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BootinUp

(51,671 posts) Wed May 27, 2026, 08:40 AM 4 hrs ago

Paxton won with a very low turnout.

https://substack.com/@oldgoats/note/c-265795768

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Paxton won with a very low turnout. (Original Post) BootinUp 4 hrs ago OP

Now that Paxton has won, there's no better time than the present.. Omnipresent 4 hrs ago #1

Kick dalton99a 4 hrs ago #2

So hard-core MAGA would have comprised the majority of those voters, giving Paxton the win Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #3

Texas primary voters, at least Texas Republican Primary voters, have long constituted a minority of the total Republican Vogon_Glory 2 hrs ago #7

Exactly. marble falls 4 hrs ago #4

It is a good sign. IrishAfricanAmerican 3 hrs ago #5

I'm encouraged. Paxton is corrupt and Talarico is honest. surfered 3 hrs ago #6

Omnipresent

(7,534 posts)

1. Now that Paxton has won, there's no better time than the present..

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 08:45 AM

4 hrs ago

To write his concession speech!

dalton99a

(95,519 posts)

2. Kick

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 08:46 AM

4 hrs ago

Ocelot II

(131,354 posts)

3. So hard-core MAGA would have comprised the majority of those voters, giving Paxton the win

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 08:54 AM

4 hrs ago

because Dear Leader told them to vote for him, while a whole lot of other people just didn't vote at all - either because they didn't like Paxton or Cornyn or they didn't care one way or the other. This suggests Talarico can pick up enough additional votes from independents and non-MAGA Republicans to beat Paxton.

Vogon_Glory

(10,385 posts)

7. Texas primary voters, at least Texas Republican Primary voters, have long constituted a minority of the total Republican

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Wed May 27, 2026, 10:18 AM

2 hrs ago

Turnout in general elections. It’s been that way for decades. Up to now, most Texas Republican-leaning voters have gone along with whatever candidates that the primary voters picked for them.

Up until recently, those general-election Republicans haven’t found a Republican political candidate they couldn’t stomach. We’ll see if Paxton is a camel they can’t swallow.