Texas Tribune: Texas Democrats underperformed yet again. Now what?

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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 4:31p, 11/9/24
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Ryan the Temp said:
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Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.

We can contrast that with an actual competitive race, Texas Congressional District 34, where there was also a ton of anti-trans messaging being used by the incumbent, Republican Mayra Flores. It was as significant a portion of her messaging as it was for Cruz, but unlike Cruz, Flores lost to her Democratic opponent.

What Hinojosa is trying to do is deflect from all of his widespread failures by blaming the losses on these two single issues. As a glaring example of his intentional blindness on the issues, he should have taken a look at Harris County where Dems got hammered on the issue of crime and "catch and release" in the criminal courts.


LGBT needs to ditch the freak T's. They are only dragging you down.

And get out of here with that "muh studies" BS
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4:33p, 11/9/24
Well, I will answer for half their readers. They didn't go hard enough left They need to push progressive marxism even harder for the next election cycle.
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In reply to TheWoodlandsTxAg • 4:40p, 11/9/24
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TheWoodlandsTxAg said:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/texas-democrats-election-night/

"Tuesday was another electoral blowout in which Democrats underperformed expectations, weakening their case that Texas is a battleground state worthy of investment and attention from the national party."

The Texas Tribune has been melting down since the election. Maybe they should start reporting both sides instead of being Democrat Pravda. The Texas Tribune is extremely disconnected from the kitchen table issues that Texans care about. If you look at the list of majors donors to the Texas Tribune, you will find out why they are so out of touch.

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/texas-tribune-media-bias
Sounds like they need to manage expectations.
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5:25p, 11/9/24
There is an option to " agree " or " disagree " with AllSides stating they lean left. Make sure you click on the " agree " button when you are at the page



Edit. I wouldn't put much stock in this site. I went and checked the The Austin UnAmerican Hatesman " site and they listed it as " center " which is a complete joke. At least they let me disagree and list them as far left as I could vote "
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5:27p, 11/9/24
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Surely they can find a way to blame this on Texas A&M, or at least use it to take a dump on the school.
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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 6:00p, 11/9/24
Ryan the Temp said:
mazzag said:
Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.

We can contrast that with an actual competitive race, Texas Congressional District 34, where there was also a ton of anti-trans messaging being used by the incumbent, Republican Mayra Flores. It was as significant a portion of her messaging as it was for Cruz, but unlike Cruz, Flores lost to her Democratic opponent.

What Hinojosa is trying to do is deflect from all of his widespread failures by blaming the losses on these two single issues. As a glaring example of his intentional blindness on the issues, he should have taken a look at Harris County where Dems got hammered on the issue of crime and "catch and release" in the criminal courts.
Harris County judges and appeals judges that cover Harris county and all of its bordering counties got defeated in big numbers.

https://texasscorecard.com/state/republicans-sweep-statewide-judicial-elections-in-texas/

https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/11/06/republicans-sweep-13-democratic-judges-defeated-in-houston-area/?slreturn=20241109195303

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/texas-republican-sweep-appellate-courts/

The most important issues in Texas were border security/illegal immigration, PR bonds for criminals and catch and release policies, and prices/economy/taxes/fiscal issues.

However in the swing states, we have 100 percent proof that the trans issue was the deciding factor for swing voters even over inflation and the border/illegal immigration. So in turn the trans issue along with the famous "Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you" won Trump the election. In turn Cruz almost won by double digits because Trump put up the best performance in Texas at the top of the ticket (+14) since Romney in 2012 who was +16.



Charlie Kirk: ""We need to recognize Matt Walsh for his role in the 2024 landslide.

For years, many conservatives were terrified to touch the trans issue. It was on pace to be socially and politically accepted a hate crime to even question it.

Matt courageously and effectively set out on a one-man mission to expose the Trans mafia at great personal risk to himself and his family. His film "What is a Woman?" is a masterpiece.

Polling suggests that Kamala's support for radical transgender policies was the single most-important issue for swing voters who picked Donald Trump, narrowly beating out even the economy and the border.

"Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you" deserves to go down as one of the all-time great closing pitches in American history."

Thank you,
@MattWalshBlog
. The country owes you a debt of gratitude."

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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 6:06p, 11/9/24
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Ryan the Temp said:
mazzag said:
Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.

We can contrast that with an actual competitive race, Texas Congressional District 34, where there was also a ton of anti-trans messaging being used by the incumbent, Republican Mayra Flores. It was as significant a portion of her messaging as it was for Cruz, but unlike Cruz, Flores lost to her Democratic opponent.

What Hinojosa is trying to do is deflect from all of his widespread failures by blaming the losses on these two single issues. As a glaring example of his intentional blindness on the issues, he should have taken a look at Harris County where Dems got hammered on the issue of crime and "catch and release" in the criminal courts.
According to voter analysis of ads Trump's "Democrats are for they/them and Trump's for you" trans ad was judged as the most effective ad this cycle.
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6:08p, 11/9/24
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Really doubt this abover. One of the big reasons hear most think the Democrats are now perverse deranged is not the accusations about Trump, but the gender-bender agenda. It is such a turn-off its doubtful any sample really gives you any idea. Its one of the things that has revived the `Reagan Democrat' type of Democrat, along with a blatant favoritism to illegals.
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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 6:22p, 11/9/24
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Ryan the Temp said:
mazzag said:
Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.


IDK. Budweiser might disagree.
Trump will fix it.
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In reply to techno-ag • 7:44p, 11/10/24
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techno-ag said:
Ryan the Temp said:
mazzag said:
Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.


IDK. Budweiser might disagree.
I must have missed the election where Budweiser was a candidate running for office.
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7:52p, 11/10/24
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We've been hearing Democrats say that Hispanics would flip Texas blue since at least when Tony Sanchez ran for governor in 2004. "Demographics is destiny," they said. And now we've got the Rio Grande Valley voting red.
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In reply to Viper16 • 7:54p, 11/10/24
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Posters should be banned for posting trash from Texas Monthly and the Tribune
Disagree.

In war, you need to know what the enemy is thinking
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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 10:27a, 11/11/24
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Ryan the Temp said:
techno-ag said:
Ryan the Temp said:
mazzag said:
Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.


IDK. Budweiser might disagree.
I must have missed the election where Budweiser was a candidate running for office.
It wasn't an election. But the results should have been a clue for Dem*crats.
Trump will fix it.
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In reply to techno-ag • 11:19a, 11/11/24
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techno-ag said:
Ryan the Temp said:
techno-ag said:
Ryan the Temp said:
mazzag said:
Here's the thing about using trans issues as campaign fodder - Studies have repeatedly shown anti-trans ads or campaign messaging is not effective in moving voters in favor of the candidate using that messaging. Ted Cruz can point to all the money he spent on anti-trans ads and claim they contributed to his victory, but it was a race he was going to win regardless.


IDK. Budweiser might disagree.
I must have missed the election where Budweiser was a candidate running for office.
It wasn't an election. But the results should have been a clue for Dem*crats.

Elections where people vote with their money or their feet are the truest elections
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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 11:27a, 11/11/24
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There was plenty of polling that most average everyday normal people had negative opinions of most of the democrat platform on the economy, immigration, gay ****, etc.

Instead of using this information and pivoting to address these concerns to win votes (or even pretending to do something about immigration, other than lie that it was all fixed already or that it was ackshually Drumpf that stymied their efforts after ignoring them for 3 years), they called the opposing side garbage, racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, etc, and tried to use mass media and big tech to brow beat them into voting for them anyway.

It didn't work.

I dont think most people give a **** about the trans movement or whatever you want to call it. They can do whatever they want, as long as they are consenting adults that use their own $$$ to pay for their expensive surgeries.

You go after kids, though, or try convincing an entire country that an ultra-minority is somehow more important over the rights of biological women to play sports, is where people have a problem with it.

If the trans **** in education and sports disappeared tomorrow, no one would be upset about it.
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In reply to Maroon Dawn • 11:35a, 11/11/24
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Maroon Dawn said:
There needs to be a true conservative Texan alternative to Texas Monthly and Tribune

One that celebrates ALL the things real Texans care about from hunting to football to BBQ and looks at issues real Texans care about from their own view rather than exclusively that of the People's Republik of Austin
Texags does that for me. Thats enough..
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In reply to Ryan the Temp • 11:38a, 11/11/24
You are a smart poster RTT. Anyone telling you the trans issue is a winning one for the Dems is lying to you my friend,

If the good liberals want to save the DNC they need to put their big girl and boy (wants left of them) pants on and start standing up to the insanity of the woke mind virus. The Trans issue (particularly in sports and being forced on to children) is a great place to start.
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11:47a, 11/11/24
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They actually ran an ad boldly stating how tough Collin Allred was on the border. Think about that. The ad even featured three dorks from a sheriff dept (probably Presidio Co) who they paid off to claim Allred would fix the border.

That ad alone probably killed the dems in the RGV.
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11:50a, 11/11/24
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He lied in his rebuttal ad about trans too. All he did was lie his ass off in every ad and people saw through it. Cruz could have hit the border or Allred's record voting in lockstep with Pelosi harder and trans less, but either way, one was at least calling out facts while the other kept lying
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11:53a, 11/11/24
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My son: Allred looks like a big, brown, dildo

Me: well, that's cause he is a big, brown, dildo

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In reply to Urban Ag • 11:54a, 11/11/24
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Urban Ag said:
My son: Allread looks like a big, brown, dildo

Me: well, that's cause he is a big, brown, dildo



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