I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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He supported it until the voter backlash. Without republican voters throwing a fit, he would have voted for it. That doesn't mean I'm not voting for him in the general if he's the candidate against the dem. What it does mean is that I'm not voting for him in the primary.

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CampSkunk said:

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I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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He supported it until the voter backlash. Without republican voters throwing a fit, he would have voted for it. That doesn't mean I'm not voting for him in the general if he's the candidate against the dem. What it does mean is that I'm not voting for him in the primary.

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Isn't that how a representative Republic should operate?

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Hubert J. Farnsworth said:

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CampSkunk said:

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I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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He supported it until the voter backlash. Without republican voters throwing a fit, he would have voted for it. That doesn't mean I'm not voting for him in the general if he's the candidate against the dem. What it does mean is that I'm not voting for him in the primary.

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Isn't that how a representative Republic should operate?

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Yes, but his support for that garbage in the first place showed what an idiot he is.

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I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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He supported it until the voter backlash. Without republican voters throwing a fit, he would have voted for it. That doesn't mean I'm not voting for him in the general if he's the candidate against the dem. What it does mean is that I'm not voting for him in the primary.

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Or, he was trying to get some things he wanted and couldn't, so it wasn't worth the price. MAGA backlash certainly influenced it, as did the +90% of the votes where he was aligned with Trump. Even Rush Limbaugh often talked about how if you lose the election, you get nothing. Paxon could very well win if nominated - I'm just acknowledging all his baggage and worry that the real moderates will go with Talarico. Then we get nothing. And so I'm pointing out that Cornyn is not as bad as MAGA seems to imply - he's more than 90% conservative.

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CampSkunk said:

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I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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He supported it until the voter backlash. Without republican voters throwing a fit, he would have voted for it. That doesn't mean I'm not voting for him in the general if he's the candidate against the dem. What it does mean is that I'm not voting for him in the primary.

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Or, he was trying to get some things he wanted and couldn't, so it wasn't worth the price. MAGA backlash certainly influenced it, as did the +90% of the votes where he was aligned with Trump. Even Rush Limbaugh often talked about how if you lose the election, you get nothing. Paxon could very well win if nominated - I'm just acknowledging all his baggage and worry that the real moderates will go with Talarico. Then we get nothing. And so I'm pointing out that Cornyn is not as bad as MAGA seems to imply - he's more than 90% conservative.

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The even worse part of that is that Talarico would then become the incumbent...and that has a built-in advantage in subsequent elections. So you might not get 6 years of him, you might get 30...

Agree completely. I still haven't decided, and I'm not sure that state polling is reliable. I think I'll vote for Cornyn and get it to a run-off, which I presume will be Paxon and Cornyn. And then maybe I'll see better information to form a decision, including the identity of the opponent. Praying its Crockett. But who knows.

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Agree completely. I still haven't decided, and I'm not sure that state polling is reliable. I think I'll vote for Cornyn and get it to a run-off, which I presume will be Paxon and Cornyn. And then maybe I'll see better information to form a decision, including the identity of the opponent. Praying its Crockett. But who knows.

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Crockett would be the best candidate for the GOP.

I'm pretty sure even Paxton could beat her soundly.

But, as I posted earlier, Beto v Cruz was less than a 3% win for Cruz, and Paxton has a LOT more negatives than Cruz. And Talarico is a slick talker like Beto...

I don't DISLIKE Paxton. I like his POSITIONS. BUT...in this high-profile race that will draw LOTS of outside Dem money, his negatives will be a YUGE problem.

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I understand the idea of single-issue voters - I'm sort of the same way on abortion. Yet I voted for Trump anyway. But do you mean the bill that was voted down, and the one Cornyn voted against? So, you don't care about the vote, only the "negotiation" which in my mind means asking for something I want and seeing if the price is acceptable. That Kari Lake thinking is why we have such a balance in Congress.

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He supported it until the voter backlash. Without republican voters throwing a fit, he would have voted for it. That doesn't mean I'm not voting for him in the general if he's the candidate against the dem. What it does mean is that I'm not voting for him in the primary.

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Or, he was trying to get some things he wanted and couldn't, so it wasn't worth the price. MAGA backlash certainly influenced it, as did the +90% of the votes where he was aligned with Trump. Even Rush Limbaugh often talked about how if you lose the election, you get nothing. Paxon could very well win if nominated - I'm just acknowledging all his baggage and worry that the real moderates will go with Talarico. Then we get nothing. And so I'm pointing out that Cornyn is not as bad as MAGA seems to imply - he's more than 90% conservative.

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Hunt is the answer. No downside in voting for him in the primary. There's going to be a runoff. If Hunt is eliminated, you can always decide Cornyn/Paxon there. But if republicans can get Hunt in the runoff, probably over Cornyn, then you've got the best opportunity to make sure Talarico can't win. Hunt smokes him.

Notice the shift…

In the past 48 hours prominent Dems and the Media have pushed the narrative that no one has called POTUS Trump racist and they haven't referred to him as Hitler.

Orders have gone out.

Polling must show Americans don't like those lies.

Sure Nicolle. 👌pic.twitter.com/aUVXY5YPZw https://t.co/YQpphNoUIv

— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 19, 2026

JB Pritzker: I never called them Nazis

Also JB Pritzker: OK, so maybe I called Trump Hitler and Republicans nazis on a dozen occasions…
pic.twitter.com/28MLpXvaec

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 19, 2026

Bump

I voted today. Wish I got to vote against f*cks like this though;

My friend, Gret, was brutally murdered while asleep in his bed in a planned and premeditated hit.

He was a good Christian. A good man. He ran a non-profit to help impoverished people help themselves.

The Soros funded Commonwealth Attorney of Fairfax is letting his killer walk… https://t.co/UOh6qoZtIF pic.twitter.com/rOGuejWn4N

— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) February 20, 2026

Not a single Soros associate/affiliate has been indicted which makes me think bad thoughts.

Does anybody know anything about the republicans running against Abbott in the primary?

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Does anybody know anything about the republicans running against Abbott in the primary?

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They have zero chance of forcing a runoff?

Don't think it's definitive of anything, but don't like this for "voter enthusiasm" if the trend holds

🚨 Democrats continue to expand their turnout edge in Texas through Day 4 of early voting — nearly 50k more votes cast in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary.

🔵 Democrats: 412,171
🔴 Republicans: 365,060 pic.twitter.com/mOi7WZM7vB

— VoteHub (@VoteHub) February 21, 2026

Meh, we will see. Republicans vote more on election day

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Don't think it's definitive of anything, but don't like this for "voter enthusiasm" if the trend holds

🚨 Democrats continue to expand their turnout edge in Texas through Day 4 of early voting — nearly 50k more votes cast in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary.

🔵 Democrats: 412,171
🔴 Republicans: 365,060 pic.twitter.com/mOi7WZM7vB

— VoteHub (@VoteHub) February 21, 2026

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If one looks at the map, most of the counties with higher turnout for both parties are the same (a few exceptions here and there).

Since several of the largest, and thus Democrat counties are having high turnout, no surprise Democrats are getting more votes.

I would also guess a lot of Republicans haven't made up their minds yet.

Other then the Senate race, the Democrats probably don't really care about anything else, and likely most of their voters already know which candidate they're voting for.

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Im Gipper said:

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Don't think it's definitive of anything, but don't like this for "voter enthusiasm" if the trend holds

🚨 Democrats continue to expand their turnout edge in Texas through Day 4 of early voting — nearly 50k more votes cast in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary.

🔵 Democrats: 412,171
🔴 Republicans: 365,060 pic.twitter.com/mOi7WZM7vB

— VoteHub (@VoteHub) February 21, 2026

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If one looks at the map, most of the counties with higher turnout for both parties are the same (a few exceptions here and there).

Since several of the largest, and thus Democrat counties are having high turnout, no surprise Democrats are getting more votes.

I would also guess a lot of Republicans haven't made up their minds yet.

Other then the Senate race, the Democrats probably don't really care about anything else, and likely most of their voters already know which candidate they're voting for.

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that and this is the first opportunity Dems get to "stick it" to Trump at the polls. That and I know a ton of people who will vote R that have no interest in the primary, fair or not.

I voted for Wesley Hunt, but I think there will be a primary runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. If that happens, I hope John Cornyn wins the primary because I think Cornyn has a better chance than Ken Paxton of beating James Talarico in the general election. A general election matchup between Paxton and Talarico would likely be a tossup. If Jasmine Crockett wins the Democratic nomination, she has a very slim chance of winning the general election.