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| More than 4m Texans already voted - Beto back to flipping burgers soon |
| 2018-11-04 |
| [Daily Caller] Millions of Texans have cast early ballots ahead of the Tuesday’s election as Republican Sen. Ted Cruz fends off his Democratic opponent, Rep. Beto O’Rourke. More than 4,514,930 Texans have cast in-person ballots during the entire early voting period in the 30 counties where most of the state’s registered voters live. To put it another way, roughly 40 percent of the 12 million registered voters in those counties have voted. Early voting in those counties surpassed turnout from the 2012 presidential election. Data compiled by the Texas Tribune also shows turnout over 12 days of early voting in those 30 counties also surpassed the entire turnout of the 2014 midterm election. Polling data in Texas has been all over the map, with Cruz leading anywhere from nine points, to O’Rourke of El Paso ahead by two points. Yet, O’Rourke likely faces a much tougher task, according to some experts. He will need to pick off almost 20 percent of Cruz’s GOP base to win the election, Texas Politics Project Director James Henson wrote in an analysis in October. Related: Hot Air from last week - Beto throws Avenatti under the bus. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Seems someone has stirred up a hornet's nest. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-11-04 16:06 |
| #4 And MSM won't serve up a tear jerker about 5 or six other races the dems might have won if all the outside money hadn't been concentrated on O'Yuck |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-11-04 15:18 |
| #3 They'll be bankrolling and creating a "a legend" for him in Hollywood. He is the Next Kennedyâ„¢, ya know? (drunk driving and all) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-11-04 13:31 |
| #2 Ay Pee: Nearly 4.9 million people voted in Texas’ 30 largest counties during the early-voting period, surpassing the total number of votes cast throughout the state in the last midterm election. Texas secretary of state figures released Saturday found that more than 540,000 people in those 30 counties voted early on Friday, which was the last day of early voting in the state. Although Texas has 254 counties, the 30 largest are home to nearly 80 percent of the state’s residents. The nearly 4.9 million early votes exceed the 4.7 million total votes cast in Texas in the 2014 midterm election I can live with Beto flipping burgers for the next four years while he comes to better understand the needs and desires of Texan voters... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-04 13:27 |
| #1 Maybe "Bite me" can get together with "Wonderful Wendy" for Thanksgiving, and talk about the good times. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-11-04 09:58 |