LOYAL AG said:

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There They can't will always be a bunch of radical minority women married to a bunch of gimps normal white guys.

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FIFY

Just a normal Texan?

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James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian running for U.S. Senate from Texas, headlined an LGBTQ festival that featured "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers," an 11-year-old boy "drag queen" who goes by the stage name Kween Kee Kee.

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James Talarico Headlined Pride Event Alongside 11-Year-Old Child Drag Queen 'Kween Kee Kee': 'Absolute Cutest and Youngest of Our Drag Performers'

If there's anything Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution was known for, it was steadfast promoting of 11 year old drag queens as sex objects.

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I mean sure, fine, but this logic has no limiting principle. There's literally nobody on the right too extreme or too morally unscrupulous for this to apply to.

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So what, we're just supposed to vote for the guy whose policy positions are opposite of our own because the other candidate is a bad person?

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I'm not saying Paxton meets the threshold, and I'm gonna hold my nose and vote for him, but there does need to be SOME threshold beyond which you don't vote for a candidate just because they aren't a "crazy democrat". Otherwise your worldview is rooted solely in the value of power for its own sake and there's no limiting moral principles.

My point is it's EXTREMELY dangerous to vote with that mindset because it allows for the possibility of literally any and all form of evil and debauchery to be elected.

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Well, I consider the current platform of the entire Democrat party, and particularly the policy positions of Talarico to be just that.

Given the two viable choices in front of us, Paxton could walk out into the street and cap some rando in the head and I'd still vote for him over Talarico.

There is nothing a Democrat could do to get me to vote for them because I find their entire platform to be absurd and anti-American.

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Amen bro!

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Just a normal Texan?

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James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian running for U.S. Senate from Texas, headlined an LGBTQ festival that featured "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers," an 11-year-old boy "drag queen" who goes by the stage name Kween Kee Kee.

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James Talarico Headlined Pride Event Alongside 11-Year-Old Child Drag Queen 'Kween Kee Kee': 'Absolute Cutest and Youngest of Our Drag Performers'

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"the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers"

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We are so cooked as a society.

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DD88 said:

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Just a normal Texan?

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James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian running for U.S. Senate from Texas, headlined an LGBTQ festival that featured "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers," an 11-year-old boy "drag queen" who goes by the stage name Kween Kee Kee.

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James Talarico Headlined Pride Event Alongside 11-Year-Old Child Drag Queen 'Kween Kee Kee': 'Absolute Cutest and Youngest of Our Drag Performers'

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"the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers"

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We are so cooked as a society.

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Time to get the millstones on the boats.

The Texas A&M poll out today has Talarico up by 4. Their last poll had it a tie.

It is very concerning that there are basically no polls showing Paxton winning. Even Cruz v Beto always had Cruz winning in polling. I'm hoping polls are way off again (see Michigan), but the betting odds keep creeping in Freako's direction too. I think this country has alot of "cosplay Christians" that want to skip the hard parts about being Christian and want to avoid hurting other peoples feelings (wanting The Church to conform to the world instead the world conforming to The Church). I think this guy is very appealing to their ilk. And even more scary, I think he would have a very good chance of winning the Presidency as well (winning Texas alone would basically seal it for him).

And I know, same was said about Beto, then he got destroyed when trying to run for president. I hope I'm wrong, but Rico is a very serious threat.

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It is very concerning that there are basically no polls showing Paxton winning. Even Cruz v Beto always had Cruz winning in polling. I'm hoping polls are way off again (see Michigan), but the betting odds keep creeping in Freako's direction too. I think this country has alot of "cosplay Christians" that want to skip the hard parts about being Christian and want to avoid hurting other peoples feelings (wanting The Church to conform to the world instead the world conforming to The Church). I think this guy is very appealing to their ilk. And even more scary, I think he would have a very good chance of winning the Presidency as well (winning Texas alone would basically seal it for him).

And I know, same was said about Beto, then he got destroyed when trying to run for president. I hope I'm wrong, but Rico is a very serious threat.

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The odds on prediction markets are pretty concerning.

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It is very concerning that there are basically no polls showing Paxton winning. Even Cruz v Beto always had Cruz winning in polling. I'm hoping polls are way off again (see Michigan), but the betting odds keep creeping in Freako's direction too. I think this country has alot of "cosplay Christians" that want to skip the hard parts about being Christian and want to avoid hurting other peoples feelings (wanting The Church to conform to the world instead the world conforming to The Church). I think this guy is very appealing to their ilk. And even more scary, I think he would have a very good chance of winning the Presidency as well (winning Texas alone would basically seal it for him).

And I know, same was said about Beto, then he got destroyed when trying to run for president. I hope I'm wrong, but Rico is a very serious threat.

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especially when the opposing candidate is MIA for months

There were more than a few polls which did have Beta ahead of Cruz.

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It is very concerning that there are basically no polls showing Paxton winning. Even Cruz v Beto always had Cruz winning in polling.

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Not true on both counts. RCP is including polls with Paxton ahead. Beto was leading in some polls going into the fall of 2018 as well.

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/james-talarico-headlined-pride-event-alongside-11-year-old-child-drag-queen-kween-kee-kee-absolute-cutest-and-youngest-of-our-drag-performers/

He contributes to the mental illness of children… but yes, let's make him a Senator from Texas.

Only closer to Fall counts.

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https://freebeacon.com/democrats/james-talarico-headlined-pride-event-alongside-11-year-old-child-drag-queen-kween-kee-kee-absolute-cutest-and-youngest-of-our-drag-performers/

He contributes to the mental illness of children… but yes, let's make him a Senator from Texas.

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I still cannot get over the phrase "cutest and youngest drag performers" sounds like an advertisement for a pedo.

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https://freebeacon.com/democrats/james-talarico-headlined-pride-event-alongside-11-year-old-child-drag-queen-kween-kee-kee-absolute-cutest-and-youngest-of-our-drag-performers/

He contributes to the mental illness of children… but yes, let's make him a Senator from Texas.

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I still cannot get over the phrase "cutest and youngest drag performers" sounds like an advertisement for a pedo.

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sounds like? Thats what it is

If yard signage in Austin means anything, Beto kills Talarico

BREAKING - Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign has been caught using fake and foreign social media accounts posing as lifelong American Republicans in an effort to persuade Republican voters to vote for him. pic.twitter.com/Y3ZCvBjFjY

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) August 7, 2026

Not everything is as it seems. I bet Talarico is doing the same thing

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If yard signage in Austin means anything, Beto kills Talarico

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Yeah, I live in a fairly purple area of West Houston. Beto signs were everywhere. I have seen one Talrico sign.

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And let's be clear, by "image problem" what we're talking about is political disagreements with Donald Trump. He was seen as someone not in line with the current rabidly populist and isolationist subset of current republican voters that are really and more specifically Trump voters.

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False.

The issues with Cornyn date back prior to Trump. Over his time in the Senate he became more and more of an insider who wanted to play safe and climb the ladder more than representing the needs of Texas. The Trump era simply highlighted it more. Most voters managed to overlook it and re-elected him multiple times. But eventually it caught up to him.

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Exactly correct. First time I didn't vote for Cornyn because there was finally a choice. Hunt then Paxton.

Who was more ill-used by her husband...Mrs. Paxton or Mrs. Clinton?

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There were more than a few polls which did have Beta ahead of Cruz.

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Where are those polls? This is the Texas polls from 2018 according to RCP.

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It is very concerning that there are basically no polls showing Paxton winning. Even Cruz v Beto always had Cruz winning in polling.

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Not true on both counts. RCP is including polls with Paxton ahead. Beto was leading in some polls going into the fall of 2018 as well.

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Do you have those polls from 2018 showing Beto ahead? I really don't remember them.

Online poll though
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/09/19/beto-orourke-leads-cruz-new-poll-texas-senate-race/

LOL @ Texas Tribune.

I know this… I'm my 47 years I've never been polled one time… anyone else?

From Claude

You're onto something real. Here's what happened in Texas specifically:

2024 result vs. polls
Final margin: Trump won Texas by roughly 14 points (56%-42%). But polls right up to Election Day showed something much closer Emerson's late-October poll had it at Trump 53%, Harris 46% , a 7-point gap, and the NYT's polling average tracker showed neither candidate leading nationwide or in swing states by more than a single point (though that's more about national battlegrounds Texas specifically still underestimated Trump's margin by several points). So yes, Texas polls have consistently understated the actual Republican margin in recent cycles this happened in 2020 too.

Why Texas polling tends to miss more than other states

Less polling money/attention goes to Texas since it's not usually a swing state, so fewer high-quality pollsters bother, and lower-quality ones fill the gap
Texas has a huge, hard-to-model electorate rural vs. urban splits, a large and diverse Hispanic population whose voting patterns shifted unexpectedly rightward in 2020 and 2024, catching many pollsters off guard
Response rates skew: Democratic-leaning, college-educated voters tend to answer surveys more; Republican and working-class voters answer less. Pollsters try to weight for this, but if the true gap in enthusiasm or turnout is bigger than expected, the correction undershoots

Context on 2024 broadly
Nationally, pollsters generally consider 2024 one of the best performances in presidential polling over the past decade according to Pew Research Center data, certainly better than 2020's miss . But that average hides real state-level variance and Texas has been one of the more consistently-off states, generally in the same direction (underestimating Republican support) both times.

So your instinct isn't wrong Texas is a state where you should treat poll numbers as rougher estimates than in more heavily-polled swing states like Pennsylvania or Michigan.

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The difference between the right and left is that the right will still go out and pull the lever for the person on their team. The left will stay home or pull the lever for their feels.

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That is horse manure.

Some food for thought on the current state of (public) polling.

And it will happen again.

This might even save Whatley. https://t.co/9Me8Hwqqvz

— Seth Keshel (@RealSKeshel) August 7, 2026

Yes! I was actually polled in the poll that Texas Southern put out last week.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67aa7aa3e284b002cd6a420e/t/6a713767d4ed824b91ea090d/1785804647961/Texas+Statewide+August2026.pdf

Two from a very quick search.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2018/09/19/304748/one-poll-shows-cruz-beating-orourke-and-another-indicates-the-democrat-would-win/ (One poll showed Cruz ahead, the other Beta)

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/09/19/beto-orourke-leads-cruz-new-poll-texas-senate-race/

Also, here is one that had Cruz and Allred tied.

https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-texas-senate-polll-allred-1875137

I'll have to look more later.

TEXAS SENATE RACE: Talarico told a pride crowd that banning child sex changes is the most dangerous law Texas passed. He also thinks you can't be pro-freedom unless the porn stays in the school library. pic.twitter.com/3ekBBKtyOr

— @amuse (@amuse) August 7, 2026

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TEXAS SENATE RACE: Talarico told a pride crowd that banning child sex changes is the most dangerous law Texas passed. He also thinks you can't be pro-freedom unless the porn stays in the school library. pic.twitter.com/3ekBBKtyOr

— @amuse (@amuse) August 7, 2026

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I despise everything he stands for,

He's advertising all over the streaming services is Paxton even aware that's possible? I have seen nothing

TAMUallen said:

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TEXAS SENATE RACE: Talarico told a pride crowd that banning child sex changes is the most dangerous law Texas passed. He also thinks you can't be pro-freedom unless the porn stays in the school library. pic.twitter.com/3ekBBKtyOr

— @amuse (@amuse) August 7, 2026

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Talajoto.

I am trying to reconcile how anyone can decide Talarico is the answer for this list.
This was posted by an Aggie Influencer I follow.
https://imgur.com/a/mjOudL0