2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy Donald Trump’s fundraising efforts fell short in Texas
Houston billionaire Hushang Ansary and his wife, Shahla, last year each wrote $1 million checks to Right to Rise, the super PAC that raised more than $100 million to promote Jeb Bush for president. Over the course of the 2016 election cycle, the Ansarys wrote 113 more checks, totaling more than $2 million, to a vast array of Republican committees and candidates, right down to Texan U.S. Reps. Will Hurd of Helotes and Roger Williams of Austin, in hopes of keeping the House and Senate in GOP hands.
But one notable candidate missed the Ansarys largess Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
In and of itself, that isnt surprising. Trump mocked and humiliated the man the Ansarys hoped would be the third Republican president from the Bush family.
But the Ansarys closing their checkbook to Trump goes a long way toward explaining why the GOP nominee left so much money on the table in Texas, a state in which big Republican money is still closely entwined with the Bush family.
Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/why-donald-trumps-fundraising-efforts-fell-short-i/nszW8/
Farmgirl1961
(1,494 posts)I know that the dems are out in full force. I'd love to hear more about voter turnout in Texas!
TexasTowelie
(112,516 posts)breaking the 2008 and 2012 results. They don't provide a breakdown by party, but it has been strong in all of the urban areas that typically vote Democratic. I read that they expect about 25% of the total turnout to show up in early voting. I expect that the vote will be very close--within about 3% one way or the other.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Farmgirl1961
(1,494 posts)I'll bet if she knew it was with 3 points MOE, she would have dumped YUGE resources in Texas.