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Bad News for Cornyn: Early Voting Numbers Down in Texas (Vanity)
News92FM ^ | February 21, 2014 | Din Maker

Posted on 02/21/2014 11:45:39 AM PST by Din Maker

Bad news for John Cornyn: Early voting down in Texas. Low turnout always benefits the "crawl over glass" Conservatives and die-hards. The first day of voting in Harris County (Houston) Texas was 15,000; and that includes the all mail in ballots that had been received. Now, this total includes those who voted in the Democrat Primary as well as the GOP Primary. You can figure only 50% of the votes were GOP (This is Houston after all.) That's worse news for Cornyn. Only 7,000 GOP in person, and mail, votes in Harris County the first day???? Wow!

On the two opposite sides of the State (East and West) turnout was lower than 2010. Orange County on the extreme East side of Texas had 999 GOP Primary Voters the first TWO days of Early voting. And in the very populated Lubbock County, to the West, early voting numbers the first day was 899 (Dem and GOP TOTAL). Texas always has low voter turnout (48th in the nation.) But, this year it seems it is going to be extremely low if this trend continues. And not helping matters, they are predicting more freezing temps for parts of Texas (even in the southeast portion of the State) for next week; the last days of Early Voting which ends Feb. 28th.

This is good news for our team. Tea Partiers and die-hard Conservatives will get to the polls no matter what. And, in Texas' Primary in 2012, only 16.4 of the voters turned out for the RUN-OFF Election; in which Ted Cruz defeated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst by 8 percentage points.

I like the way this is looking for our team


TOPICS: US: Texas; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: cornyn; earlyvoting; johncornyn; texas
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To: ken5050
vote early, and often...

Might as well. Vote fraud will never be stopped until Republicans are seen to be benefitting from it.

41 posted on 02/21/2014 2:18:29 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Thanks everyone for your replies regarding the 8 candidates on the Republican ballot for US Senate. In my mailbox this afternoon was a multiple page brochure from the Texas Conservative Review with their endorsements. At the top was John Cornyn for Senate, but they also are endorsing a couple of others that I am leaning towards voting for: Greg Abbott & Dan Patrick. Their other endorsements not so much. Does anyone have any info on the Texas Conservative Review?


42 posted on 02/21/2014 3:33:02 PM PST by Alissa
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To: Alissa
My two biggies this year are Cornyn and Dewhurst. Both MUST go.

I voted for Stovall and Staples in those races.

If you are here in Texas, you should know that governor doesn't really matter. The governor has less actual power than the Lt. Governor.

The governor in Texas can't even pardon someone without getting permission from a board first.

/johnny

43 posted on 02/21/2014 3:41:14 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Yes, I moved here in 1992, so I've been here long enough to know the Governor is mostly a face, but one that can get elected to the presidency. The LtGov is the workhorse that get things done.

Mostly, I'm concerned about this big expensive brochure published by the TX Conservative Review that is endorsing people I was not leaning towards voting for, i.e. Barry Smitherman for Atty Gen. I'm thinking of voting for Ken Paxton for Atty Gen. I think this is an extremely important position in these times of Fed over reach. The other thing I've learned is that the Railroad Commissioner has a lot of clout and they are endorsing Malachi Boyuls, when I was leaning towards Wayne Christian. If any TX Freepers have any insight on these endorsements, I have open ears. Thanks in advance for any info.

BTW the brochure states that they have endorsed "the most conservative candidate in each contest."

44 posted on 02/21/2014 3:57:29 PM PST by Alissa
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To: Alissa
I did some research on Texas Conservative Review. I do that a little differently than most. I started with their web site, and did a whois query for the DNS responsible information. It's a web site by an individual out of Houston, Texas.

Doing some more digging, about 10 people per day hit the site.

In my opinion, they aren't anyone of any importance. I'm thinking they probably get paid by the candidates to say nice things.

/johnny

45 posted on 02/21/2014 4:41:38 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: RitaOK; ExTexasRedhead; Marcella; jimbo123; potlatch; SunkenCiv; cripplecreek; stockpirate; ...
Days and days of Early voting advantages the street operation of the Democrat machine...

Worth repeating, and it applies to all states in which early voting is an accepted practice! Republicans may be the dominant party in Texas now, but the 'rats are working diligently for a future takeover, based largely on immigration of uneducated peons from south of the border and - insofar as they can get away with it - corruption of election procedure via cheating and fraud. And, as RitaOK posted, early voting gives the cheaters and fraudsters more cracks in the system.

If it's happened in other states, it can happen in Texas. Keep on guard, Texans!

46 posted on 02/21/2014 5:48:47 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

I hate early voting.

Early voting to me is being first in line on election day.


47 posted on 02/21/2014 5:55:20 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: RitaOK

I just saw some poll numbers for Texas registered voters. Sample is very questionable and I don’t think captures Tea Party voters at all and is not reflective of turnout. Kind of Low Information Voters:

Top 3 vote getters: Cornyn, Stockman and Vega. And Cornyn isn’t close to 50%.


48 posted on 02/21/2014 6:01:17 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Din Maker; ken5050; cotton1706; fwdude; 12th_Monkey; RebelTXRose; Vigilanteman; Alissa; ...

Please see Rita OK’s post # 6 and my post # 46. Perhaps a bit off topic for now, but relevant for the future.


49 posted on 02/21/2014 6:03:52 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: jimbo123

Very good news, jim. A little surprised Stovall didn’t rank among the top three. Thanks, very much.


50 posted on 02/21/2014 6:11:22 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: RitaOK

That’s why I think Tea Party isn’t getting picked up and it’s Low Information Voters being surveyed. They picked Cornyn and Stockman based on familiarity and Vega because she is Hispanic or a woman or both. I might see some better numbers tomorrow or Sunday. And I might see some Low Information Voter numbers for George P. tomorrow or Sunday.


51 posted on 02/21/2014 6:17:22 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

And all politics is local. Different areas turn out for candidates from their area. What’s interesting is the Stovall base from North TX all the way down to Galveston, the Eastern 1/3 of the state.


52 posted on 02/21/2014 6:40:03 PM PST by txhurl
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To: JRandomFreeper

I agree, but they must have lots of money. Now I’m concerned where they get their money. I don’t give anything to the RNC, my money goes to individual candidates, but now that I’m retired I want to be careful.


53 posted on 02/21/2014 6:57:39 PM PST by Alissa
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To: Alissa
I agree, but they must have lots of money.

No, not necessarily. It takes very little to get a web name from Go-Daddy (that's their DNS registrar), as little as $15. A glossy mailout is cheap to put together and can go to the potential voter for less than $1. Was it sent first class? Or Bulk?

Just because some slick con man has a good front doesn't mean he's got a good deal.

I can do everything that organization can do, for less than $1000 and a dollar or two per mailer.

Me. All by myself. Technology is wonderful.

/johnny

54 posted on 02/21/2014 7:21:38 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Alissa
All you have to do is spread those 7 names out equally and Cornyn will still come out ahead.

There is no question but what Cornyn will come out ahead. So did David Dewhurst come out ahead in the last GOP Senate primary.

What counts is that he not receive a majority of the votes and is forced into a run-off. Whereupon, conservatives will have a chance to coalesce around one challenger, who might then gain adequate funding to contest Cornyn in the run-off. That was the Cruz formula.

55 posted on 02/21/2014 7:30:16 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media -- IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: deport

Wow. Thanks man. Awesome!!!


56 posted on 02/22/2014 5:55:56 AM PST by Din Maker
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To: Alissa
The Texas Conservative Review is a front for John Cornyn. They are NOT Conservative, they are RINOs. They put in a couple of Conservative endorsements to try and appease us, but, they are a fraud. We received the same mail-out with a gazillion other pieces of campaign literature. Thank God 90 percent of the people who get that crap will throw it in the trash!
57 posted on 02/22/2014 6:00:59 AM PST by Din Maker
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To: JRandomFreeper; All

True. The Lt. Gov. in Texas is the most powerful person in the State. Staples is the best choice. A lot of FReepers are in love with Dan Patrick but he is in bed with the “good ol’ boys” in Texas politics and he does NOT like Ted Cruz. He did not make a formal endorsement, but, he was 100% for Dewhurst in the race between him and Ted Cruz.


58 posted on 02/22/2014 6:04:00 AM PST by Din Maker
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To: RitaOK
Re: Jimbo's posted comment #48: I am also surprised that Stovall was not in the top 3 but even more surprised that Linda Vega was in the top 3. I like Linda Vega and was poised to vote for her in the Primary, but, I felt that Stovall had the best chance of getting more votes than Stockman. (I fear that Stockman will lose in a run-off with Cornyn.) But, I've told people for weeks that the Hispanic community is quietly working "under the radar" for Linda Vega and she might surprise some folks. Most people, including our FReeper family, underestimate the power of a Hispanic surname in an election. That's how Ted CRUZ defeated David Dewhurst by an 8 percentage point margin.
59 posted on 02/22/2014 6:12:35 AM PST by Din Maker
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To: txhurl; RitaOK; jimbo123

Linda Vega will get most of her support from her hometown of Houston and the large cities of Dallas and San Antonio. Stockman will carry East Texas. I’m telling you, don’t be surprised if Vega knocks either Stockman or Stovall out of the top 3. But, even if she comes in fourth place, I guarantee you; she will be a big factor in forcing Cornyn into a run-off. So, I say God bless Linda Vega.


60 posted on 02/22/2014 6:17:51 AM PST by Din Maker
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