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quote:Wins 45-64 by 33 points. That's brutal.
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blackguy32 posted:I don't think it's that, I think people overestimate how liberal Hispanics are. They are not the block that African Americans are when it comes to voting. Even if they don't tend more liberal you'd think voting trends would have been nearly 100% against Patrick, I can't imagine any significant portion of the block voting for someone who's signs were a white picket fence with a padlock saying "Secure Our Border"
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Nov 5, 2014 06:08
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Xen Tricks posted:How does a state with a ballooning hispanic population overwhelmingly elect a racist and whatever Abbot is?  Exhibit B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAL6sX-5ZSs First Latina first lady of Texas. VitalSigns posted:I don't know, how does a campaign against women's health win women by 10 points? BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 06:09
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Xen Tricks posted:Even if they don't tend more liberal you'd think voting trends would have been nearly 100% against Patrick, I can't imagine any significant portion of the block voting for someone who's signs were a white picket fence with a padlock saying "Secure Our Border" In fairness, historically Mexican-Americans were very ardent supporters of the border (A Hispanic Congressman from El Paso was one of the first to build a fence). This was back when not being white meant that you couldn't be a citizen though, so a lot of them tried to fit in as best they could.
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Nov 5, 2014 06:10
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computer parts posted:In fairness, historically Mexican-Americans were very ardent supporters of the border (A Hispanic Congressman from El Paso was one of the first to build a fence). Also back when talk of border security wasn't intimately intertwined with anti-immigration and general racist opinions
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Nov 5, 2014 06:20
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Xen Tricks posted:Also back when talk of border security wasn't intimately intertwined with anti-immigration and general racist opinions Oh no, it was definitely intertwined with anti-immigration and (by extension) general racist opinions. Mexican Americans just believed that they could prove they were "the good ones" as opposed to dirty Mexican immigrants. It didn't work.
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Nov 5, 2014 06:28
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At least the ballot measure for road funding passed! Or is that secretly bad too?
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Nov 5, 2014 08:09
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Swan Oat posted:At least the ballot measure for road funding passed! Or is that secretly bad too? I think we all decided it was good, because we might as well spend the rainy day fund on loving something.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:10
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I voted for Davis. I almost didn't because of her commercial where she stated she wanted to raise the minimum wage. gently caress that.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:17
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Why'd you vote for her then?
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Nov 5, 2014 08:18
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Adios Wendy
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Nov 5, 2014 08:20
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Badger of Basra posted:Why'd you vote for her then? Her stance on abortion and equal marriage rights.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:25
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Her campaign was such a cynical and demagogic attempt at creating a cult of personality, when she was such a waxwork, I couldn't. I abstained. I voted for Van de Putte, though.Badger of Basra posted:I voted for Spicybrown.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:25
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I voted for Spicybrown. Also there was apparently a fourth guy running for Senate who got 0 votes? He showed up on the Travis County returns.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:26
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I voted for Spicybrown too because it's not like Alameel had a chance. Also, Spicybrown!
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Nov 5, 2014 08:27
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TRIP REPORT: I voted today!   No lines here in Garland.  A half a billion dollars to build/renovate schools in a district that's already built out and doesn't need new schools? This bond doesn't even cover hiring teachers or raising their pay at all...  I voted in favor of it anyway, but I'll probably live to regret it. It sounds like a pork barrel pipeline for well-connected construction contractors charging way too much. Some of these names were too amazing to resist. SPICYBROWN SANCHEZ. QUANAH loving PARKER  So there ya go. Lingy got my vote with his silly nickname. I asked the lady checking my drivers license against the voter registrar if my paper voter registration card was worthless now, and she said not at all - a woman without a photo ID came in to vote earlier with hers, and because she was on record as having voted in this precinct with that registration card previously, there was no issue with her continuing to vote without an ID. I was like "wow voter ID isn't really that big a deal" Randandal fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 08:28
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 Poor guy. These are just Travis results.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:33
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Also voted for SpicyBrown and Sam Houston too just because of the name.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:35
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I honestly had no idea that Cornyn was up for reelection this year or that anybody was running against him. I think that Abbott/Davis being 59/39 while Cornyn/Alameel is 61/35 (with a name like Spicybrown siphoning off the noncommittal 3rd party voters) when Cornyn and Alameel spent literally no time or money on campaigning really proves what a colossal waste of time and money this Davis campaign was. E: vvv as shown in the illegal photos I took and shared of my ballot from Dallas County, that dude wasn't even on my ballot. I have no idea why he'd be showing on the returns with 0 votes. I want to show up on the returns with 0 votes too. Randandal fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 08:39
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Badger of Basra posted:
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Nov 5, 2014 08:39
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Omi-Polari posted:Aw. I should've voted for him. There's something about immigrants and pie-in-the-sky campaigns for high office. I think America hasn't crushed their spirits yet. He was write-in, apparently. I knew I didn't recognize him from the ballot.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:39
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blackguy32 posted:I don't think it's that, I think people overestimate how liberal Hispanics are. They are not the block that African Americans are when it comes to voting. Na we don't vote, like at all.
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Nov 5, 2014 09:03
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My voting experience - I walked into my polling booth, and the dude in front of me was a black dude without proper ID having to fill out a provisional ballot, and leaving instead of voting.
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Nov 5, 2014 09:11
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Frackie Robinson posted:Adios Wendy I'll buy the Greyhound bus ticket to take her and 100 pounds of personal effects to any other state than Texas.
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Nov 5, 2014 09:23
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"Hey, Austin is the fastest growing city in the country. What should we do about that?" "CERTAINLY NOT IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE!" *slaps palms against their chest*
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Nov 5, 2014 12:55
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XCPuff posted:I voted for Davis. I almost didn't because of her commercial where she stated she wanted to raise the minimum wage. We sure wouldn't want to be a living-wage hellhole like Seattle.
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Nov 5, 2014 13:12
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1stGear posted:"Hey, Austin is the fastest growing city in the country. What should we do about that?" It's literally the same line of thought as the "maybe if we don't fund roads then everyone will abandon cars" one.
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Nov 5, 2014 13:18
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computer parts posted:It's literally the same line of thought as the "maybe if we don't fund roads then everyone will abandon cars" one. Prop 1 failed?? 
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Nov 5, 2014 15:03
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1stGear posted:"Hey, Austin is the fastest growing city in the country. What should we do about that?" And you can forget about those commutes being short thanks to the mix of "preserve neighborhood character" folks who look like they are going to win (especially because you just know who will turn out to runoffs). But they'll have their 20% homestead exemption so I guess we're entering full FYGM territory?
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Nov 5, 2014 15:11
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JosefStalinator posted:My voting experience - I walked into my polling booth, and the dude in front of me was a black dude without proper ID having to fill out a provisional ballot, and leaving instead of voting. The system works!
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Nov 5, 2014 15:23
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Badger of Basra posted:He was write-in, apparently. I knew I didn't recognize him from the ballot. In Harris County they had a list of approved write in candidates, but I couldn't immediately figure out how to vote of the screen for them so I continued with my 14 pages of ballot. My voting location in Spring Branch was for 2 precincts, one predominately white and one that encompassed a few apartment buildings. It was located in the middle of the white neighborhood and about 3 miles from the apartments. It was real easy for me to vote, but hell for anyone that was likely to vote D based on demographics alone.
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Nov 5, 2014 15:54
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Here's my song for the morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCEUOfiZsnA Time to update the OP, I guess. 
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Nov 5, 2014 16:15
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If anyone honestly thought Davis was going to win they were smoking some really good poo poo.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:26
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Kinetica posted:If anyone honestly thought Davis was going to win they were smoking some really good poo poo. Everyone knew she was going to lose. The fact that she did worse than Bill White in 2010 means that all the Battleground Texas efforts were completely worthless. Texas isn't going to turn purple for another generation, if then. If she had lost by less than 10 points it would have been a decent showing. If it had been less than 5 points it would have been a major triumph.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:37
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Kinetica posted:If anyone honestly thought Davis was going to win they were smoking some really good poo poo. Yeah. I'm reading Twitter and the gloating by Republicans about the 'false' war on women (many of them hashtagged with #AbortionBarbie) -- they are claiming she lost heavily with Texas women. Also its being reported that one of the Battleground Texas ladies had a Twitter meltdown, but I didn't click through because the urls all go through RW sites.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:40
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Why did you mark straight party and then fill it all out basically anyhow. Isn't that a spoilt ballot of some sort? Also, you marked Libertarian. What the gently caress is wrong with you?
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Nov 5, 2014 16:46
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Rabble posted:Prop 1 failed?? It failed hard, 58 to 42.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:48
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Badger of Basra posted:It failed hard, 58 to 42. Wait, what? I thought Prop 1 was the Texas Road funding that passed? Or are y'all talking about something else?
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Nov 5, 2014 16:54
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ReidRansom posted:Why did you mark straight party and then fill it all out basically anyhow. Isn't that a spoilt ballot of some sort? Also, you marked Libertarian. What the gently caress is wrong with you? In my state, you can vote straight party and then "scratch" for any other office where you want to vote differently. Not sure about Texas but that ballot looks similar to what I used yesterday. Fairly certain the only way to really spoil a ballot is to fill in two ovals for one office (where you only vote 1) or writing in an in-eligible write-in candidate.
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Svanja posted:Wait, what? I thought Prop 1 was the Texas Road funding that passed? Or are y'all talking about something else? Texas prop 1 passed. Austin's prop 1 (our decade-too-late attempt to get additional rail in the city) failed.
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