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LostOne4Ever

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9. Trumps weakness in Texas does not equate to a weakness of The rethug party here
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 12:34 AM
Aug 2017

Donald Trump is a New Yorker who insulted hispanics, the Bush family, and had a huge feud with Ted Cruz during the Primary. The fact that Trump won by 9 points (which is still a large margin)despite insulting these Texas establishments testifies to how strong the Republican Party is here.

I fell for all this Texas is turning Purple hype before, despite almost everyone around me here in West Texas being far RWingers. I honestly thought Davis might put up a good showing. She ended up have one of the worst defeats in the History of the state and my representative went from a conservative dem to a winger Republican (Hurd).

Texas was a far RW state when we entered the union, it was still a far right wing state 100years later, and it will be a far RW state a 100 years from now. The state may become more ethnically diverse, but not politically diverse.

Cruz will win by a huge margin in 2018, and Cornyn will win by a huge margin in 2020.

Texas is dead Red.

EDIT: Historically Dems do bad on non-presidential election years. Cruz will almost certainly crush his opponent.

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