hammysaurusrex
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It's less about winning Texas outright and more about putting the GOP on the defensive in a state that previously required no investment in resources.
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Trump leading narrowly in Texas (UH, CBS polls)
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The Sum of Zero
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You and me both.
titiklabingapat
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It's why I really hope Democrats use the overflowing moneyz right now to invest in expanding the map. Texas on paper should be swing state: tons of diverse liberal cities surrounded by conservative suburbs.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's a little up in the air because nobody really knows how much Trump is going to underperform the polling (he has no ground game or GOTV so he will underperform).
This kind of thinking makes me afraid Trump could win.
You guys better get out and vote.
Random Painted HIghway
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She's not going to win Texas and because of how crazy these districts here are gerrymandered, there will be little impact in even state rep and state senate elections, but it will likely be quite devastating to republicans in places like Harris county (Houston) where most of the local seats are currently occupied by repubs-da, judges etc. I have friends on both sides running for local office, it will be a bloody night November 8th. I am directly impacted by the judicial and da elections here so it should be fascinating.
Hopefylly we can build on these inroads now for 2020 which will be a more important year due to redistricting.
Hopefylly we can build on these inroads now for 2020 which will be a more important year due to redistricting.
teruterubozu
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lol. My thinking doesn't affect shit. I vote.
I want Mcmuffin to win...can you imagine the embarrassment?
eBay Huckster
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he's literally down 10 in all live interview polls not named IBD/TIPP and his campaign's in a death spiral
it's not a matter of will he lose (nor has it been for the past month), it's a matter of will he lose in a landslide
Aaron Strife
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I already voted. And I worked on a campaign explicitly to get out the vote.
People need to stop doing this. The polls have us up double digits. We can act like we're winning because we are.
Democrats played the doom and gloom game in 2014 and guess what happened? No one showed up. To suggest we need to pretend we're losing or it's close in spite of all evidence to the contrary is very self-defeating.
Maybe we should ban all polling and all political analysis so we have no idea where we are until the polls close on Election Day. That seems to be what some Hillary supporters want because god forbid anyone actually think Trump could lose this one.
DontBeThatGuy
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it's still highly unlikely, but the possibility is fucking exciting. Imagine Hillary getting close to 400 EVs and the orange turder suffering one of the most humiliating defeats in history.
titiklabingapat
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Yeah, the evidence suggests that it's the losers who are actually more prone to staying home and depressing their turn out even further. Democrats should gloat every chance they get to depress Republican turnout further to ensure a Democratic House.
everyday math
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Lol no he's down by 10 nation wide.
Obviously you need to vote still. But the Republicans fucked up majorly.
LegalEagleMike
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Of the 2 Trump supporters in my family one missed the voter registration deadline and the other is considering not voting all together. The other 3 traditional republican voters have already cast their vote for Clinton.
FTFY
He's going to win TX, but I can't help but feel if we had actually put some effort in the state this year we could of won it. 2020/2024 will definitely be battleground Texas.
I'm hoping pollsters are vastly underestimating Latino and college educated turnout and we see surprises in IN, TX and MO.
I'm hoping pollsters are vastly underestimating Latino and college educated turnout and we see surprises in IN, TX and MO.
wumster3000
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Kai Dracon
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Like mothers milk.
Utah Democrat reporting in.
Crimson_Echidna
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edit, Saw that you've already been answered.
Still interested how the GOP plans to "repair their image" after this.
I'm really hoping McMullin has picked up some steam with people and keeps converting more folks.
A Hillary win would be glorious, but Trump losing to a wild Mormon Rogue would be hilarious.
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