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Jeannie Warner @jeanniewarner.bsky.social

Texas has more registered Democrats than registered Republicans. It's a red State entirely because of gerrymandering.

aug 10, 2025, 10:08 pm • 3 1

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social

Well, no, or Cruz and Cornyn and Abbott and Paxton would lose statewide elections, and they win easily every fucking time.

aug 10, 2025, 10:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jaymie Moore @jaymiemoore.bsky.social

I grew up in Texas, still live here unfortunately, and I recall being told ever since childhood in the 70s that voting didn't help. That is ingrained to most in the state. People metabolize it more with our current Trinity of Evil in Austin and Cruz being reelected every damned time.

aug 11, 2025, 5:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jeannie Warner @jeanniewarner.bsky.social

independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx

aug 10, 2025, 10:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social

How do you think those millions of "unaffiliated" voters vote? The evidence suggests they're damn near all closet Trumpnazis. Trump won 56-43 in 2024, 52-47 in 2020, 52-43 in 2016. So Texas is a red state undisirregardless of whether there are more official Dems than MAGAts.

aug 10, 2025, 10:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jeannie Warner @jeanniewarner.bsky.social

I will concede given these numbers that Texas has crappy voter turnout. The reasons are interesting though. www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/t...

aug 11, 2025, 1:35 am • 0 0 • view