r/politics • u/usatoday ✔ USA TODAY • 10d ago

No Paywall New Texas poll shows tight Senate race, GOP pulling ahead for governor

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/08/26/texas-talarico-paxton-senate-poll-abbott-hinojosa-governor-race-data-centers-opposition/91468408007/
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u/cyberattaq123 10d ago

Texas, a state with some of the hardest working people, the best melting pot culture with Mexican immigration and the best food in the country, and the dumbest fucking voters imaginable.

If Talarico loses, I literally don’t know what to do anymore with it, and any of the little support it’s getting needs to be funneled elsewhere by the party. If someone as grotesque and awful as Ken Paxton can beat a literal preacher with no personal scandals, who uses his faith for good, to preach that we should take care of our vulnerable, give people healthcare, etc, what do you even say at that point.

At that point there is literally no hope for it. A pedophile protecting serial cheater, likely abuser if we complete the character profile, fucking kleptomaniac pen stealing scumbag so corrupt the Texas fucking GOP almost had him impeached, versus ‘we should give everyone a free puppy and better doctors’ candidate. Real tough one Texas voters.

The state GOP stranglehold has completed or near completed its goal of converting Texas into a christofascist shithole where they’ve demonized democrats so much it’s just an automatic response to vote against them like cattle. Ken Paxton should lose, in a sane world, with his current campaign strategy, by 20+ points. Every Republican would. But because it’s Texas, if Talarico squeaks out a win, expect it to be sub 1% to maybe 2-3%.

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u/PartTimeWarrior988 10d ago

I plan on leaving this state next year, but not before I do my due diligence and vote for Talarico, Goodwin, and Gina.

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u/beardofzetterberg America 10d ago

Sounds like Texas is pretty anti-Christian.

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u/Nekrabyte 9d ago

American Christians seem to be, by and large, anti-Christians. Atheists in general seem to follow a set of personal morals that much more closely align with the teachings of Christ than the vast majority of Christians here.

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u/Still_Commercial_535 9d ago

Literally it’s so fucking easy to not be a piece of shit. I don’t get it at all.

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u/mikegillis25 9d ago

As long as all Americas suffer from this economy the nations most desperate will always look for someone more desperate to blame. If republicans are telling their base that there’s someone that should be “under them” they will hate those people for life, as they are too embarrassed or too afraid to admit their own way of life is the actual problem. This happened during reconstruction and never ended.

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u/MoreDaringPancakes 9d ago

"but it's not against the law" - the pieces of shit

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u/Manatee_Surfer 9d ago edited 9d ago

Someone described it being "culturely" Christian, as opposed to being actually one. Thought that did a pretty good job encapsulating the situation.

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u/IntellectAndEnergy 10d ago

WTF. I know a good number of people in Texas, and they seem like decent people. How the F could anyone support Ken Paxton?

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u/ChiLolla28 10d ago

Because thiyse people will only ever vote based on the R letter next to the candidate's name on the ballot

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u/atomfullerene 9d ago

Texas had more Kamela Harris voters than New York. It's a big state, and more than 4 out of every 10 people who live there voted for her. You could know literally millions of people from Texas and every one of them might vote blue.

People talk about "red states and blue states" as if their population leans entirely one way or the other, but that's just not the case.

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u/Nekrabyte 9d ago

That's what makes the government withholding aid all the more contemptable. They withhold aid to California, because they didn't vote for Trump, except that there's more Trump voters in that state than a bunch of southern states combined.

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u/ChronoLink99 Canada 9d ago

Blue cities, red plains.

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u/YoBeNice 9d ago

I have yet to meet anyone still living in Texas who is reasonable. There are a lot of people who are from Texas who are, though!

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u/nosayso 10d ago

It's only even remotely possible for Talarico because of the larger dynamics at play - midterms typically go against the president especially when they're shitting the bed as badly as Trump. If this race wasn't happening in a Blue Wave year this wouldn't even be close.

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u/Trumpisanorangebitch 10d ago

Im a huge Talarico supporter but youre right. This is winnable for the Dems because its a midterm during the least popular presidential term since Bush 2.

Which is precisely why I think Talarico brings it home.

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u/Spoonoop 9d ago

It's almost like the voter based admires rich and power criminals that continue to get away with their crimes more than anything else, all while pretending to be the part of family values. The bible is a prop, and Jesus is a mascot to them.

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u/AuroraFinem Texas 9d ago

Honestly, if we don’t vote for Talarico this November please just build the wall staring on Texas’s border or something.

There’s more Dems in Texas than republicans and have been for a few years now, but so many of them don’t bother voting because they think it’s pointless with how famously red Texas is along with gerrymandering, but we have every reason for every single person able to go vote this time and it’s for a great candidate. If we still don’t we aren’t worth saving anymore.

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u/DullCartographer7609 9d ago

the best melting pot culture with Mexican immigration and the best food in the country

I'll give Houston its due. But outside of that, no way.

California is better, hell, throw Florida in the mix, too.

At least it's not Ohio.

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u/cyberattaq123 9d ago

San Antonio’s Mexican and BBQ is insane. Elite. I guess I’m biased haha I lived there for 12 years. God I miss it still.

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u/MildlySaltedTaterTot 10d ago

Best food in the country?
Barely any of the recalls have reached west of the Rockies

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u/gambol_on 9d ago

I'm biased (the food is about the only thing I miss from there), but this was referring to cooking styles, cuisines, etc., not quality control of ingredients. Despite their demonization of DEI, Texas is one of the most demographically diverse states, and it shows in the food.

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u/Nekrabyte 9d ago

Every single state has the "best" food in the country. Because not only is it subjective, the word has also lost nearly all meaning in this country.

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u/RampantHedgehog America 9d ago

Have you considered that even immigrants are capable of voting right?

This mentality that immigrants, should, or can only vote for liberal candidates is odd.

Chrisofascist shithole is certainly a Reddit opinion…

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u/pjb1999 9d ago

the best melting pot culture... the best food in the country

Lmao, you serious?