Meanwhile in TX this week, GOP voter turnout up 25% over 2018 midterms

[BabyBoomer50s]

Number of Democrats who voted in 2018 TX primary election: 1,068,463
Number of Republicans who voted in 2018 primary election: 1,549,573

Number of Democrats who voted in 2022 TX primary election: 1,057,664
Number of Republicans who voted in 2022 TX primary election: 1,935,321

 

[ll74]

The primary races were much closer for Republican races as well

 

[Comshaw]

Number of Democrats who voted in 2018 TX primary election: 1,068,463
Number of Republicans who voted in 2018 primary election: 1,549,573

Number of Democrats who voted in 2022 TX primary election: 1,057,664
Number of Republicans who voted in 2022 TX primary election: 1,935,321

Interesting, but what does it mean? Is there more Republican voters who want to keep the ones in power now? Are those new Republican voters wanting a change in the direction of the party? Is it because of the voting changes made by the state?

 

[HisArpy]

Interesting, but what does it mean? Is there more Republican voters who want to keep the ones in power now? Are those new Republican voters wanting a change in the direction of the party? Is it because of the voting changes made by the state?

Given the results of the election, I'd say that it's more than likely that the R turnout was because people voted for the R ticket and against the D's.

 

[Comshaw]

Given the results of the election, I'd say that it's more than likely that the R turnout was because people voted for the R ticket and against the D's.

So your opinion is the only reason for the large Republican turn out is to vote against the Democrats? I could see that if this happened in the general election. It wouldn't be much different from the Democratic voter turn out in the 2020 election. But this is a primary, Republican against Republican, Democrat against Democrat. That being the case, I don't believe it is just a matter of voting against the other party. I think it is the Republican voters making a statement. What that statement is I haven't a clue, but that was the gist of my earlier questions. What are they trying to say? What is it they want? With such a marked rise in Republican voters in this primary, they must support something that is important to them. I don't think we will know the answer to that until the primaries are done.

 

[pecksniff]

Given the results of the election, I'd say that it's more than likely that the R turnout was because people voted for the R ticket and against the D's.

You don't get to vote against the other party in a primary election.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I live in Texas, vote Democratic (as God intended), and didn't vote in this year's primary. First time I've missed one in a while.

 

[Rightguide]

I live in Texas, vote Democratic (as God intended), and didn't vote in this year's primary. First time I've missed one in a while.

God's design provides a path to redemption for those condemned at birth into ignorance but there are some who are too weak, lazy, debauched, and witless, to find their way. We refer to these hapless souls as Democrats.

 

[pecksniff]

So, what were the results of these primaries? How many incumbents were defeated by challengers? And, challengers from their left, or from their right?

One problem with the primary system is that it inflates the power of each party's most committed voters -- the ones who actually turn out for primaries -- who tend to be more extreme than the average of its base.

 

[ll74]

I saw Ghomert lost the AG race by 26 points. And now he'll be completely out of politics once his term is up.

That's a great thing for our country

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Interesting, but what does it mean? Is there more Republican voters who want to keep the ones in power now? Are those new Republican voters wanting a change in the direction of the party? Is it because of the voting changes made by the state?

It means more Republicans are showing up to vote, and fewer Democrats are showing up. Good news! The voting changes apply to all voters in all parties, so it’s not that (unless one believes Democrats not as capable of registering to vote, filling out a ballot, and mailing it).

 

[Comshaw]

It means more Republicans are showing up to vote, and fewer Democrats are showing up. Good news! The voting changes apply to all voters in all parties, so it’s not that (unless one believes Democrats not as capable of registering to vote, filling out a ballot, and mailing it).

The numbers of Republican voters turning out to vote in this primary over the last election are quite large (877,657), while the number of Democrats not turning out to vote is relatively small (10,799). I'm sure it is good news to you, to a Democrat it wouldn't be. I don't care about that. Even if it isn't about the voting laws that were passed, there has to be a reason Republicans are flocking to the primary and it's not to defeat the Dems. If that were the case we wouldn't see such a huge turnout until the general election. My question remains: what do the Texas Republican voters want? What are they seeking?

 

[pecksniff]

My question remains: what do the Texas Republican voters want? What are they seeking?

Well, how did they vote?

 

[RobDownSouth]

God's design provides a path to redemption for those condemned at birth into ignorance but there are some who are too weak, lazy, debauched, and witless, to find their way. We refer to these hapless souls as Democrats.

The road to Hell is paved with cans of corn, Gunny.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

The numbers of Republican voters turning out to vote in this primary over the last election are quite large (877,657), while the number of Democrats not turning out to vote is relatively small (10,799). I'm sure it is good news to you, to a Democrat it wouldn't be. I don't care about that. Even if it isn't about the voting laws that were passed, there has to be a reason Republicans are flocking to the primary and it's not to defeat the Dems. If that were the case we wouldn't see such a huge turnout until the general election. My question remains: what do the Texas Republican voters want? What are they seeking?

I don’t live in TX and don’t have any insight into state-level candidates or ballot measures, or city, county, and school district issues. One thing we know for sure is that those hysterical voter suppression predictions over TX election reforms were BS.

 

[pecksniff]

God's design provides a path to redemption for those condemned at birth into ignorance but there are some who are too weak, lazy, debauched, and witless, to find their way. We refer to these hapless souls as Democrats.

You in particular are in no position to claim intellectual superiority for Republicans.

 

[Rotadom]

‘Fuck These Fascists’: Students in Texas Shut Down an Anti-Trans Candidate​

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kb...ts-in-texas-shut-down-an-anti-trans-candidate

Students at the University of North Texas shut down a speech by an anti-trans legislative candidate seeking to make it illegal for children to begin transitioning Wednesday, yelling “Fuck these fascists!” and “Protect trans kids.”
Jeff Younger, a Texas House candidate who has refused to acknowledge his own transgender daughter’s gender identity and lost custody of her in 2019, in a court case that gained national attention, spoke at an event at UNT Wednesday organized by the campus group Young Conservatives of Texas. Younger intended to speak about “the threat of leftist ideology, the utmost importance of conservative social issues, and what conservative [sic] can do to win,” according to a Facebook event, which acknowledged protests were likely.
Videos shared by UNT student Ismael Belkoura, which were later deleted from Twitter, showed students drowning out Younger during the event, yelling “Fuck these fascists!” Belkoura told VICE News that at least 50 students showed up to protest the event, as opposed to only five or six students attending “in support of Younger.”



James Jackson, a UNT employee and alumnus who is transgender himself, took part in the protest and described it as heavily policed. “I'm a trans person and UNT staff and alum, and I don’t want someone like Jeff Younger speaking at our university,” Jackson told VICE News.

 

[HisArpy]

I don’t live in TX and don’t have any insight into state-level candidates or ballot measures, or city, county, and school district issues. One thing we know for sure is that those hysterical voter suppression predictions over TX election reforms were BS.

Interesting is that the voters in Tx tend to weigh heavily hispanic regardless of which party they belong to. Even more interesting is that a large number of candidates are also hispanic.

Yet, according to the D's, minorities are being prevented from voting. The D narrative about "Jim Crow 2.0" is, and always was, a crock of shit.

 

[HisArpy]

‘Fuck These Fascists’: Students in Texas Shut Down an Anti-Trans Candidate​

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kb...ts-in-texas-shut-down-an-anti-trans-candidate

Wonderfully lame attempt at diversion.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I only care how the 2020 POTUS election turned out.

Interesting is that the voters in Tx tend to weigh heavily hispanic regardless of which party they belong to. Even more interesting is that a large number of candidates are also hispanic.

Yet, according to the D's, minorities are being prevented from voting. The D narrative about "Jim Crow 2.0" is, and always was, a crock of shit.

This has been proven ad-nauseam, RAPEY. Redistricting and redlining, yo.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Wonderfully lame attempt at diversion.

It's a post about the Texas GOP losing votes, RAPEY. It's quite topical.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

I only care how the 2020 POTUS election turned out.

This has been proven ad-nauseam, RAPEY. Redistricting and redlining, yo.

Gerrymandering is a bipartisan sport. Redlining has been illegal since 1968.