• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    I’ve already admitted several times that I don’t understand the world anymore. I USED to understand the world. I don’t understand the world now. First Georgia became a swing state? Now TEXAS???

    I…I mean, I’ll take it, but…what?

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      Texas has more registered Democrats than Republicans, but they don’t vote in the same numbers. Largely due to voter suppression policies (like 1 ballot drop box per county).

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      Hillary only needed 5% more of the registered voters to win in 2016. Biden needed less than 4%. We just need people to turn out.

      In 2020, Biden received more votes in TX than NY and Trump received more votes in CA than TX.

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      Texas is pretty dang purple. As others have mentioned, there is some serious voter suppression that goes on. Just take a look at that crazy law that targeted (basically, only) the county that Houston is in, allowing the state administration to throw out their votes.

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      Texas was majority Democrat into the 90s. It’s an urban, diverse and reasonably prosperous state. If it wasn’t for Bush becoming president, we’d probably have reached this point a decade ago.