Ironically, I think yours wins. It is quite relevant that any positive signs of turnout are meaningless if, as is the case in many Texas elections, people stop pulling the lever after the governor and U.S. Congressional races. In Dallas and Houston, greater Republican turnout doesn't always lead to winning elections.
Ummmm. Yeeeeeah. Fundamental disagreement here.
I vote for candidates, not for parties. That’s how RINOs get elected year after year. If the Repubs want me to vote for their candidate, they can run a conservative. I say no thanks to the loser Juan McCains of the “conservative” party in the US.
An educated vote is the only useful vote. The fantasy that we’re better off with just any old Republican than any old Democrat is like saying that Rick Perry was a bad idea when he supported Al Gore for president (during the Reagan era, for crying out loud), but magically became a bastion of conservatism when he put the R next to his name.
But then a lot of people make that kind of ID-10-T error.
You want me to vote for a Republican in XYZ position? Run one that isn’t total CRAP.