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[KXAN] Sen. Ted Cruz in statistical tie with 2 Texas Democrats (archive.is)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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According to findings published Thursday morning by Emerson College Polling and Nexstar Media, the Republican incumbent is locked in a statistical tie with two Democratic challengers. Pollsters asked a group of 1,315 registered Texas voters during the period of Jan. 13-15 who they would support if Cruz ultimately faced either U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, or State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm really hoping we get turnout more like 2020 and less like 2022.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Turnout in 2022 was actually really good for a midterm, and that’s why it was so disastrous for republicans.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

While it was the second highest midterm turnout in Texas in 20 years, it was down 7% from the 2018 midterm. So momentum turned around even though it was above historical average. We need to beat 2018 turnout. If we can beat 2020 turnout (Biden receive more votes in Texas than he did in New York in 2020), then we have a real chance to make a statement. We have to make that statement to get the kind of national investment in the state in 2026 to have a chance at getting turnout high enough to win the flip governor, lt governor, and attorney general. And we need to flip those in order to have a chance to undo the gerrymandered maps and get a representative legislature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not in Texas, it wasn't. Here, it was abysmal—46%, down seven points from 2018, and that's with fucking Abbott on the ticket.

The total number of voters was higher, but the percentage of voters was worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That 46% doesn't consider the 4.2 million who weren't registered either. That's ~50% of the population people who bothered to go to the polls.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I told a pollster I was 100% definitely voting for Colin Allred (my congressmen) in the primary. Three days later I saw Gutierrez on the news being interviewed and was so impressed I decided I will vote for him. Of course both of those guys are 1000x better than Turd Cruds.