Democrats Will Need 4 Republican Senators To Block Nomination. It's Possible.

[Doc Dutch]

And San Antonio. All 4 of those counties voted for Hillary. I may not vote 3rd party if it looks like it will be close. I live in SE Texas.

I'll vote another straight Libertarian ticket. Where no Libertarian is running, I'll vote for the challenger regardless of party. What everyone else votes for is their problem.

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If that is true, then parties are pure evil since they are completely lacking in principles.

Agreed both parties are full of hypocrites.

ALL politicians should never be trusted. That is why we should only choose politicians who are Constitutionalists and promote policies that LIMIT Government power.

That can only be accomplished when the sheeple, like you, wake up and demand their politicians pass term limit legislation for Senators and Representatives; pass the FAIR tax which would abolish the abomination of the IRS tax code, and eliminate the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Energy and Education.

Unfortunately, we have a lot of triggered uneducated loons on the left, like you, who vote for Democrat politicians who promise them free stuff. It's a circle of stupidity.

[PoliTalker]

Hello Dutch Uncle,

I also voted third party in both 2016 and 2018. I will do so again this year. I live in Northern Texas which is Trump country, but the cities of Dallas, Austin and Houston may flip the state blue.

That is going to happen. It is a near certainty. The only unanswered question is will it happen this election cycle or take a bit longer. No doubt of it. Only a matter of time. Texas is going from red to purple and then blue. And when the 29 electoral votes of Texas go blue? That's going to make it very interesting nationally for Republicans.

This is no big secret, either. It is widely known. It is part of the reasoning behind all this anti-immigrant fervor. Everybody knows our economy would fall flat on it's face without tons of cheap immigrant labor to exploit. Republicans are simply at a loss to reinvent themselves in such a way to attract voters in the changing demographics of the nation.

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Trump is polling worse this time, especially in the Swing States. That said, I do disagree that the reason Trump won in 2016 was due to "poorly informed" voters. Even Democrats hated Hillary but they voted for the "D", not the person. Same for those who voted in 2016 and will vote/are voting in 2020; they will vote for the "R", not the douchebag idiot in the WH.

^Doesn't think he is the douchebag.

[Doc Dutch]

Hello Dutch Uncle,

That is going to happen. It is a near certainty. The only unanswered question is will it happen this election cycle or take a bit longer. No doubt of it. Only a matter of time. Texas is going from red to purple and then blue. And when the 29 electoral votes of Texas go blue? That's going to make it very interesting nationally for Republicans.

This is no big secret, either. It is widely known. It is part of the reasoning behind all this anti-immigrant fervor. Everybody knows our economy would fall flat on it's face without tons of cheap immigrant labor to exploit. Republicans are simply at a loss to reinvent themselves in such a way to attract voters in the changing demographics of the nation.

It's also a near certainty that Texas will remain red.

Agreed Republicans have screwed themselves on the immigration issue, but so have the Democrats. The nation needs immigration reform, not condoning illegal immigration as both sides seem to do.

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I also voted third party in both 2016 and 2018. I will do so again this year. I live in Northern Texas which is Trump country, but the cities of Dallas, Austin and Houston may flip the state blue.

^Thinks he is smarter than everyone else because he votes for loons that have ZERO chance of ever winning. What a fucking genius.

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It will take a major national event to push people out of their ruts and demand better government. Can't do that with only pink pussy hats and bullhorns.

That begs the question; what is your definition of "better government" snowflake?

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I'll vote another straight Libertarian ticket. Where no Libertarian is running, I'll vote for the challenger regardless of party. What everyone else votes for is their problem.

What does the "straight libertarian" ticket stand for? What is their platform snowflake?

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Agreed Republicans have screwed themselves on the immigration issue,

They have? How so? Explain how wanting to secure our borders from being overrun by third world shit holes, drug runners, child exploitation and terrorists is a bad policy?

The nation needs immigration reform, not condoning illegal immigration as both sides seem to do.

That's what Trump has been saying snowflake. What other Trump policies do you support? How about protecting citizens and supporting law enforcement? You agree with that one too?

[PoliTalker]

Hello Dutch Uncle,

It's also a near certainty that Texas will remain red.

Agreed Republicans have screwed themselves on the immigration issue, but so have the Democrats. The nation needs immigration reform, not condoning illegal immigration as both sides seem to do.

I spent some time in Dallas. I figured it was easy to mesh with the locals. If the pick up truck driver is wearing a cowboy hat, or it has a gun rack, then it automatically has the right of way. If it has both? Then it pretty much owns the road. Understand the rules and you'll get along just fine.

But seriously, folks...

Those good old boys are just not expanding their numbers as much as the immigrants are. The problem is they don't want to pay any taxes. So they figured they could expand the tax base by inviting in a lot of new businesses with low taxes. Houston even boasts no zoning. Put anything anywhere ya want. Well, people did. They came and they set up shop. But what they needed was lots of cheap labor. All those new businesses needed workers, but they don't want to pay high wages. The call has been answered by immigrants. How many languages are spoken in Houston? That place is like the UN. It's crazy. Cheap labor, lots of land for expansion, low overhead. Growing like weeds.

But all that cheap labor tends to vote Dem. Tejas is *so* turning blue. Just a matter of time. The brown will make it blue.

I think the nation needs to get honest with itself about immigration. We depend on it. We need to set up a pathway to citizenship. Make it a tough pathway to discourage being over-run, yes. Very tough. I say tax 'em to death. Make 'em pay and pay dearly. Years of paying. Having a legal pathway, albeit a tough one, will help justify cracking down on rule-breakers. Wanna get into the US? No problem. You can just buy your way in. And we will let you come and work for it. It won't be easy.

We NEED lots of young workers to make our nation thrive and to pay the social security of the boomers. Those workers are clamoring to get in. Let em! Just set up the rules right so we don't get screwed.

[Flash]

I'll vote another straight Libertarian ticket. Where no Libertarian is running, I'll vote for the challenger regardless of party. What everyone else votes for is their problem.

It is silly to claim voting 3rd party is "throwing away" your vote. It won't matter unless somebody wins by a single vote. Also, third parties in Texas need a certain percentage of the vote for their candidate to automatically qualify for the ballot in the next general election. If another party attracts enough support the two major parties could try to attract those voters by adopting some of their issues.

2020 is the first year Texas does not have the box at the top of the ticket for straight-party voting. I'm sure we will see a lot less votes for the down ballot offices. Some areas of Texas are having trouble getting people to work the polls. Some polls were closed in the run-off primary because of a shortage.

[Flash]

Republican voters tend to be bombastic, in your face kinda people. The Democratic voters listen to the Republican blowhard, pretend to go along, humor them, but then when they get in the privacy of the voting booth they express their own view. They vote Democratic.

Kind of a bigoted stereotype. Go to some of the cities holding protests and you will find plenty of Democrats being bombastic, in your face.

[Doc Dutch]

It is silly to claim voting 3rd party is "throwing away" your vote. It won't matter unless somebody wins by a single vote. Also, third parties in Texas need a certain percentage of the vote for their candidate to automatically qualify for the ballot in the next general election. If another party attracts enough support the two major parties could try to attract those voters by adopting some of their issues.

2020 is the first year Texas does not have the box at the top of the ticket for straight-party voting. I'm sure we will see a lot less votes for the down ballot offices. Some areas of Texas are having trouble getting people to work the polls. Some polls were closed in the run-off primary because of a shortage.

Time will tell. Straight ballot or not, I always recheck my ballot. It's a once-in-a-four (or two)-year thing so it is smart to review something so important.

[Flash]

Time will tell. Straight ballot or not, I always recheck my ballot. It's a once-in-a-four (or two)-year thing so it is smart to review something so important.

I requested a mail-in ballot this year. I don't get any thrill from going to the polls and there is no reason to risk my health although during early voting there are seldom many people there.

I was embarrassed for not knowing anything about some of the candidates in the primary for offices like Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals. At home I can look at their qualifications and record. Texas has so many elected offices it is difficult to be familiar with many of them. Many people leave those offices blank if they don't know them and most of their votes come from straight-party voting.

[PoliTalker]

Hello Flash,

Kind of a bigoted stereotype. Go to some of the cities holding protests and you will find plenty of Democrats being bombastic, in your face.

I said 'tend.'