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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,612 posts)
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 08:02 AM Jul 2019

*****Texas G.E. Beto 49% Trump 39%. No other Dem beats him by more than two***** [View all]




https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/20190730_TX.pdf



If Beto could really carry the Lone Star State that would be reason enough to nominate him.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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That's got to be encouraging for BETO, who surely has needed something like this. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #1
If DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2019 #2
I don't think that alone is sufficient, but it could propel his viability in other states. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #3
I am referring to the general. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2019 #4
270. You are exactly right. crazytown Jul 2019 #6
If DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2019 #10
I would have said so in 2016, but the dynamics are changing. crazytown Jul 2019 #13
He has to win the primary first. Texas votes on Super Tuesday. He'd stand a chance if he pulled in hlthe2b Jul 2019 #8
if ... IF Beto takes TX in the GE crazytown Jul 2019 #5
He has to win the prmary first.. Geez. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #9
One thing is certain. TX is tinged with purple. crazytown Jul 2019 #11
It is a promising finding, that's for sure. And now is the time to press Texas. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #12
I've been looking at the electoral map for many years crazytown Jul 2019 #14
WHEN Beto takes Texas Indygram Jul 2019 #17
I guess Beto will be the scumbag's next target now. secondwind Jul 2019 #7
Interesting poll, but it looks as though it's weighted more toward younger voters and men highplainsdem Jul 2019 #15
Those Independents can vote in the Texas primary and they decide general elections Indygram Jul 2019 #18
I'm aware that Texas has an open primary. But at this point this poll is still an outlier. It'll highplainsdem Jul 2019 #20
This poll backs up consistent canvassing Indygram Jul 2019 #22
The weighting of Independents could be driving differences in polls essadaw Jul 2019 #21
That's what his supporters have been trying to tell people, that lead is real, maybe bigger Indygram Jul 2019 #16
I drove through north Texas last month and spotted dozens of Beto bumper stickers dalton99a Jul 2019 #19
As much as I would love for Texas to go blue, his candidacy would efhmc Jul 2019 #23
But he didn't win his Senate election... Agschmid Jul 2019 #24
In Texas, Cruz is much more popular than Trump essadaw Jul 2019 #25
Thank you. Tipperary Jul 2019 #28
None of the other candidates would have gotten within 10-15 points of how close Beto got Indygram Jul 2019 #30
one, as I've said about all the other polls qazplm135 Jul 2019 #26
It's reason enough TexasAggieDemocrat12 Jul 2019 #27
Beto and Biden are the only sure bets in the Electoral College 5starlib Jul 2019 #29
Texas will be a battleground states Gothmog Jul 2019 #31
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