Hmm. Always thought they were 4 years.
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Leaked email reveals Texas Gov. Greg Abbot fears his state will go blue in November
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Hmm. Always thought they were 4 years.
StreetDisciple
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I live in Texas...show me the receipts.
Seriously though, where are these polls showing Texas close?
Seriously though, where are these polls showing Texas close?
Vote in every election. Even your local elections are important and have a dramatic impact on your community. Research your local candidates and vote for who you like.
We live in a place that lets you vote and people don't give a fuck. It's baffling.
any number of politicians have done very well for themselves by convincing people that government is broken and ineffectual to the point where there is considerable apathy in the population, not to mention all the myriad methods of voter suppression
Part of the problem is young people in Texas are so convinced their voices won't be heard over the blaring red of the state that they skip voting. It's hard to blame them, since they're largely right for everything except very local races.
But yeah, it sometimes leads to depressing results that could have been avoided if people would just go vote.
PeakPointMatrix
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I sort of wish that Trump would run again, so they could hand the presidency to dems on a silver platter again in 2020.
Rub for mid term elections.
I would LOVE for this to happen because it'd be a death blow to Republicans at the national level, but I don't think it'd happen, it is Texas after all, from my experience even the minorities here are pretty conservative.
Texas really should be more purple than it actually is though.
Texas really should be more purple than it actually is though.
Super_Cobra
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Texas has a lot of hispanics. Trump should have chosen his words carefully.
Zoe
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It also has a lot of Hispanics who still think he's the lesser evil :\
30yearsofhurt
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If, and this is a big IF, Texas were to flip back to blue due to demographic changes, could a republican ever win the White House again?
Not a Republican as we know them currently.
Diprosalic
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I'll fry every meal for a month if texas turns blue.
I wish it would and the recent string of paper endorsements and republican endorsements might help Hillary. But it's odd that some people think Texas is going to go blue in the same election that other people are worrying that Hillary can't turn out Hispanic voters in the numbers she needs to. But that argument always felt like over-worrying anyways.
LegalEagleMike
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All it takes is one democratic dud and a charismatic Republican candidate to swing the map back and vice versa.
Saw a guy have a Trump Flag earlier in the year and after the GOP convention that flag disappeared and haven't seen it since.
If it goes blue it's going to be joint effort here in Texas.
Not enough to matter.
FelixOrion
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Nope, 6 years but they're staggered so 1/3 is re-elected every two years.
There will be another Republican in the White House in our lifetimes. A few of them, really.
BoboBrazil
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I'm voting D in Dallas. To bad our shirty senators Corny and Cruz aren't up for reelection. Those shitheads could potentially be out.
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