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SSJVegeta

(2,642 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 01:42 PM Wednesday

Fun fact about the TX Senate primary: TX has open primaries [View all]

Open primaries mean that people can vote in any primary regardless of party.

A peculiar thing about the UT poll released is thatJasmine Crockett is pulling 77% of self identified conservatives and 66% of moderates. Curious how many of those people will actually vote for her in the general election. On the flipside Talarico brings in 60% of self described Independents in his support. Same question applies...

Super curious to see a post colbert poll to know how these numbers mightve shifted.

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/2026-democratic-senate-primary-vote-choice-february-2026#ideology

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Fun fact about the TX Senate primary: TX has open primaries [View all] SSJVegeta Wednesday OP

Republicans convinced Crockett to run Renew Deal Wednesday #1

Crockett saw that the Republican Senate primary was a mess and that Paxton was leading Quiet Em Wednesday #4

That works both ways. tanyev Wednesday #2

I think the greatest risk of mischief voting would be if one party had no completion in their race karynnj Wednesday #9

In six days we will get the final results. Quiet Em Wednesday #3

Yes. Although notably about 34% of voters dont know enough about Talarico SSJVegeta Wednesday #5

That will be interesting to see. The Colbert/FCC thing definitely gave Talarico national attention Quiet Em Wednesday #7

Looks like it has definitely helped him SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #12

To be fair, Claire did the same thing in Missouri 20 years ago to get legitimate rapey guy on the ballot aeromanKC Wednesday #6

Texas has open primaries LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #8

These numbers lead me to believe pinkstarburst Wednesday #10

I think republicans are quite worried about this one pinkstarburst Wednesday #11