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In reply to the discussion: If Texas turns Blue.... [View all]TexasTowelie
(111,312 posts)There were also the low-information voters that were influenced by the candidate's surname.
If you examine the county maps from the 2018 primary you will see that Sema Hernandez was strongest in the RGV and other areas with a large concentration of Hispanic voters even though she was virtually unknown outside of the El Paso area and a few enclaves in Houston where she had worked. I suspect that most of those voters were not aware that she is a DSA member. It looks like the only county that has a four-year university where Hernandez had a plurality was Webb County (Texas A&M International - Laredo). Most of the counties where Hernandez did well don't even have a junior college.
It seems that low-information voters are guided by two factors--the political party of the candidate and the ethnicity of the candidate within the party they favor. It's not my intention to be divisive, but to be observant instead.