Originally published at: Dems’ Pivot to Texas and Florida - TPM – Talking Points Memo
After days of hints at it, Democrats are now making a serious foray into Florida and Texas in a last ditch effort to hold on to their Senate majority. Before calling it ‘last ditch’ I wondered what to call it. Is that too pessimistic? Too optimistic? I’m really not sure. You know the background. Democrats…
We live in a straight-ticket voting era.
This is really just a footnote, but Texas outlawed straight-ticket voting—in 2016, IIRC. Not to say people can’t or don’t vote straight tickets, just that the “straight ticket” checkboxes can no longer appear on ballots.