Texas Goes First: A Fortnight from America’s First Primary Day, What to Look for in Lone Star StateMatthew Boyle 15 Feb 2022 Washington, DC
The Lone Star state will, two weeks from Tuesday, kick off the 2022 midterm election season with the nation’s first primaries as America heads to polls to judge Democrat President Joe Biden and his party two years into his administration.
The March 1 primary in Texas has lots of things to excite conservatives and supporters of former President Donald Trump, and may offer some key insights on things to look for heading into later primaries coming up in the spring and summer, as well as the general election in November.
March 1 is also the day that Biden will give his first State of the Union address to Congress. Given the bad news for Democrats to come as the country’s political attention span shifts to the midterms where they are expected to face a national drubbing from voters, it is no surprise that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Biden settled on the day of the Texas primary for the president to give this important speech.
This important Texas election also may have some harbingers for Democrats as they try to stem the tide of a looming red wave in November and attempt to navigate a rising socialist left inside their own party.
There could also be some lessons learned for Republicans when it comes to shifts among key electoral demographics like the Hispanic vote in the Rio Grande Valley, and this election is the first test of an interesting new strategy from the GOP to build long-term community centers in urban areas throughout Texas to engage with these types of voters. Democrats have expressed concern about some of these community centers, too, and a lack of engagement with these communities—meaning Republicans might make even more inroads with minority voters–especially Hispanics in 2022 than in recent years.
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