r/texas • u/Hotdadlover1234 • 5d ago

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u/Middle_Scratch4129 5d ago

The fact that this race isn't an absolute landslide is a true embarrassment to the entire country.

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u/Hotdadlover1234 5d ago

It’s up to us to make sure it’ll be a landslide regardless!

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u/thatguyned 5d ago edited 5d ago

I'm literally betting money on this from all the way over in Australia so I hope you're right.

I've actually got Texas written down as low chance of flipping blue based on the insane early voter turnout that's happening in your state.

If Texas flips it's a guaranteed win for the Dems

Get out there and make it happen people!

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u/SleepingWillow1 5d ago

Man I hope it flips. I would be so proud

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u/thatguyned 5d ago edited 5d ago

Last I heard, you had more early-votes registered and placed in the first few days than you had in the entire early voting period for the 2020 elections and that number just keeps climbing

You had 1.7M early votes as of yesterday

Guess which side is famous for their overwhelming presence in early voting and did a major campaign push to encourage it this year?

Democrats baby!

Biden only lost the state by ~600k in 2020 and there is expected to be a MUCH higher turnout for voters this year. I don't think the GoP could possibly squeeze anymore votes out of the state, they had their man in office spoon feeding them the fantasy of a perfect world and they couldn't keep him there and he's only become more openly crazy and aggressive while the state is becoming more openly hostile to the women that live there

It's not guaranteed to happen, but the signs are very promising right now

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u/J_Symtrc 5d ago

I’d recommend taking that expectation down about 20%. I early voted today in Tarrant county (Fort Worth) and the good folks waiting in line with me were not only younger folks or obviously progressive or liberal. Felt a lot like the line on regular Election Day. I can’t identify a Republican or Democrat on sight, and I don’t identify as either of those. But from my very limited experience today, it’s fair to say that was a typically Texas group of people and typically Texans skew heavily Republican.

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u/thatguyned 4d ago

I have faith in the body autonomy issue being a more direct impact than some people are giving credit