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Shell_Seas

(3,452 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:30 PM Oct 23

Record Turnout And GOP Desperation

High turnout favors Democrats, sparking Republican panic across Texas.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/record-turnout-and-gop-desperation





13 Days Left.

The daily results from the Secretary of State (SOS) were slow in 2020, but they are twice as slow this year. Some counties publish live results on their websites, but not all.

Republicans have emailed me this week, attempting to gaslight me into believing that the record polling we’re seeing at the polls is excitement for Trump. But I’m not convinced. For one, Texas has moved left in nearly every election over the last two decades. And two, this is the first presidential election in modern history in which white Texans are not in the majority.

While MAGA has spent the last year bending over backward trying to convince America that Trump will win the Black and Latino vote, there is no data to back that up. When we look at the data from the exit polls in Texas over the last several elections, we know:

The majority of Hispanic voters vote blue.

The majority of Black voters vote blue.

The majority of Asian voters vote blue.

This includes the exit polls from 2020 and 2022. There’s no evidence that people of color are suddenly willing to vote for the party of white supremacy.

Historically speaking, we know that a more engaged electorate equates to a more Democratic electorate. So, this record turnout we’re seeing across Texas will benefit Democrats.

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Record Turnout And GOP Desperation (Original Post) Shell_Seas Oct 23 OP
How's the White vote going to go? OAITW r.2.0 Oct 23 #1
Rural white, not so blue. Urban yes. ananda Oct 23 #2
White people are a minority in Texas, but they always vote Shell_Seas Oct 24 #3

ananda

(30,812 posts)
2. Rural white, not so blue. Urban yes.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:06 PM
Oct 23

If voter turnout is large enough in the blue
cities, we can take this.

Here in Austin, I was surprised by the steady
line of voters at my site.

And I've been hearing good anecdotal stories
too.

Anyhow, here's hopin' !!!!

Shell_Seas

(3,452 posts)
3. White people are a minority in Texas, but they always vote
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 08:34 AM
Oct 24

The more important question is how is the Black and Hispanic voting going to go?

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