It’s all about turnout now.
Please, please, please,…
Beto-tastic news.
LeBron James, in San Antonio with the Lakers, doing his part:
Momentum may carry Beto to victory right now.
If Cruz was climbing, it might be unlikely, but the fact O’Rourke’s gaining FAST means everything.
But like Kansas, Texans may never be able to trust the outcome of their elections, the conservative element there controlling the voting process truly believes progress is their cancer.
They justify cheating because they believe their white America is imperiled and must be saved. These are the “patriots” who trust Putin over Pelosi.
Their white majority is certainly imperiled. Their white America has never even existed.
I’m crossing all appendages. Ironically, that makes it rather difficult to send him more money, but I’ll figure it out.
careful
Who are these women who are willing to vote for Cruz? I just don’t get it and probably never will.
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I’m crossing all appendages. Ironically, that makes it rather difficult to send him more money, but I’ll figure it out.
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Someday, we’re all going to vote for Beto.
HAHAHAHA Right?! This could get ugly.
Per Quinnipiac, Cruz is holding on to his lead due to his gender advantage: he is winning handily with men, while O’Rourke only has a modest edge with women.
Texas - What a downright funky, counter-current place,
Oh well…Buckle up buttercups, demographics is destiny.
Well two more votes in the counter for Beto. My husband and I just went and voted.
We voted Saturday. The turnout is phenomenal.
Also, my wife got her picture with Beto on Saturday! Poor man has no voice left.
O I envy your wife! That is so cool. He is so cool.
This will not be won or lost by likely voters (e.g., voters who have voted in the last 3 elections) but by the unlikely voters – people who have never voted before or don’t normally vote in midterms… and by rural voters who just might like the fact that a candidate actually visited them and asked for their vote (rather than take it for granted).
In Harris County (Houston), more than a half a million people have already voted. In 2016, Hillary won by 12 points. I expect Beto to do even better… if he can bank votes in the big metro areas of the state, pull in the usually non-voting Latinx folks from the Valley and peel off 1-2% from the rural vote and suburban GOP women, then he wins and maybe by a lot.
I have to say that I don’t think much of this shift. Not to be a downer but the original 9-point poll was an outlier. This latest poll just brings Quinnipiac back into the same range as the rest of the polling. I’d love there to be something there but absent confirmation of a shift in other polling, I think that what we’re seeing is just a correction or a previous anomaly.
Good. Now start calling friends to go vote.
We can do this.
Beto vs Cruz. Good vs evil. Smart vs stupid. Human vs lizard. Gees, Texas, do the right thing for your state and our country.