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Blue wave may be building in Texas
The Hill ^ | February 27, 2018 | Reid Wilson

Posted on 02/27/2018 3:57:25 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

More Democratic voters than Republicans have cast ballots ahead of next month’s primary elections in Texas, in what some party officials interpret as a new sign that a blue wave is building ahead of the midterm elections.

The Texas Secretary of State’s office said 168,000 voters had cast ballots in the Democratic primary in person or by mail in the state’s ten largest counties through the end of Sunday. By contrast, 138,000 voters had cast ballots in the Republican primary.

It is the first time in a decade that Texas Democrats have turned in more ballots than Republicans at this point in the early voting window. And it’s the first time in 12 years that Democrats outpaced Republicans in a midterm election year.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; democrats; demographics; election2018; election2020; majorityminority; texas; tx
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The fake news never stops.

Texas is about as blue as the sun lol


81 posted on 02/27/2018 6:34:24 PM PST by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Sigh.

These are primary elections. Get it?

When the opposing party holds the WH, the other party’s primaries take on all sorts of importance. Much higher turn out.

Remember where we were in our primaries in 2010 or 2014? There was no energy or turnout at all on the D side . . . cuz they had their guy in the White House.

BTW, most of the TX races have the R running unopposed.


82 posted on 02/27/2018 6:40:31 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: American in Israel

Quit throwing your false accusations.

That doesn’t bode well, here.


83 posted on 02/27/2018 6:43:08 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

The Dallas Morning News has glowing articles about democrats winning the state daily. I guess they forgot about their darling Wendy. There is a lesbian, Mexican, ex-sheriff of Dallas trying to run for governor.


84 posted on 02/27/2018 6:50:01 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Combat_Liberalism

Saw Beto on Tucker. He’s a radical lefty, but I have seen a few Beto signs in the neighborhood.


85 posted on 02/27/2018 6:51:54 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Jane Long
Read your post, tell me you are not judging in mass by an arbitrary social construct.

Prejudice is an affective feeling towards a person or group member based solely on their group membership. The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, feelings towards people or a person because of their sex, gender, beliefs, values, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality, beauty, occupation, education, criminality, sport team affiliation or other personal characteristics. In this case, it refers to a positive or negative evaluation of another person based on their perceived group membership.[1]

Prejudice can also refer to unfounded beliefs[2] and it may include “any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence”.[3] Gordon Allport defined prejudice as a “feeling, favorable or unfavorable, toward a person or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual experience”.[4] For the evolutionary psychology perspective, see Prejudice from an evolutionary perspective. Auestad (2015) defines prejudice as characterized by ‘symbolic transfer’, transfer of a value-laden meaning content onto a socially formed category and then on to individuals who are taken to belong to that category, resistance to change, and over generalization.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice

Oh, and look up denial, it ain't a river in Egypt.

86 posted on 02/27/2018 8:27:52 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: dandiegirl

What part of TX are you seeing the Beto signs?


87 posted on 02/27/2018 8:31:04 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: deport

https://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/vce/0201.html


88 posted on 02/27/2018 8:37:13 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Jane Long

And my advice holds, if you reach out with a firm Texas hand shake you most likely will find a kindred spirit and a friend. But if you let your prejudice rule your actions, you will give your new neighbor the stink eye and make him an enemy.

My guess is that Californian needs some detox, and a friend to teach how to be a free Texan. It’s up to you.


89 posted on 02/27/2018 8:41:09 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
These BS articles are getting tiresome.

Exactly!
90 posted on 02/27/2018 9:10:22 PM PST by TexanByBirth (Free Republic: where they may agree with the message, but they love to shoot the messenger!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Unfortunately, it might be too late for everyone.

Most populated states:
1. California
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. New York
5. Illinois

By 2030, all of these may be blue if not sooner. It’s really going to be hard to turn back. 3 of the 5 are already solid blue.


91 posted on 02/28/2018 12:44:51 AM PST by BeadCounter
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

In 2005, Texas became a minority-majority state.

The other minority-majority states are California, Hawaii, New Mexico, perhaps one other. Florida and Arizona are close to that as well. People can deny it all they want. There are already enough Democrat votes in Texas to flip it except some folks don’t want to vote for the dreaded Democratic platform, same-sex marriage, abortion and so on.


92 posted on 02/28/2018 12:48:07 AM PST by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

Governor Abbot was talking about this as well, that it should alarm all conservatives, there goes, “oh, this is a bs article from the hill”.


93 posted on 02/28/2018 12:49:39 AM PST by BeadCounter
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To: DoodleDawg

Demographics is destiny.


94 posted on 02/28/2018 1:47:44 AM PST by redgolum
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To: dragnet2
Are you suggesting liberals in CA who can’t afford to live there are moving to Texas, then turn around and vote for more liberal policies such as higher taxes?

They have done so in the past. CO is now blue because of those fleeing CA.
95 posted on 02/28/2018 1:51:46 AM PST by redgolum
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To: Jane Long

Dallas


96 posted on 02/28/2018 6:39:13 AM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I never vote early. I vote on election/primary election day just as I always have.


97 posted on 02/28/2018 6:46:20 AM PST by BlueLancer (Black Rifle Coffee - Freedom, guns, tits, bacon, and booze!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Donald Trump needs to go after this vote fraud. Look what Chicago mayor is doing with illegals.


98 posted on 02/28/2018 8:14:20 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: redgolum

So you’re suggesting liberals in CA really hate high taxes and liberal policies so they opt to move to Colorado and then turn around and demand higher taxes and liberal policies?

Ya think anyone buys that?


99 posted on 02/28/2018 8:30:49 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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