Posted on 11/10/2026 7:20:30 AM PST by MichaelRDanger
Maybe somebody can explain this to me.
What I have seen shows the number of Republican voters remained consistent with past elections going back several cycles. Slight increases and decreases here and there and the same holds true for democratic voters. If Christian voters stayed home in large numbers, as well as young men, there should have been a decrease in the number of Republican voters but the number of voters remained largely consistent.
What we see is a sharp increase in democratic voters. 19+ million. Who are they> Where did they come from? Christian voters staying home cannot explain this. Young men turning on Trump cannot explain this. Did every voting district in Texas really turn blue?
There are many, including VDH, trying to explain this from a position of moderation but the numbers do not add up.
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But why would they do this in some election but not others?
Blatant lie, machine loading/forged mail in ballots/ Illegal aliens voting....stolen
the number of Latinos who are eligible to vote in Texas has doubled, to 6.3 million.
The Latino share of the state’s electorate now stands at almost 32 percent.
Soon, the Latino vote will be the majority vote in the USA. Republicans cannot be blind to that and need to recruit top notch Latino candidates.
Tens of millions of illegal votes.
bttt
I don’t know what numbers you’re looking at, but there were 51.4million votes cast for Republicans in this election but 77.3million votes cast for Republicans in 2024. So your question as posed is simply wrong from the get-go.
Now, are you comparing midterm numbers? So 2026 versus 2022? Well, it was 54.2million votes for Republicans in 2022, so still down over 3million compared to 2022. That’s not small by anybody’s analysis. So, even in context, your assertion still isn’t quite right. But the point is, Democrats showed up in numbers like it was a presidential year. And this wasn’t a surprise. Everyone knew they were getting the vote out. Republicans didn’t step up. They even stepped down more than 5% from 2022. 5%. What was a typical margin of victory for most Democrats? If we’d *just* showed up at 2022 levels, it would not have been a wave. If we’d stepped up to a couple of percent HIGHER than 2022, less than half the amount we stepped down, we would probably still have the Senate.
You can’t handwave numbers. You have to look at them in detail.
Trump is a polarizing individual. He is viewed as not likable by many. Increased voter turnout was in part prompted by a visceral desire to vote against him. Add to this things such as gas prices and the Iran War, and you have a perfect storm.
Why would they do what? Are we supposed to guess?
Let me guess you mean, “why would they turn out in such high numbers for this election and not others?”
Because the party *correctly* sensed that Republicans were embracing the stupid in this election and their numbers would be down - so they had an opportunity and worked it hard. They won because we gave them the opportunity.
Texas “Mexicans” vote for other Texas “Mexicans”. Texas isn’t like California. Native Texans like born and bred Texans. The Texican usually votes for people like them, regardless of their policy. Ken Paxton was thought of as corrupt by many Texans. It was really stupid for him to run.
Yep. And we need a full scale educational effort to teach conservative economics and values to them. Churches ought to be helpful in this - some churches anyway. And we need a “farm team” system to elevate young conservatives through local and state elected offices to gain experience and exposure.
It’s a shame Rush didn’t actually create a “center for advanced conservative studies” because that’s about what is needed.
And, explain how TalaFREAKO “won” the Senate race BEFORE any Election Day votes were even cast.
And…how did 97 out of 254 TX counties have well over 100% of actual citizens “voting”.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4402497/posts?page=26#26
Good luck selling that here.
That map doesn’t take into account the growth in Texas’ population in recent years. The data is out of date. You’d find the same thing in the counties that voted Republican. Nothing more than clickbait. 🙄
I would like to ask this question for anyone who has the data: What percentage of ballots cast were in-person vs. mail-in, for mid-term elections in 2026 to 2024? Use any state, but of course TX is the one that looks most suspicious.
If there was fraud in the mid-term from registering illegal voters, that is where it would show up
In most states the Independent vote is larger than either the GOP or Dems.
They will swing one way or the other.
I find it interesting how a lot of GOP folks don’t seem to understand how fickle those voters are…and they underestimate how much people dislike Trump.
Remember “Clinton Fatigue” in 1996 and 1998? Trump fatigue makes that look like a head cold.
In order to comprehend that, Trump supporters need to take a step back and look at things objectively. Many have done that. Many others are so engrossed by the man and his rambling rhetoric that they cannot. If THOSE voters remain entrenched in the Republican base and drive the primaries in the next cycle…the GOP will be tossed onto the dust heap; joining the old Democrat party.
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