Another Shocking Victory Happened in Texas Last Night and Suggests 2022 Doom for Democrats
If Republicans are flipping districts like this, hoo boy.
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If Republicans are flipping districts like this, hoo boy.
Mainly what we already knew: Democrats will have problems in the state in 2022 and Austin is liberal.
One might imagine that Democrats could reflect dispassionately on the results of yesterday's elections, draw appropriate lessons from them, and emerge as more formidable competitors going forward. You might imagine that, but it won't happen. Democrats have no capacity for such engagement with reality. Thus, they tell us that Glenn Youngkin's victory was a triumph of white supremacy. This is Larry Sabato, formerly a Democratic Party hack, now a Krugmanesque
In special election, Republican John Lujan secured a seat in a Hispanic state House district that could be hard to wrest back in 2022.
A University of Texas at San Antonio political science professor explains the trends and behaviors he believes contributed to Tuesday's election results.