These are just polls, so vote!

Hopefully these trends will inspire people in states that have been consistently red that a flip this election is possible!

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    583 months ago

    The state even being close nationally will boost a lot a down-ballot races, and hopefully deny extremists from local government seats.

    • @UnpopularCrowOP
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      3 months ago

      That’s how I feel. I don’t think Texas will actually flip (not impossible though!), it is the message these types of polls are sending that’s important.

      • @TexasDrunk
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        173 months ago

        I’ll be voting blue, and I look forward to the state invalidating all the votes in my county.

      • @Tyfud
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        83 months ago

        A long, long time ago way back in the 90s Texas had a Democrat governor. And it was awesome. One of the best states to live in at the time.

        Not for the last 25 years though. Not since the Republicans took over every aspect of the state.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 months ago

          Ann Richards didn’t manage to get a lot done though, did she? I wasn’t super politically aware in the early 90s, but I was under the impression that Texas was pretty red back then too.

          • @Tyfud
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            53 months ago

            She was a democrat along the same lines as LBJ. And a Texas Democrat, so very moderate by today’s standards.

            But she was well loved, respected, and surprisingly, did accomplish a decent amount, including prison reform, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, significantly improved the educational system, etc.

            But her big black mark was signing the anti-homosexuality act into law, even though she campaigned against it as Mayor.

            Still, after her came George W. Bush, so in my mind, she was the last good governor Texas has had in almost 30 years.

            • @[email protected]
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              13 months ago

              True enough.

              Better than we had when I lived in Illinois, where all the governors seem to end up as the target of federal investigations or prosecutions.

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      163 months ago

      At the very least, it will cause Republicans to expend more resources in what was a previously safe state.