On the Republican side, Ken Paxton and John Cornyn were neck-and-neck and in position for a runoff, according to the poll from the University of Texas’ Texas Politics Project.
Talerico is more electable by the simple fact that he is white and a male. He is inherently a bigger threat to the GOP in Texas.
This is fucking Texas. You don’t want a firebrand because they will never get elected. This seat hasn’t been held by a dem since LBJ for Christs sake.
You want the boring Christian white boy. And then you can build off of that.
Don’t get me wrong. I like Crockett. But in a general election against a GOP party that has held this state in a stranglehold for the last thirty years, I’m voting on electability. Those independent voters are worth a hell of a lot more here.
Nah, Texans don’t like cowards. A firebrand is exactly the person needed. Anyways, picking candidates on electability is exactly what primaries are for. If you can’t win a primary, you aren’t exactly electable, are you?
Picking candidates in a primary is not about electability. It’s about party representation. And it takes more than that to win an election, especially in Texas. This isn’t a swing state where we get that sort of luxury. This is a fight where it’s a 60/40 split in an average year. Cross over votes and mobilizing the independent demographic is our only chance.
If Crockett gets the nomination, I have low expectations of a dem victory. I see better odds where we can pick up the disgruntled Christian old school Republican vote. And talerico can do that. Crockett cannot.
Talerico is more electable by the simple fact that he is white and a male. He is inherently a bigger threat to the GOP in Texas.
This is fucking Texas. You don’t want a firebrand because they will never get elected. This seat hasn’t been held by a dem since LBJ for Christs sake.
You want the boring Christian white boy. And then you can build off of that.
Don’t get me wrong. I like Crockett. But in a general election against a GOP party that has held this state in a stranglehold for the last thirty years, I’m voting on electability. Those independent voters are worth a hell of a lot more here.
On the other hand, appealing to the center hasn’t been working for Democrats lately. If Crockett energized the base, the numbers could be there.
Plus a lot of us aren’t comfortable perpetuating the racism/sexism by caving to it.
I’ll vote for either candidate, but this idea that it’s obvious Crockett could never win doesn’t sit right with me.
Nah, Texans don’t like cowards. A firebrand is exactly the person needed. Anyways, picking candidates on electability is exactly what primaries are for. If you can’t win a primary, you aren’t exactly electable, are you?
Picking candidates in a primary is not about electability. It’s about party representation. And it takes more than that to win an election, especially in Texas. This isn’t a swing state where we get that sort of luxury. This is a fight where it’s a 60/40 split in an average year. Cross over votes and mobilizing the independent demographic is our only chance.
If Crockett gets the nomination, I have low expectations of a dem victory. I see better odds where we can pick up the disgruntled Christian old school Republican vote. And talerico can do that. Crockett cannot.