonsense on national TV. He sounded like one of the moonbats.
See post # 32.
Democrats' sacrificial lamb Valdez had no money and no message. Thanks to Beto, she got 43% of the vote.
Despite all of Beto's money and youthful charisma, the fact remains that NO ONE from El Paso has ever won a statewide election...a point that I made numerous times, yet seemingly no one, especially in the MSM, paid attention to.
I live in West Texas- the panhandle/plains area.
If I didn’t listen to local talk radio I would have been surprised when I went to vote; I wouldn’t have known that there was anyone other than Abbott running for Governor. I saw not one single yard sign or bumper sticker for Valdez; I didn’t see nor hear any radio or TV ads, either.
The Dems didn’t run a really viable candidate for Governor. Lupe Valdez apparently ran on the basis of being female/Hispanic/lesbian. I don’t think she raised nor spent an awful lot of money, either.
On the other hand, Cruz clearly had an opponent.
As far as liking/not liking a candidate, I never gave that much thought. Do I like Cruz? I don’t know. I don’t vote on that basis. Then again, I don’t understand this “charisma” people speak of concerning “Bobby.” I don’t think he’s cute, I don’t think he’s charismatic, and I can’t see a circumstance under which I would vote for him for any office at all.
Unfortunately I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him.
I hate to say it... but Cruz isn't particularly likable.
Lots of us here like him, but it's because we are looking at his positions more than at the man himself. Most voters are looking more superficially; as I remember, lots of folks who were getting their first good look at Cruz in 2016 just saw him as a little "odd"... and so a slick smooth-talking Irishman with an assumed Hispanic name and Whataburger-inspired campaign posters is going to sit a lot better with them than Cruz.