Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Texas Early Voting Data Shows Democrats Up 70% & Republicans Down 8%
Twitter ^ | February 23, 2018 | G. Elliot Morris

Posted on 02/23/2018 11:30:31 PM PST by Pinkbell

Early voting data from Texas is just bonkers. % change over 2014:

Democrats: 70% Republicans: 8%

This is the first midterm since 2006 when Democrats are casting more early ballots than Republicans.

(This is from the Texas SOS, and there are a couple of graphs present.)

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; republicans; texas; trump; tx2018; voting
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-79 last
To: LS

Thanks for the info. That doesn’t sound too bad.


61 posted on 02/24/2018 7:28:33 AM PST by EdnaMode
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

The party in power always loses midterms. The question is how much damage. They are motivated and we should never underestimate that.


62 posted on 02/24/2018 7:30:23 AM PST by Hildy (There)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Solson

Who is that?


63 posted on 02/24/2018 7:36:32 AM PST by Pinkbell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Hildy
Not always.

In 2002, when GWB was midway through his first term, the GOP picked up 2 senate seats and 8 house seats.

The dynamic is a little different this year in that Trump is seen by many as a "people's" president as opposed to a partisan Republican president. If the economy continues to surge, the same blue collar Democrats from places like PA, MI, WI, OH and IA that helped elect him in 2016 will come out in support of his agenda in 2018 mid-terms.

The Democrat party is quickly becoming the party of cranks, weirdos and haters of America.

64 posted on 02/24/2018 7:45:27 AM PST by SamAdams76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

I dont trust polls anywhere.. but hispanics have been democrats and sending illegals back might rile a few more..they like the freebies the dems give for their vote.


65 posted on 02/24/2018 7:51:50 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

There’s only a dozen or so counties reported on the secretary of state site. Texas has 254 counties. Granted those shown are predominately demonrat due to the large invader population.


66 posted on 02/24/2018 8:01:46 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

At the end of the day, a Dem is still a big pro-choicer, pro-abortion, that is a big NO from me to any of them.

If the Democrats bent on this issue, who knows. Rin Tin Tin could run against this Beto O’Rourke and win. Texas is changing demographically but will not enough this time in 2018.

Unless, they really fire up the grass roots. Possible.


67 posted on 02/24/2018 8:01:58 AM PST by BeadCounter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Verifying but one Texan tells me the D advantage should be double this.


68 posted on 02/24/2018 8:17:55 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 61 | View Replies]

To: LS

That’s a good sign.


69 posted on 02/24/2018 8:30:22 AM PST by EdnaMode
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: LS

I study your interesting twitter page several times a day, Larry, and if I may be so bold as to post what you quoted...

You mentioned that 2% of Texans have early voted.

You further added that .0002% were GOP and .0003 were dems.

65,000 early votes have been cast, with a D advantage of 7,769.

As you said, the D advantage comes from three counties....El Paso (heavily dem), Hidalgo & Travis.

Travis county is where Austin is located, correct? Berkeley on the prairie.

Fellow Freepers, Mr. Schweikart goes into further detail on his excellent twitter page.

Keep up the good work, sir, I learn a great deal from your twitter posts.


70 posted on 02/24/2018 8:45:02 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (No DACA Caca....Send the Nightmares home. "Americans are Dreamers, too." President Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

Early voter cheating.


71 posted on 02/24/2018 9:13:24 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: deport
Your data is also listing only the largest 15 counties out of a total 254 counties in the state.

Exactly!

Another example of posting BS and screaming the sky is falling when they have no idea what they are talking about!
72 posted on 02/24/2018 10:00:52 AM PST by TexanByBirth (Free Republic: where they may agree with the message, but they love to shoot the messenger!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

Not sure how to judge this: looks like Dems ran nobodies in the 2014 Senate primary; a LaRouche follower ended up 2nd in the Dem primary that year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas,_2014#Democratic_primary


73 posted on 02/24/2018 11:56:28 AM PST by Rob the Ugly Dude
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rob the Ugly Dude

Not sure how to judge this:

*****************

For what it’s worth in Texas. You don’t register by party.
Come election day you choose which parties primary you want
to vote in and are committed to that. Come the next cycle
you start the process over again. It’s been a few election
cycles since a democrat has won a statewide race. IMO it
won’t change this year.


74 posted on 02/24/2018 12:17:21 PM PST by deport
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: july4thfreedomfoundation

I have NOT confirmed this, but a Texas Tweeter told me that so far the 7k is about half of what normally turns out early from these counties, that they are really lagging.


75 posted on 02/25/2018 8:24:43 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

I’m in Harris County & haven’t early voted yet but plan to. Still sifting through all the judges - 2 pages worth of candidates & propositions, 4 columns deep so it takes a while.

The only issue I’ve seen much excitement about is the teachers’ retiree medical premiums, deductibles & out-of-pocket costs have gone up & some of the teachers & their families are calling to “block vote them out” meaning those in charge - Gov, Lt. Gov etc.

Saw one FB post of a teacher or supporter voting in the Republican primary so she could vote for the challengers to the incumbent Gov & Lt. Gov. So if the D turnout is much higher than the R turnout, not much of that is happening, which IMO is a good thing.


76 posted on 02/25/2018 8:50:35 AM PST by TropicanaRose
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LS

What is your concern for the Fl house district in Florida? That election is already over. Margaret Good (D) already won.


77 posted on 02/26/2018 5:27:56 PM PST by Blue Highway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: Blue Highway

It was a red district, the R wasn’t horrible, and the turnout was high.


78 posted on 02/26/2018 7:56:23 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 77 | View Replies]

To: Pinkbell

Not surprising democrats are leveraging their strength. Most election fraud is mail-in, not at the polls.


79 posted on 02/26/2018 8:02:10 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-79 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson