Win in the general.

If it pans out in the primary election, then it was definitely a good thing that there was more than one candidate.

In that scenario pepple likely just chose the only person they knew of between the two of they didnt have a preference.

It was taken before the colbert thing blew up, so any poll afterwards would be a much better reflection of where the race likely stands.

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That would always favor the one with name recognition.

as I lean toward her leadership and vision. That said, I respect both candidates and would be glad to support either Talarico or Crockett if they win the nomination. I'm confident either strengthens our voice going forward.

All the buzz I'm hearing locally is for Talarico.

Once checked, that box usually stays checked. Candidates can't unreligion themselves once they've gone there, and Talarico went there right out of the gate. Ugh.

It.

And to make points that reinforce why the separation of church is so important. He in no way has ever preached that his religion is in any way superior to others, and is a fierce advocate for keeping the ten commandments out of classrooms and maintaining the clear line between church and state.

I was VERY *cringe* the first time I heard his focus on religion. But after following his socials and watching rally clips, it was clear he's trying to correct a false narrative. And apparently he and his people know it's a powerful narrative for the voters he's trying to reach, and informs their decisions.

I would HATE it, but I'm not from that area

When it’s crunch time, we can’t have another Manchin, Fetterman, or Sinema mucking up the works.

Go for the sure thing, not a guy who thumps the bible.

James Talarico is the real deal. This is like saying we need to get rid of Rev. Raphael Warnock because "we want to go for the sure thing, not the guy who thumps the bible." LOL.

That said, many of these same dems are indicating that if he ends up winning the primary, they will vote for him in November. He's definitely a whole lot better than cornyn or cruz!

Some of the comments in this thread amaze me.

If Warnock explicitly weaves religion into his political discourse then yes, I would find that terribly off-putting, but if he does I'm not aware of it. I did not pay particular attention to Georgia politics while he was initially campaigning, so I just don't have enough information. Did he run on the Jesus ticket?

I don't reject candidates simply for having their own religious faith. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, even regarding invisible sky daddies. It's the ones who rub everyone's noses into their personal religious dogma or use religion as justification for public policy that get under my skin. Or as a public focus of their candidacy. I don't care who or what they worship, but talking about it all the time makes me question whether they extend the same courtesy to everyone else. I just don't want to hear it in a secular forum.

I think Talarico needs to run for a US House seat and do that for a couple of years.
He's going to be a name to be reconnected with he certainly gets out there. But not senate in this one.
That said, if he's nominated I'll fully support him.

are blind to this fact after the 2016 and 2024 elections. We couldn't win based on being unable to overcome sexism (and racism) in SWING states in those two elections, and people are talking like red state Texas is going to elect a Black woman.

And even more crazy, people are in this thread saying Talarico speaking about his religion (only in a positive way, that seeks to say how religious fundamentalism has been used by politics to overreach and that it needs to be separate) is going to play badly in Texas. This state has a lot of moderate and conservative voters. It is more than 80% Hispanic and white and those voters trend conservative. If Jasmine wins the primary, she CANNOT win the general without picking up votes from the middle. She simply cannot.

Jasmine has never won a competitive race. She has always run in safe blue districts. James Talarico is the only candidate who has actually FLIPPED a solid red district to win his seat.

Whoever wins will have my vote in the general, but it's going to be a long road and I think some people are thinking with hope in their eyes rather than pragmaticism.

I suspect the tried and true lazy politics of Us vs Them would like to ignore some of his powerful talks that are resonating with Texans. He does a LOT of class politics. Good for him!

Link to tweet

Texas has one of the highest rates of non-voters in the country. Certainly having a Black Democratic woman on the ballot will galvanize the 56% of Texans who voted against Harris. And, of course, Texas has been hard at work trying to decrease voter turnout over the last year. (People who say that gerrymandering doesn't affect state wide races neglect to consider the suppressive effect of gerrymandering).
Jasmine Crockett is electric and incredibly charismatic to left-leaning and educated voters, but those voters vote anyway. The test is whether she can motivate disengaged, apathetic voters who mostly care only about their own hamberders and sportsball. I wish that I could say that I had enough faith in Texans to believe that she could.

poll says. I love Jasmine Crockett, btw!

I hope she wins the GE!

I guess it's an indication, but it's just one of many, and I wouldn't count on it to necessarily reflect statewide Democratic voter sentiment. I'd be skeptical of a poll sampling 3000 random voters. With 369 voters, just seven people constitute 2% of the voters sampled. If it turns out to be accurate, kudos to them, but I still wouldn't bet the farm on it.

Polling Texas is hard because Texas is such a large state with a very diverse voting population.

I voted for Talerico but would happily support Crockett

in the primary simply because so many people believe that Crockett can't win the general. The last two people in our family who haven't left Texas, my sister and nephew, both voted for Talarico because they thought Crockett couldn't win. And my nephew is absolutely allergic to religion.

and I don’t claim to have any knowledge about the current political climate in Texas, but the way I’ve seen Texas vote in the past few decades, a black female, no matter how good she might be, isn’t going to fly in a statewide election with rednecks and bigots.

We all can love Jasmine Crockett and admit she is great for her district but it’s quite likely she is not going to win in the general in a state wide election. This is Texas we are talking about and unfair or not I just don’t see that state electing a black woman to the Senate. Talarico reminds me a lot of Beto, in that he can appeal to the swing voters and even Beto couldn’t win in 2 tries. This is a situation where we can really put the Republicans on the defensive in a red state or give them a mild scare.

2018 was the closest democrats have come to winning a statewide race in over thirty years. Beto lost by 2.6 points, but even that was over 200,000 votes.

Texas is huge and still very conservative. I think Crockett faces a greater challenge outside of her urban stronghold. She’ll win the major cities, but likely struggle elsewhere, including the border towns which will be critical to winning the race.

Right now, I think there are more winnable senate seats. I honestly would be stunned if crocket somehow won the race, even against a truly depraved corrupt scum bag like Paxton. Paxton is truly peak Texas republican in terms of everything rotten.

He has a better chance of winning the general election outside of urban areas. Her campaign has been very negative and left a bad taste in my mouth. I used to love her but now not so much.

If you watch Talarico’s YouTube videos how he handles Republican’s in the Texas House it is a great representation how he would be in the senate.