So here it is Election Day and we began the day with 20 voting centers without

[yellowdogintexas]

Democratic Election Workers

Apparently folks were calling in sick or just not going to their sites.

The Republican staff at those centers put up signs that only Republican voters could vote there, but did NOT give any information about alternate locations.

I got a call to help if I could, and was going to go where I was needed to redirect voters to the nearest staffed location. Our voters can vote at any voting location on Election Day so any place in the county would work and we have a lot of voting centers.

Well, I just got a text that our Awesome Elections Executive Director rounded enough workers to staff the locations.

Hopefully this will not deter voters from voting in November. Also I hope it doesn't force a runoff in the Lt Governor's race.

[notinkansas]

1. Only Republican voters?

Don't understand that at all.

[Biophilic]

2. Yeah, me either. How can they do that? Wouldn't that be election tampering? nt

[yellowdogintexas]

12. each voting site has to have separate Democratic and Republican teams at a primary

If no Democrats show up to work the election, there is no team to run the primary. In the general it is a mixed team of both parties so this would not happen.

The part that made me angriest was that the Republicans would not help the Democrats local any other voting centers nearby.

It's weird that entire teams would abandon a sitel.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. I Hope The Democratic Party Spends It's Money Elsewhere

The fact is, the repubs don't even have to pull this type of shit in order to win in TX.

I had been led to believe that TX was trending Blue. The reality is that the repubs have a grip on the state, and they're not going to allow these races to even be close.

The majority of Texans are happy with guys like Abbott, Patrick & Cruz, and will NEVER vote for someone with a "D" next to their name. No matter how bad the alternative is.

It seems foolish to throw a ton of money into TX races, when there are those in other states much closer, and more winnable.

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. The best thing to do for Texas is GOTV

More than red or blue, Texas is a NON VOTING state. That's why the GOP is doing everything it can to make voting harder. When voter turnout is good, the Dems do far better.

Ted Cruz was elected to the Senate by over 5 points less than Kay Bailey Hutchison. In 2018, a mid-term election with an unusually high voter turnout, Cruz only won against Beto O'Rourke by less than 2%. In fact, over 400K Texans who voted for Greg Abbott voted for Beto, not Fled Cruz!

As for Greg Abbott, he beat Wendy Davis by over 20 points in 2014, but won by only 13 points in 2018, against an opponent, Lupe Valdez, who had far less name recognition than Wendy Davis or his current opponent, Beto O' Rourke.

Texas may not be turning blue fast enough for you, but it is moving in that direction. Considering the size of Texas and those sweet 38 electoral votes, I think it would be foolish for the Democratic Party to pull support and put it elsewhere.

[vercetti2021]

5. Another problem is Latinos trending conservative

They're going to be like the Cubans of Florida here. I guess they like what the GOP is selling them a bunch of bullshit and without the Latino vote for Democrats here the. Texas is a lost cause. I've been staying for at least 10 years hoping at some point it would change but it's not going to and being transgender it's not safe for me here anymore.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. I think Texas Latinos are trending less liberal than in the past

because more of the men work in the Oil & Gas industry than generations past. However, Latinos still support Democrats 2 to 1, vs the non-Hispanic whites doing the opposite. They just don't swing quite as Democratic as Black Texans (89%). But as long as Texas continues getting less white, it will continue to get more Democratic.

[Shell_Seas]

9. Latinos are not trending Conservative.

Trump won the vote in counties that have been blue when they had less than 50% turnout during a presidential election.

And all of the Democrats down-ballot won the races in those counties. It wasn't a big of a deal as many have made it out to be.

[Shell_Seas]

8. So, basically what you're saying is that you don't live in Texas?

In other words, all of your presumptions are false.

First, the national party abandoned Texas years ago, no matter how much Hinojosa begs them, they haven't done anything for us.

Secondly, Texas is trending blue and has been for a while, hence all of the voter impression efforts.

Third. Greg Abbott won his last election with 13% of registered voters voting for him, that isn't a majority. There are way more Democrats here than you think, and voter impression has been a problem for a long time.

[SoCalDavidS]

10. You're Correct, I Don't Live In Texas

I'm turning 56 this year, and I doubt that I'll see Texas' Electoral Votes go to a Democrat in my lifetime.

I also don't expect to see a Democrat win the Governor, Lt Governor or Senate races anytime before I die either.

Perhaps the reason the national party has abandoned the state, is they know the odds are too stacked against them, and they'd prefer not wasting the limited funds they have available to put towards races there, when races in other states are more viable.

It's too bad the Democratic voters there don't give a shit enough to vote. Not sure how you can cure that. If I lived there, I'd vote, even though it would feel like a lost cause, honestly.

[Shell_Seas]

6. Where was that at?

[yellowdogintexas]

11. Tarrant County (Fort Worth)

At one point the Rs had decided they were not going to make use of 80 locations around the county.

The Democrats came right back and said they would use them thank you very much and would pay for them.

Suddenly the Rs were "weellllll we will split the cost with you"