But yet Waco and the Baptists still have an overwhelming amount of power. I want to buy and drink my liquor on Sundays. I think your graph illustrates why the GOP is trying to making voting harder, the major metros are more purple than red. It also illustrates why Texas needs it own Green Deal to deal with the challenges of major population growth. DFW and Houston have been adding ~ 1million people per decade for 30 years.
You have to push on southern values to pull the moderate voters while convincing the woke left and young voters that they don’t have a better option. Former military, good standing in their church (so dumb but this is texas), don’t talk about guns, pro universal healthcare with a private option, pro path to amnesty while acknowledging we can improve border security, pro legalization to get young voters etc. and sadly I think it would have to be a white make that speaks Spanish… and real Spanish not that bullshit Beto tried to pass off. I could see a hispanic male working too. I don’t think a female could win a statewide election as a dem in texas YET. it would take a special candidate, but if ONE could win in a statewide election it could potentially get our stupid state to look past the letter next to someone’s name in future elections.
That's one election.... lets take a look at the bigger picture.... as the Texas gains people, the Dems are making gains in the fastest growing Texas suburbs that are historically conservative. The 6 fastest growing counties the last 20 years (Tarrant, Denton, Collins, Hays, Williamson, and Fort Bend): The graph shows up better in the link: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/11/texas-democrats-republicans-suburb/ DFW is getting very purple...while Houston metro is blue-ish hence the GOP making it harder to vote in Harris county.
I actually don't think 2022 requires a stereotypical Texan/Southerner. Beto was too progressive and came off as too much of a p*ssy, but I think you can win with a Beto moderate type with a little luck nationally. Let's be honest, 2020 was derailed by "Defund the Police" coupled with the riots/looting that occurred in several cities (none in Texas) that hurt Democrats down ballot across many states. Just focus on infrastructure, transportation and climate change related, and focus on higher education. Legalize weed and tell Texans police are going to be focused on real crime while trying to avoid the other culture wars traps.
I think anyone the Democrats run will be made to look like they're a progressive p***y no matter what. The truth won't matter.
That's the game, but don't help them out by being exactly like Beto. GOP keeps losing ground in Texas, maybe not linearly, but it's happening and the GOP are changing the voting rules to slow it down. Lupe Valdez was a terrible candidate in 2018 who looked good on paper, Hispanic and former law sheriff. However, in practice she was a wet blanket and had none of Beto's charisma. Dems need to get their act together in Texas so they can make significant gains.
We're still doing these "if the democrats can merely get their act together..." takes when the entire system is literally rigged against them via voter suppression, rural overrepresentation, right wing hack judges, etc.
Yeah no the emo thing is people have a sad because the Democrats or whatever didn't heed their wisdom and who think if they merely pick (their) preferred candidate using (their) preferred tactics and strategy everything will work out - like every Bernie take out there. There's a reason why Republicans win, it's not because of candidate quaity or genius tactics, it's like, having a bunch of bodies that are structurally designed to substantially overrepresent them and reinforce their control of the rules.
No, it's a long process that is often two steps forward and one step back. There's also a reason why Dems are closing the gap in Texas over the last twenty years.
