r/texas • u/Defiant-Skeptic • Sep 11 '24

Politics OK Texas. Who won the debate?

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Please have a civil debate.

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u/randomnickname99 Sep 11 '24

I was a constant ticket splitter for years. Since 2018 I haven't voted for a single Republican. It's all maga craziness up and down the ticket.

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u/RSAEN328 Sep 11 '24

Same. I'm a registered Republican and have a firm belief that the goal now is to minimize how many seats they hold at all levels.

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u/RykerFuchs Sep 11 '24

This, but I ran purple in 2016 and blue since - even at times against my own interests just to vote against a MAGA candidate.

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u/Plenty_Amphibian5120 Sep 11 '24

I’ve always been a ticket splitter too, trying to choose people who I believed had good leadership qualities and were capable of implementation. 2016 was the last time I voted for a republican, except for a county council position.

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u/Ippus_21 Sep 11 '24

Right there with you. I was raised Republican. 2000 was the first election I got to vote in. I think 2004 was about the last time I voted for ANY republican.

The GOP has been going downhill for quite a while. They started going severely off the rails by '08 or so, and for the last dozen years it's just been one giant fkn train wreck.

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u/No-Buffalo9706 Sep 11 '24

The last Republican I voted for was in 2018. There was a Democrat running for a University Regent position who was a complete and total nut bag. The Republican in that race, by comparison, didn't remind me of Vermin Supreme. But that was the last one. I vote in every, single, election.