Kamala Harris to rally with Colin Allred in Houston days before Election Day
www.texastribune.org
Harris’ surprise visit comes in the closing weeks of a campaign in which she has largely focused her efforts on other states.
  • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
    451·
    11 days ago

    I see this as a push for Allred more than thinking Harris will win the state.

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
      13·
      11 days ago

      I have a tough time imagining left-leaning voters would vote for Allred and not Harris, so that would require right-leaning voters casting votes for Trump but not Cruz. And I can’t envision that being a common enough scenario to split the state-wide vote like that.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        11 days ago

        Do not underestimate how much some people (even in Texas) hate Ted Cruz. I can totally see a ticket split there.

        I mean, if Beto “Psychedelic Warlord” O’Rourke can almost win there after threatening to grab everyone’s guns, then there must be a lot of people looking for any alternative to Cruz.

        • WHARRGARBL@fedia.io
          4·
          11 days ago

          Except Beto never mentioned the gun buyback program or AR-15s or anything about guns until 2019 - the year AFTER he lost to Cruz.

        • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
          31·
          11 days ago

          I am in Texas, and I do hate Ted Cruz. But in 2020 we saw Trump underperform down-ballot races. We would have to see him outperform them this year and we now have the fallout from Dobbs motivating voters in favor of Harris. What issues would make someone vote for Trump and not Cruz?

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        11 days ago

        A lot of Trump voters vote for Trump and then leave the rest of the ballot blank. My ballot was 74 pages and Texas eliminated party line voting.

        • Sconrad122@lemmy.world
          5·
          11 days ago

          … Your ballot was 74 pages? How? My city makes a big deal when we have to use the back of the 1 sheet of 11x18 paper. Granted we have off year elections in our state, so things are a little more divided, but that’s a long way from a 74 page short story of a ballot

        • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
          21·
          11 days ago

          But Trump underperformed down-ballot in 2020. People showed up to vote for all the other Republicans but then not for him.

    • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
      12·
      11 days ago

      If enough people make it to the polls, she could win.

      Hillary lost by 5% of registered voters (800,000 votes), Biden by 3.5% of registered voters (~630,000 votes).

      From what I’ve seen the first day of early voting (yesterday) was breaking records with over 45,000 votes cast in Travis County (Austin, TX) and Dallas cast over 55,000 votes. We just need the momentum to continue.

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        11 days ago

        I voted yesterday in a packed blue district. It was crowded, which is good, but there was a notable absence of young voters, which is bad. Hopefully, this just means that experienced voters are more likely to vote on the first day of early voting and first time voters can be convinced to go to the polls before or on election day.

        • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
          6·
          11 days ago

          It’s also a school day, so they may have been in class. At least that’s what I’m hoping. Most, of not all, of my polling places are open 7AM-7PM this Saturday and 11AM-5PM this Sunday. I imagine the younger voters will be more able to vote then between college classes and jobs.

          The first week of voting also has shorter hours (at least 9 hours required by law) versus the second week with polls open at least 12 hours a day. Those longer hours are going to be more compatible with those holding multiple jobs or school/job.

        • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
          1·
          10 days ago

          young voters are probably checking Google maps to see when is a good time to avoid the line

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
    183·
    11 days ago

    To me, this says they’re seeing lots of data suggesting that we’re already winning this election.

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      11 days ago

      She is going to Michigan literally the day after the Texas visit.

      Where she will be joined, for the first time, by Michelle Obama.

  • zbyte64@awful.systems
    72·
    10 days ago

    She just needs to surrogate another unpopular Republican like Liz Cheney, I’m sure that will win over more Republican voters 🤮

    • spongebue@lemmy.world
      10·
      10 days ago

      To MAGAs she’s terrible and nothing will change that

      To progressives she has massive policy differences, but at least she is aligned with us on basic democracy - something that should be a basic thing but isn’t. What’s she going to do, get progressives to vote for Trump?

      To people who still cling to the thought of “your father’s Republican party” - those who hoped Nikki Haley could somehow get Trump off the ticket early because they know he’s an idiot/traitor - they could use that person to convey the message that yes, this is a Democrat but yes, you can and should vote for her because Trump is fucking bonkers and in no way represents the party you are clinging to in your head right now.

      If people like Liz Cheney can get people to vote for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, I’m all for it.

      • zbyte64@awful.systems
        3·
        10 days ago

        I suspect Cheney is a toxic brand though. Over at the new blueprint polls, people for some reason trust Trump over Kamala in the category of election integrity. Adding Cheney to the crew might hurt as much as it helps.

        • spongebue@lemmy.world
          4·
          10 days ago

          IMO, those who know who Liz Cheney enough to think her brand is toxic know her well enough to know what’s happened in the last 4 years and why that would put her in that position. And that “why” is much more important than “who”

          • zbyte64@awful.systems
            1·
            10 days ago

            There are more people that don’t know Liz Cheney but will recognize her last name than those who understand what was done to her. Those people are primed for Trump’s argument that Kamala represents a corrupt establishment.

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      I can’t swing it or I totally would. I’ve got work then I’ve got to load up for a gig that was booked weeks ago. I’ve already voted for her and Allred.

      If I could I’d show up in what I’m wearing to the gig. It’s somewhere between “I got lost in 90s grunge” and “my cousin fixes cars under a shade tree and I ain’t got no learnin”. It’s very popular with the shoeless drunks I play for.

        • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
          5·
          10 days ago

          I play the triangle in an 18 piece band. We mostly do covers using tea kettles filled to different levels of punk songs that are themselves covers of pop songs. Think “A Very Merry Unbirthday” meets Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Plus a triangle.

          • thefartographer@lemm.ee
            2·
            10 days ago

            I can’t tell if you’re joking or not. I feel you’re usually more careful about doxxing yourself, so I’m gonna mean more towards joking because that seems too niche to conceal your identity.

            Unfortunately, or fortunately, this actually sounds like a legit concept.

            • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
              4·
              10 days ago

              Definitely a joke. This Friday I’m sitting in as bass player for a psychobilly band. Their regular bass player is in your neighborhood this weekend.

                • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  10 days ago

                  I’ll make sure he’s aware. If you see a 6’5" tattooed and pierced bald guy in a gas station attendant shirt with some metal band patch looking lost and goofy tell him that a drunk already warned him he wants to be in a different neighborhood.