This isn't good. Not good at all!
Texas Democrats' early voting totals should 'shock every conservative to their core,' Abbott email says
Early voting for the March primary is more than half over, and Democrats have outpaced Republicans at the polls on each day...The Democrats even surpassed their early voting totals from the 2016 primary — a presidential election year........
“I’ll be blunt: Democrat voter turnout is surging statewide during Early Voting,†reads the email, using bold and italicized red print. The email states that the last time Democratic primary voters came out so strongly was in the 1990s, during a gubernatorial election cycle, and that Democrats are flipping seats in special elections across the country in Republican strongholds. “We had always hoped the liberal wave would never hit Texas, but these early voting returns aren’t encouraging so far.â€.............
@libertybele @mystery-ak @txradioguy Someone immediately brought up Ted Cruz. This primary election is not about him - not with Democrats showing up big for their primary when, in Texas, Democrats hardly show up at their primaries. That is because maybe only one Democrat will run for a particular state seat, but mostly none run for a seat in Texas State government. There are a few Democrat judges, but every major state official seat is a Republican. I worked those elections for 10 years, I know how Democrats vote in Texas - UNTIL NOW. With Gov. Abbott putting this info. out, it is the truth.
Montgomery County and Walker County will still vote Republican in the majority, comparing the total numbers voted in the Democrat Primary and Republican Primary. Voters in the west Texas area, out to around El Paso, are about 100% Democrat to start with. The State Party saw no reason to send me out west teaching election law because there weren't enough Republicans out there to make a difference.
With Dems energized to vote in their own primary , that means they will be out in force in November, which is a major change in a non-presidential year, and the west Texas area and the cities, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Beaumont, south Texas towns, plus counties around those cities, can knock off some of our Republican state officials for the first time in many years.
We have a big majority in the state house and senate; some or many could fall. County governments would also change from Republican to Democrat majorities - county judge, judges, commissioners, constables, justices of the peace, etc.
Could Cruz lose in November? He surely could if Democrats get out all their folks to vote; his seat would fall along with the ones listed above and our Republican US Representatives could be beaten, too, if any Democrat filed for the seat.
Trump and the killings in Florida, could bring out all Democrats in Texas and in other states as the special elections are showing us the Dems are beating Republicans in these elections even though they were held by Republicans until these special elections - and the killings in Florida had not happened - those were votes against Trump. I could see this coming after these special elections, and Abbott is confirming it - Dems are going to their primaries in numbers not seen in many years in Texas. I believe it will be in every state.
You can get an idea if Democrats are now a threat to your county, your state, by going to your Secretary of State website AFTER the primaries, and look at your state totals for the total Dem numbers in their primary, and total Republican numbers in their primary. Then, check your county on the website to see their total Dem/Rep numbers. I will surely do that, too.In November, on election day, I will do the same thing. Watch the SOS website as the numbers come in for the various counties in Texas. I hope Texas doesn't fall to Democrats and hope your state doesn't, either.
