Many Texans tried to warn these lawmakers. Acting like your campaign slogan & listening to the voters who actually helped you get where you are isn't rocket science.
The November 2026 election will be the true test. Will voters have short memories? Usually.
If you’re going to make local election losses about the school choice bill you may as well make every article henceforth about some egregiously loose connection to school choice.
Your article fails to mention the victories in Irving in New Braunfels, where Republicans turned out and flipped city councils to red
Other explanations? The Republican Party has traded reliable, high, propensity voters, for unreliable, low propensity voters over the last 10 years.
Why would anyone stay invested in something that delivers 0.4%? It’s like this with everything. Always a scam which they then campaign on. People figure it out and stop caring.
The truth is, there probably is no single snappy explanation for statewide malaise, other than the sour taste many grassroots types have had left in their mouths as this session grinds toward a whimperingly weak close. Once again it almost seems like Republican veterans in Austin detest their constituents and have done more to prioritize bills being sponsored by Democrats.
Oh get off it. If what you are proposing was ironclad, there would be no indication that a presidential election made any difference in voter turnout. Obviously it does. Are there sometimes intense local races that spike the numbers in off years? Sure. Clearly weren't too many of those statewide this time.
1. Too many republicans put their belief in Donald Trump could fix everything. They forget all local elections matter. Mostly this is because Republicans don’t want to be involved in politics all the time. For progressive Democrats politics is their religion, they are committed to it all the time.
2. Voting for these off season type elections are at schools, Democrats set them up at their home base. They made it easy for their most fervent voters to vote, they don’t even have to leave work to vote.
Why are these elections separate from national election times? I think that has more to do with low turnout than anything. Besides a few yard signs most people probably didn't realize there was an election - and none of those signs said "vote on ____ date".
I also think most people not deep into politics don't know who the heck they should vote for in the local elections. (myself included!) Besides a google search of candidates how do you know? I do not go to school board or city council meetings, but would like to make sure I vote properly, so that's what I need help with...
The school voucher stuff shows that too many Republicans don't actually care about constituents.
Many Texans tried to warn these lawmakers. Acting like your campaign slogan & listening to the voters who actually helped you get where you are isn't rocket science.
The November 2026 election will be the true test. Will voters have short memories? Usually.
Seventeen percent of voters vote in city and school board elections. It’s easy for Democrats to spot low-hanging fruit.
If you’re going to make local election losses about the school choice bill you may as well make every article henceforth about some egregiously loose connection to school choice.
Your article fails to mention the victories in Irving in New Braunfels, where Republicans turned out and flipped city councils to red
Other explanations? The Republican Party has traded reliable, high, propensity voters, for unreliable, low propensity voters over the last 10 years.
Do better!
Why would anyone stay invested in something that delivers 0.4%? It’s like this with everything. Always a scam which they then campaign on. People figure it out and stop caring.
Yes, just sit it out. Democrats are sure happy with that. You will get the government you deserve.
I don’t believe in sitting out. I believe in not beating down the voters with 0.41% scams. Or else you might lose elections like Saturday.
The truth is, there probably is no single snappy explanation for statewide malaise, other than the sour taste many grassroots types have had left in their mouths as this session grinds toward a whimperingly weak close. Once again it almost seems like Republican veterans in Austin detest their constituents and have done more to prioritize bills being sponsored by Democrats.
The truth is, this is a lazy excuse. What do city council and school board elections have to do with what’s going on in Austin?
The “sour taste” keeps them from participating in 8% voter turnout elections?
Oh get off it. If what you are proposing was ironclad, there would be no indication that a presidential election made any difference in voter turnout. Obviously it does. Are there sometimes intense local races that spike the numbers in off years? Sure. Clearly weren't too many of those statewide this time.
1. Too many republicans put their belief in Donald Trump could fix everything. They forget all local elections matter. Mostly this is because Republicans don’t want to be involved in politics all the time. For progressive Democrats politics is their religion, they are committed to it all the time.
2. Voting for these off season type elections are at schools, Democrats set them up at their home base. They made it easy for their most fervent voters to vote, they don’t even have to leave work to vote.
Why are these elections separate from national election times? I think that has more to do with low turnout than anything. Besides a few yard signs most people probably didn't realize there was an election - and none of those signs said "vote on ____ date".
I also think most people not deep into politics don't know who the heck they should vote for in the local elections. (myself included!) Besides a google search of candidates how do you know? I do not go to school board or city council meetings, but would like to make sure I vote properly, so that's what I need help with...