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In reply to the discussion: Could Texas go Blue? I'm watching Lawrence O'Donnell's show [View all]SKKY
(11,794 posts)40% are registered as Democrats
39% are registered as Republicans
21% are non-affiliated or Indipendent.
I mean, sure we have a chance, but we have to turn out the vote, especially the 18-25 set, like never before. Young people overwhelmingly vote Democrat, but they also turn out in way fewer numbers. If we can get a few more of them to stumble into a voting booth, we could do something.
But in heavily Hispanic communities, we are getting our clocks cleaned by the Republican presence on Spanish-speaking channels. And it's the same refrain over and over again, but it speaks loudly to them. "Democrats=Socialism. Chavez=Socialism. Maduro=Socialism. Castro=Socialism." If we don't figure out this Hispanic issue, we might be in for a very, very difficult time because that's the population with the largest growth.