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The 2018 midterms have come and gone, and Ted Cruz won his hard fought battle against Robert O'Rourke. Why did Cruz struggle so much?? He won by a few percentage points, sure - but that was a close call! Ted Cruz almost lost Texas!
A senator since 2013, in a state that's been reliably red for twenty five year, TEXAS! Ted Cruz nearly lost his senate race in Texas! Was it the blue wave? The fact that his opponent spent double as much? Or maybe illegal immigration?
Whatever the reason, here's the bottom line: The Democrats almost flipped Texas. Texas almost went blue. #TedCruz nearly lost the race! #Texas nearly went to the democrats. That was a tough race, but in the end, Ted Cruz pulled the win out of his hat! Great job!
Uh, maybe old white christian men are dying off?
LOL
I dont know about that. Ted Cruz did nearly everything he could to lose, yet he still somehow won.
The 2018 midterms have come and gone, and Ted Cruz won his hard fought battle against Robert O'Rourke. Why did Cruz struggle so much?? He won by a few percentage points, sure - but that was a close call! Ted Cruz almost lost Texas!
A senator since 2013, in a state that's been reliably red for twenty five year, TEXAS! Ted Cruz nearly lost his senate race in Texas! Was it the blue wave? The fact that his opponent spent double as much? Or maybe illegal immigration?
Whatever the reason, here's the bottom line: The Democrats almost flipped Texas. Texas almost went blue. #TedCruz nearly lost the race! #Texas nearly went to the democrats. That was a tough race, but in the end, Ted Cruz pulled the win out of his hat! Great job!
Definitely a vast oversimplification of the issue.
And definitely a distraction from the fact that the Democrats spent double the republicans did.
Only problem is all the other statewide races went to the GOP by 10 points or more
Texas will never be blue
Urban races went hard Dem. Rural races went hard GOP. Statewide races were closer than they've been in a while.
Only problem is all the other statewide races went to the GOP by 10 points or more
Texas will never be blue
No? Lt gov and and AG both were 5% or less. Reps like Marchant and Roy barely beat completely unfounded challengers. With how fast suburbs like Denton and Collin county are closing and no signs of the population explosion in the four biggest cities slowing, I think it may be time to start taking this seriously.
It must be noted, that surveys showed people who were new arrivals in TX voted for Cruz, born Texans voted for O Rourke, not by large margins in either group, but the fact the suburbs are growing massively might not spell the apocalypse for the Texas GOP.
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Definitely a vast oversimplification of the issue.
And definitely a distraction from the fact that the Democrats spent double the republicans did.
No? Lt gov and and AG both were 5% or less. Reps like Marchant and Roy barely beat completely unfounded challengers. With how fast suburbs like Denton and Collin county are closing and no signs of the population explosion in the four biggest cities slowing, I think it may be time to start taking this seriously.
5% is still massive in Texas. 600k plus votes. If the trend continues in 2020 maybe it’s time to look at it but not now
Definitely a vast oversimplification of the issue.
And definitely a distraction from the fact that the Democrats spent double the republicans did.
I dunno, considering Greg Abbot took a massive lead in the Governor's race, I would say Texas wasn't nearly flipped. The Senate seat nearly was, although Cruz's margin of victory was comfortable, there's not other ways the state was "nearly flipped"
I don't think it should be ignored that Ted Cruz is an extremely unlikeable person. I don't think the result would have been near as close with a better GOP candidate. Props to O'Rourke though, he came very close.The 2018 midterms have come and gone, and Ted Cruz won his hard fought battle against Robert O'Rourke. Why did Cruz struggle so much?? He won by a few percentage points, sure - but that was a close call! Ted Cruz almost lost Texas!
A senator since 2013, in a state that's been reliably red for twenty five year, TEXAS! Ted Cruz nearly lost his senate race in Texas! Was it the blue wave? The fact that his opponent spent double as much? Or maybe illegal immigration?
Whatever the reason, here's the bottom line: The Democrats almost flipped Texas. Texas almost went blue. #TedCruz nearly lost the race! #Texas nearly went to the democrats. That was a tough race, but in the end, Ted Cruz pulled the win out of his hat! Great job!
Uh, maybe old white christian men are dying off?
LOL
I don't think it should be ignored that Ted Cruz is an extremely unlikeable person. I don't think the result would have been near as close with a better GOP candidate. Props to O'Rourke though, he came very close.
Spending cash does not get people registered to vote and to the polls. People do that.
Cruz never believed Beto was going to mount a real challenge.
Now Democrats have 2 years to get 500,000 more votes registered.
That doesn't explain all of it. Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Commissioner of Agriculture were within 5%. All of the statewide races except for Abbott were single digits.
Cruz did the worst. But many of the others were somewhat close, and a huge amount closer than any of these elections over the last decade or two.
$70 million against less than half that would.
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