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yellowdogintexas

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17. voters do not turn out for run offs period.

Reply to Laelth (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:18 PM

Nov 2020

We had a primary runoff in July and very few voted.

In 2012 there was a 7 way primary on the Republican ticket. The top two were Ted Cruz and Lt Governor David Dewhurst who was by all accounts a decent guy.
Well it went to a runoff and of course no body voted. Turnout was dismal and Cruz won that primary. If more folks had voted in that runoff, we would not have had Cruz.

And the rest is history.

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This Run-off is different disndat Nov 2020 #20

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