Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumTrump is unpopular in Texas. The state won't sit quietly.
Texas will be a battleground state if Biden is the nominee https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/31/trump-is-unpopular-texas-state-wont-sit-quietly/?fbclid=IwAR2XxkVSIkS-dL70IGBQR3OqreeTk4kQfIAwzUafiaeFR5vIq3su5WM5YrM
To think Trumps unpopularity in Texas is because of Twitter, or Ukraine, or the media, or a smear job by the left is to underestimate the problem. The reality is that Trumps signature policies are out of step with what most Texans want....
While the United States struggles to adjust to a changing demographic makeup, Texas has been majority minority for more than a decade, with Hispanics expected to outnumber non-Hispanic whites in the next few years. Hispanics and non-Hispanics live by, work with, are friends with and go to school with each other, and this familiarity increases fondness. Which is why Trumps fear and disparagement of immigrants and Mexicans, in particular falls flat here.
According to a Texas Politics Project poll, more Texans strongly disapprove of Trumps immigration approach than strongly approve. Only 39 percent of Texans support additional federal spending on border barriers along the Mexican border, according to a November 2019 report by the U.S. Immigration Policy Center....
Nonetheless, a state that should be a Republican shoo-in increasingly appears weary of the partys standard-bearer. And if theres anything Ive learned living in Texas, its that Texans will not sit quietly and be taken for granted.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
writes3000
(4,734 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
secondwind
(16,903 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)I would prefer Amy Klobuchar to Joe Biden.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)I'm sure aren't looking too positively at the administration's attempts to seize private property on the border for Trump's vanity project. Texas's brand of conservatism often leans more libertarian than republican and they really hate government overreach.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crazytown
(7,277 posts)Aww c'mon, Warren's an Okie. Politics aside, Texans love them some Okie's don't they?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)We need to trounce that Creepy Con Man to reclaim our country....and we then hope a pair of handcuffs would quickly be in his future.
Of course even after that what to do to reprogram all the right wing Zombies created by Fox and other right wing media.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)We are in position to retake control of the Texas House for the first time since 2001. There are a ton of good Democrats working to turn Texas blue and Texas will be a battleground state if Biden is the nominee.
You may be correct if Warren or sanders is the nominee.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Link to tweet
The answer is yes, Biden said when asked whether he would spend precious campaign cash on winning Texas. I know one thing. Its not going to be enough to beat Trump. Youve got to win back the Senate. You got to go in and campaign in states that are in fact doable, gettable, even if I cant win in that state.
For decades Texas has been described as an ATM for national candidates who siphon money from Lone Star donors to spend in other parts of the country.
But Texas Democrats predict that in 2020 they will win their first statewide race since 1994. And Democrats are nine seats away from controlling the Texas House for the first time since 2001.
I think it can flip from red to blue nationally because it is close, Biden said during a joint interview with The Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV (NBC5). Depending on the nominee I think Texas is gettable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden