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Zorro

(18,586 posts) Tue Aug 13, 2019, 07:28 PM Aug 2019

In suburban Texas, 'it feels like there's no place for lifelong Republicans like me' [View all]

Vanessa Steinkamp is the kind of voter that Texas Republicans counted on. She’s a devoted conservative who volunteered for Bob Dole’s presidential campaign, interned for former GOP Sen. Bill Frist and lives in an affluent suburb between Fort Worth and Dallas that is the reddest pocket of a reliably Republican district.

These days, though, Steinkamp feels alienated, not energized, by her party. The thought of voting in 2020 brings on a weary sigh.

“It feels like there’s no place for lifelong Republicans like me,” she said.

Her unease underscores a larger problem for Texas Republicans: Female suburban voters like Steinkamp are no longer a sure bet for the party, injecting new competitiveness into the Lone Star State’s politics.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-08-13/texas-congress-suburban-women-republicans

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In suburban Texas, 'it feels like there's no place for lifelong Republicans like me' [View all] Zorro Aug 2019 OP

When the Leader of the Republican Party Brags About Sexually Assaulting Women, dlk Aug 2019 #1

The biggest mistakes that the GOP made were Progressive Jones Aug 2019 #2

Hillary called it Roy Rolling Aug 2019 #7

And the Evangelical Christians mgardener Aug 2019 #14

He's pretty much devoted his life to the 7 Deadly Sins, & sooner or later that has to sink in. nt Hekate Aug 2019 #15

And he "takes the Lord's name in vain," another Ilsa Aug 2019 #29

The death of the party started when it embraced the southern strategy. Blue_true Aug 2019 #17

+1, and KGOP gets in and spikes the economy with tax cuts mostly for rich people that aren't ... uponit7771 Aug 2019 #23

Democrats come in and fix the problems the GOP created. Blue_true Aug 2019 #35

Absolutely. The "born again" Republicans I know think that the GOP isn't going far enough. Midnight Writer Aug 2019 #21

support a primary challenge against drumpf and vote for a Dem in the general Takket Aug 2019 #3

Poor baby. spanone Aug 2019 #4

Too Bad, So Sad. SamKnause Aug 2019 #5

Well Texas won't be your place soon vercetti2021 Aug 2019 #6

More than a generation. Blue_true Aug 2019 #18

That will be the endgame vercetti2021 Aug 2019 #24

Your world changed. You just noticed. You know what to do. NCLefty Aug 2019 #8

Never understood CDerekGo Aug 2019 #9

I'm always amazed at the number of Dems whose parents went all MAGAt. Ligyron Aug 2019 #16

It didn't happen to them overnight. Mariana Aug 2019 #25

Even these people being discouraged enough to just stay home would be great for our party. Ace Rothstein Aug 2019 #10

So much this... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #11

Agreed rpannier Aug 2019 #26

Aweeee! Texasgal Aug 2019 #12

"It feels like there's no place for lifelong Republicans like me," she said. LudwigPastorius Aug 2019 #13

Sure there is, it's called Russia! TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #19

No, there isn't, lady. The old Republican Party is dead, dead, dead Vogon_Glory Aug 2019 #31

You have voted for ALL the asswipes that have put this country in it's dire Ferrets are Cool Aug 2019 #20

This! n/t PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #32

,,, Ferrets are Cool Aug 2019 #33

Too bad. So sad. Yippee! KPN Aug 2019 #22

Do us all a favor... Stay Home rpannier Aug 2019 #27

as a suburban Texan, sure there is: vote Dem! anarch Aug 2019 #28

Since I moved here, I have watched my neighborhood turn Bluer and more diverse every year... JCMach1 Aug 2019 #34

They no longer exist, and now have become the KGBOP duforsure Aug 2019 #30