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3. Red - those "registration" numbers are nonsense

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:06 PM

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Oft repeated... but nonsense nevertheless.

First - Texas doesn't register by party. These are entirely made-up numbers based on primary voting and assumptions about demographics. The implied precision in their numbers insults the intelligence.

Second - There are nine statewide elected positions in Texas. We haven't won one of them in over 30 years. That's the definition of a red state.

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Is Texas, Red, Blue or Purple? [View all] Swede Saturday OP

In what way does my state treat us as a Dem or a Repug by the party we voted for in the primary? efhmc Saturday #1

It's RED bottomofthehill Saturday #2

Red - those "registration" numbers are nonsense FBaggins Saturday #3

"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things Ping Tung Saturday #4

Smart man ornotna Saturday #18

. truddy777 Saturday #5

F Texas. dem4decades Saturday #6

Quoting BEGALA ad nauseum, "TX is not a Red state, it's a NON-VOTING state." UTUSN Saturday #7

Simply not realistic FBaggins Saturday #8

I have zero idea what "not realistic" has to do with a quoted take from BEGALA. He said it a decade ago or more, and UTUSN Saturday #10

It's simple really FBaggins Saturday #14

Please don't turn this into a flame about "spin". UTUSN Saturday #15

Research first TnDem Saturday #9

It has a bunch of cryto-dems, yet to be discovered. LeftInTX Saturday #11

Red until they show some other voting pattern In It to Win It Saturday #12

The definition doesn't make sense to me Melon Saturday #13

BLACK AND BLUE after decades of Republican control....... Jack Valentino Saturday #16

Blood red outside the urban centers BannonsLiver Saturday #17

I live in Texas and I have been purged from the rolls several times. PurgedVoter Sunday #19

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