Texas is far more politically complicated than most Americans realize. Gains in Texas are proportionate to politicians running on platforms that matter to Texans. Hopefully if Cruz gets voted put the Democrats learn a valuable lesson about how to win in Texas. My concern is they'll take all the wrong lessons and take the win to mean it's time to double down on the old losing strategies.
I mean sort of. But also I've seen people that disagree with everything Republicans and Republican candidates say, say with a straight face "at least I didn't vote for a Democrat" so it's also not that complicated at the same time.
I feel like Beto could've pulled it off if he'd ceded the gun issue. Of course it's a mess but the NRA has convinced people that school shootings need to be a part of life for freedoms or whatever.
Biden was only behind Trump by 600,000 votes in 2020. Biden actually received more votes in TX than NY, but we still need better voter registration and turnout rates.
I will believe it when I see it. This asshole is always behind in polls but somehow manages to pull +5 to +10 advantage at the last moment. Do not believe in any of these “news”
I'm 25 so I have only been paying attention to elections for a handful of years now, but it seems like polls are something you can almost completely ignore in American politics, they don't necessarily seem based in reality.
As long as Allred isn't dumb enough to repeatedly say he will ban all guns multiple times while campaigning in the state with the highest level of gun ownership in the union he might just win.
Calling Ted Cruz "Rafael" is incredibly lazy. The man now licks The Donald's boots after calling his wife ugly and left Texas to hide in Mexico during a disaster. There is so much more material.
Ted Cruz may not have as big a lead as he would have been hoping for in the race for his Texas Senate seat, according to a poll.
A Manhattan Institute survey of 600 likely voters in Texas found that Cruz has a 3 point lead (46 percent to 43 percent) over his Democratic rival, rep. Colin Allred. This margin is down from a double-digit lead the incumbent Republican has enjoyed in previous Texas senate surveys.
Obligatory: when he was at Princeton, there was a tradition where during the first snowfall of the year, the sophomores would make a lap around their dorm naked. Somehow, Ted Cruz took a wrong turn and instead of waiting for him, everyone locked him out of the dorm.