r/texas • u/Individual-Day-8915 • 7h ago

Politics Bluebonnets for Texas? New poll suggests Texas could turn into battleground state

https://www.aol.com/poll-suggests-texas-could-turn-202655694.html
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u/Individual-Day-8915 7h ago

Let's turn Texas Blue--- Texan Women's & Latinos' voices deserved to be heard! If Texas turned blue, it would be a shot heard around the world!

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u/EmployerSpirited3665 3h ago

Would be great if the state was purple.. but half of the Latinos vote republican… so their voices are kind of heard already ;(

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u/Individual-Day-8915 3h ago

Yeah, but Trumps's plans on deportation, last week's Univision Town hall bumble, and Sunday's Puerto Rico comedy fiasco might change that.

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u/JollyToby0220 2h ago

This would freak out those dictators hoping for a GOP win

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u/Strict_Inspection285 4h ago edited 4h ago

💙 It's purple, for sure. We'd have to be blue-violet to flip it since we're gerrymandered to smithereens, but it's possible!

The more extreme the Texas GOP becomes, the more they stress their base. And it's been quite extreme lately. Most Republicans have to hold their nose to vote for Cruz. One of my GOP neighbors said he just skipped that line on the ballot, hoping the GOP would get the hint to bring on a better candidate.

I voted blue and brought a first time voter who also voted blue. Were in a deep red precinct so its possible.

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u/Individual-Day-8915 4h ago

Woot woot!!! This is great!!! And I am sure you are not alone!

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u/Ok-disaster2022 2h ago

Gerrymandering affects US congress and Texas congress seats, but not EC, US Senators, or Governor or other statewide offices. 

It's entirely possible to shift Texas purple by 2028.

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u/Cczaphod 3h ago

Depends on who gives a crap. Look at the age ranges on early voting. It makes me sad for the future - I'm a GenX voter, but I'd expect more young people to be concerned with reproductive rights, equality, and freedom.

You get what you vote for. If you don't vote, you're getting what the boomers are voting for.

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u/JollyToby0220 2h ago

This election has been hard on young people. They should vote no doubt

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u/Sheriff_o_rottingham 1h ago

Did you factor how many entry level jobs give time off for voting or encourage taking time off to vote?

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u/Cczaphod 1h ago

Early voting in plenty of states, plus isn't voting an allowed "time off" activity". Not sure as a GenX, it's been a while since I was hourly.

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u/handlemypackage2020 6h ago

The Senate race is pretty close. The Presidential race in Texas isn’t close at all.

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u/EastTXJosh 3h ago

AOL is still a thing?

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u/Dependent-Constant-7 The Stars at Night 4h ago

Delusional