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I wonder how McConaughey would be doing against Abbot if he had decided to run.
That's an easy one, he'd lose. Not only would he be running as a Progressive, but many of us have grown tired of Hollywood actors thinking they understand politics.
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Well, if McConaughey, would run as a true Democrat, not as a Progressive and lighten up on his anti gun talk, he could win, but is he willing to be a true Democrat and not some out of touch progressive liberal?
Nah, he'd lose, regardless of how much anti-gun BS he pushed. Texas has been red for decades and will continue to do so. Even if they did flip back to blue, it wouldn't be from a victory of a Hollywood actor.
One poll does not mean much either way. But this is very different than the 20% poll taken by another pollster. And 15% lead in a earlier quinnipiac poll.
Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is leading challenger Beto O’Rourke (D) by 5 points in Texas’s upcoming gubernatorial race, a recent poll showed.
Abbott had the support of 48 percent of Texas voters compared to O’Rourke’s 43 percent in the poll from Quinnipiac University conducted from June 9 to June 13.
The latest results mark a significant tightening of the race, as a similar December survey showed Abbott in the lead with the support of 52 percent of respondents compared to O’Rourke’s 37 percent.
FWIIW the above was a registered voters poll which in Texas always short the republican.
A two cycles ago Wendy Davis was within 8 or 9% of Abbott per a couple of RV polls. Abbot won by nearly 20%.
The BluePrint poll showing Abbott up by much more was in fact a likely voters poll.
Texas does NOT OWN the windmills, so why should Abbott or any other Texas politician be blamed for not having protection?
Ownership of resources is not the issue. Texas does make money off petroleum leases.
Flat out lying as 200 people are freezing to death is a problem for me.
Just like lying about what was going on in Uvalde then blaming it on 'someone gave me faulty information'. The would be his head of the state LE agency.
Democrats really thought Texans were going to be moved to relinquish their rights from taking advantage of terrible tragedies and pulling media stunts.
Democrats have gone totally insane.
Just about no one wants anything to do with Democrats today.
Even large majority Latino communities are voting for Republicans now. Most recent in Texas.
Until Democrats return to something resembling normal, they will have a hard time winning in any non insane area of the country.
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O'Rourke had a better chance of beating Ted Cruz than Greg Abbott. Cruz won simply because he is a republican not because anyone really liked him. O'Rourke has no chance of beating Abbot and this coming from a Texas democrat. You have to be moderate democrat in this state to truly contend in a statewide election and O'Rourke is not.
It's best not to trust any polls, and go in and vote. Time and time again you see republicans get on average 5-7 extra percentage points, sometimes more, compared to what polls suggest. These polling agencies just aren't that accurate anymore.
Whether they actively rig the polls or not, the narrative the media spoon-feeds.. try to see outside of it, which I know most of you here already do.
Anyone that would vote for Beto is as much of an idiot as he is.
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