2018 Texas primary

[dabom]

How is this shaping up? Gimme some answers boots.

[CosmicCowboy]

Honestly, the Republican primaries are pretty uninspiring. Basically I can no vote on Governor and Senator and there are literally 18 running for my US representative slot including a "terrorist hunter". Bleh.

[RandomGuy]

Honestly, the Republican primaries are pretty uninspiring. Basically I can no vote on Governor and Senator and there are literally 18 running for my US representative slot including a "terrorist hunter". Bleh.

One party rule does that to the party in power.

[baseline bum]

Cast my vote for Beto but voted against the make all mexicans citizens prop.

[rjv]

I haven't seen Texas dems this excited since abortion Barbie was going to be gubner.

i don't recall her moving the meter much at all. in fact, after checking it appears that republicans cast almost 800,000 more votes than Democrats in 2014.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I question two basic assumptions you guys are making.

1) hispanics are automatically democrats.

2) liberal political inclination of milleniums will be cast in stone as they age, get real jobs, have families, and pay taxes. The conservative baby boomers you guys hate were liberal as in the 60s and 70s. Assuming that was an abberation is not necessarily logical.

The political split in the hispanic demographic is well known. No one is saying that it is genous. At the same time there is a reason that your preferred political establishment has been suppressing their vote for a long time now.

We've had this generational discussion before. When looking at the previous several generations, they did not flip like the Boomers did. It was mostly the male boomers too as the women are much more liberal than you guys.

It is completely logical to think there won't be a shift because it is the only thing you or anyone else can come up with. The preponderance of evidence over the last half dozen generations speaks a different story.

[CosmicCowboy]

The political split in the hispanic demographic is well known. No one is saying that it is genous. At the same time there is a reason that your preferred political establishment has been suppressing their vote for a long time now.

We've had this generational discussion before. When looking at the previous several generations, they did not flip like the Boomers did. It was mostly the male boomers too as the women are much more liberal than you guys.

It is completely logical to think there won't be a shift because it is the only thing you or anyone else can come up with. The preponderance of evidence over the last half dozen generations speaks a different story.

You love blaming everything on boomers but boomers and older are less than 20% of the population in Texas. Your premise that majority of younger generations in Texas dont vote conservatively is clearly flawed based on recent elections.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You love blaming everything on boomers but boomers and older are less than 20% of the population in Texas. Your premise that majority of younger generations in Texas dont vote conservatively is clearly flawed based on recent elections.

You're saying that the demographics will change.

And I don't blame everything on the Boomers. I'm just saying that the Boomers controlled the electorate for decades are the demographic most responsible because of their selfish shortsighted voting habits. I am hardly exclusive in assigning blame though.

You don't even argue that but instead act haughty and generally irresponsible over the issue.

I've also predicted as you guys die off and the younger voters assert their majority things will begin to change. Let's see what happens this year before claiming victory, fattie.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You love blaming everything on boomers but boomers and older are less than 20% of the population in Texas. Your premise that majority of younger generations in Texas dont vote conservatively is clearly flawed based on recent elections.

And support your claim that young people are disproportionately conservative relative to the rest of the state. Everything that I have read is that Texas youth vote at an extremely depressed rate relative to the state average while Boomers come out in droves.

[CosmicCowboy]

And support your claim that young people are disproportionately conservative relative to the rest of the state. Everything that I have read is that Texas youth vote at an extremely depressed rate relative to the state average while Boomers come out in droves.

Learn how to read, snowflake. I said younger than baby boomers, which should mean younger than 60.

[Chris]

[Reck]

wtf is a secede?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Learn how to read, snowflake. I said younger than baby boomers, which should mean younger than 60.

Support it, fattie.

[Chris]

wtf is a secede?

His first name is Larry

[CosmicCowboy]

wtf is a secede?

He's an idiot.

[CosmicCowboy]

Support it, fattie.

Lol @you calling me fattie. You are a real tough guy hiding behind the internet. You wouldnt have the balls to say that to me in person.

[spurraider21]

oh look CC trying to big-time someone

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Lol @you calling me fattie. You are a real tough guy hiding behind the internet. You wouldnt have the balls to say that to me in person.

You're just mad because you are old and fat.

And it's also noted that your word remains and you cannot back up your claims.

in the meantime:

In the last presidential election, 24- to 34-year-olds made up just 12.4 percent of actual voters in Texas; 18- to 23-year-olds were a paltry 6.3 percent. The absence of millennials from the democratic process is particularly con uous when one considers that Texas is the second-youngest state in the country, behind only Utah.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/while-were-young/

and

Generally speaking, Texas’s older population is much more likely to participate in elections than the young population, with the largest turnout from voters 65 and up. So while Texas is a young state, older Texans make up most of the vote.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...voting-turnout

Have fun eating , fatboy.

[CosmicCowboy]

You're just mad because you are old and fat.

And it's also noted that your word remains and you cannot back up your claims.

in the meantime:



https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/while-were-young/

and



https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...voting-turnout

Have fun eating , fatboy.

So 15% of the population votes at a higher percentage rate than the other 85% so thats why republicans keep getting elected.

Yeah, right. Keep telling yourself that, loser.

[baseline bum]

LOL the antivaxer nut Nico LaHood went down last night

[boutons_deux]

LOL the antivaxer nut Nico LaHood went down last night

amazing, he didn't last long. His trademarks of greasy black hair slicked back and coatless in white-shirt and suspenders were silly.

[boutons_deux]

Texas Democrats Surge to Polls, in Show of Anti-Trump Sentiment

Texas Democrats surged to the polls on Tuesday in the first primary of 2018, demonstrating a wave of Trump-inspired energy, but also showcasing party divisions that have emerged at the outset of an otherwise promising midterm campaign.

Nearly 886,000 Texans cast ballots early in the state’s 15 most populous counties, the highest early-vote turnout in a nonpresidential election year in state history.

Republicans still cast more ballots over all thanks to their rural strength.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/u...rref=undefined

kicker/bubba/Bible-humping/low-ed/low-wage Texas is still a rural backwater hole demographically.

[CosmicCowboy]

LOL the antivaxer nut Nico LaHood went down last night

That was a bizarre race. Thomas J Henrys boy against George Soros's guy. Crazy that Soros is getting involved in local elections like that.

[boutons_deux]

the ing Kock Bros get involved in ing school board elections, but you rightwing assholes don't think that's "crazy".

[CosmicCowboy]

the ing Kock Bros get involved in ing school board elections, but you rightwing assholes don't think that's "crazy".

No, we just think you are crazy.