So... What Happened, Texas? [View all]

The cost of ignoring progressive values in Texas.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/so-what-happened-texas




For years, I’ve held this belief and written about how appealing to the moderate voter was a mistake. During the Democratic primaries earlier this year, I endorsed the most progressive candidate for the US Senate. At that time, I shared with Lone Star Left readers that the progressive candidate would appeal better to Texas voters than the more moderate options. However, the more moderate candidate won the primary, and I got behind him because of unity.

People on social media, left and right, were messaging me about how they knew so many Republicans who would “crossover” and vote for the Democrats because the common sense GOP members would reject Trumpism. Then there was Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Republicans for Kamala Harris.

When my Conservative dad said he was writing in Nikki Haley and voting for Allred over Cruz, I bought into the hype, even though I remained skeptical.

It was all hype. Joe Biden got more “crossover” votes than Kamala Harris.