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Bucky

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13. You got me wonder.... ARE we really drifting purpleward in Texas?

Reply to surfered (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 14, 2023, 07:53 PM

Dec 2023

The governor vote totals have been

2022: 54.8-43.9 %
2018: 55.8-42.5 %
2014: 59.3-38.9 %
2010: 55.0-42.3 %
2006: 39.0-29.8 % (18.1%) (12.4 %) - God bless Kinky and his naive little big ego
2002: 57.8-40.0 %
1998: 68.2-31.2 %
1994: 53.5-45.9 %

I'm not seeing a trend here, except that when there's a Democrat in the White House, the nutscrews ooze out of the woodwork.

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I really need to thank Ken Paxton [View all] Bucky Dec 2023 OP

Good for you!! Do you feel threatened by your administrators in any way for walkingman Dec 2023 #1

(1) it's never reached into the classroom for me and (2) I'm serious about being ruthlessly objective. Bucky Dec 2023 #6

And these kids will be voting soon and hopefully change their lives Deuxcents Dec 2023 #2

Hope you're not in Texas. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #3

Yep and nope Bucky Dec 2023 #7

Critical thinking is a lost art. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #15

A lot of the talk about Texas education standards is overblown. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #14

This is good to know! ShazzieB Dec 2023 #19

Show thyself, Kenny. czarjak Dec 2023 #4

Usually, facts reveal the monsters and decent people are appalled. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #5

Imagine: teaching kids to think critically! Kudos to you Hekate Dec 2023 #8

Thank you! Getting the young people engaged in politics... ananda Dec 2023 #9

You're welcome. Next semester I'll be encouraging them to get involved economically Bucky Dec 2023 #10

If our entire population feels the way your classroom students do KS Toronado Dec 2023 #11

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton... surfered Dec 2023 #12

You got me wonder.... ARE we really drifting purpleward in Texas? Bucky Dec 2023 #13

Abbott seems to have masterful control of the narrative/ summer_in_TX Dec 2023 #22

I think Governor Abbott is an outlier.... surfered Dec 2023 #25

K&R spanone Dec 2023 #16

It's probably due to your stellar teaching abilitiy. You have been able to present these issues to your japple Dec 2023 #17

Good for you LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #18

Give them all A's...n/t SheilaAnn Dec 2023 #20

Thank you for your service. Beartracks Dec 2023 #21

This topic is important to them LittleGirl Dec 2023 #23

You are making the world a better place, now and in the future. Thoughtful teachers rule! Timeflyer Dec 2023 #24

Often said the same thing when the Reich does crap like this. Grins Dec 2023 #26

Will they be old enough to vote next November? question everything Dec 2023 #27

Bucky....... Upthevibe Dec 2023 #28

Two teachers in my family pwb Dec 2023 #29

He's truly horrible but I will thank him for the extra motivation to vote out anti-abortionists LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #30

hey're not exhausting their supply of horribleness Bucky Dec 2023 #31

yes, absolutely! LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #32