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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,351 posts) Thu Jun 1, 2023, 02:35 PM Jun 2023

Why does a small Texas GOP group keep electing Ken Paxton, despite all this hassle?

Loyalty is a good trait, especially in politics.

But it should be earned, and it should have some limits.

Attorney General Ken Paxton enjoys a fervent base of voters who have stuck with him for a decade, no matter what he’s done to disgrace his office. Even as most House Republicans voted Saturday to impeach him, seeing strong evidence of bribery and other crimes that merit a Senate trial, his fans vow to fight for him until the end.

The shorthand for why they do so is that the (now suspended) attorney general is a “true conservative.” But it looks a lot like the cult of personality that surrounds Donald Trump. In other words, they support Paxton because he “fights” and he makes the right people mad.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-does-small-texas-gop-180422482.html

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Why does a small Texas GOP group keep electing Ken Paxton, despite all this hassle? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 OP

Gerrymandery renders illogical results. Take Gov Abbott or Lt Gov Patric for example. marble falls Jun 2023 #1

Precisely. 2naSalit Jun 2023 #2

Ignorant, self-destructive fuckwits. (nt) Paladin Jun 2023 #3

In my opinion, I think most people who vote know very little about the person they are voting for. walkingman Jun 2023 #4

marble falls

(62,079 posts)

1. Gerrymandery renders illogical results. Take Gov Abbott or Lt Gov Patric for example.

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Thu Jun 1, 2023, 02:39 PM

Jun 2023

2naSalit

(92,732 posts)

2. Precisely.

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Thu Jun 1, 2023, 02:56 PM

Jun 2023

Paladin

(28,769 posts)

3. Ignorant, self-destructive fuckwits. (nt)

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Thu Jun 1, 2023, 02:57 PM

Jun 2023

walkingman

(8,348 posts)

4. In my opinion, I think most people who vote know very little about the person they are voting for.

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Thu Jun 1, 2023, 03:08 PM

Jun 2023

The primary factor is really - do I vote R or D? Next is name recognition - do you recognize the name?

That is why incumbents have a great likelihood of getting re-elected. For Statewide general elections it is not as difficult as local or district candidates mainly because they are more well known because of the media.

Politics are a "good ole boy" club and the party infrastructure has a big influence on not only who wins but who runs to begin with. It is about power, money, and influence.

Paxton has been a POS for a long time and his future success will be largely determined by the POWER BROKERS and BIG DONORS in Texas. They get to decide who rules - if voting really mattered they would make it illegal.

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