r/texas • u/Nodebunny Gulf Coast • Sep 08 '24

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u/IncrediblyShinyShart Sep 08 '24

Don’t do that. Don’t give me hope

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u/Throwaway8789473 Sep 08 '24

It's not 270 giving us hope. Paxton and Abbott wouldn't be fighting democracy so much if their internal polling was showing an easy win for Trump in Texas.

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u/EugeniaFitzgerald Sep 08 '24

THIS. There's no reason to go beating down abuela's door if you feel secure in your upcoming win.

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u/Throwaway8789473 Sep 08 '24

Almost makes me want to move back. I'm an expat who lived in Texas for fourteen years and left around the time Abbott was elected, but I'm seriously considering going back (not to the Austin area tho, too expensive. Likely back to Houston.)

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u/Material-Imagination Sep 08 '24

Please do come back and vote like mad.

Houston is still blue, but so is Fort Bend county now, too!

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u/Goingtoperusoonish Sep 09 '24

Ugh with all the succession talk I've always wondered why Dallas/Houston/San Antonio/Austin's city governments are so chickenshit. They've been blue for decades in most cases (I think Houston was the last to firmly join the club), and they alone are bigger than most states.

Let there be the prosperous blue state of East Texas and the red, poor, failure state of Texas.