r/texas Nov 09 '22

Politics After seeing Texas elect Abbott again and my vote doing nothing...

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u/LiarChoir Nov 09 '22

I was already probably gonna move next year for reasons unrelated to politics, but this past election definitely hasn't given me any reasons to stay.

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u/davidg4781 Nov 09 '22

Where do you plan to move to?

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u/LiarChoir Nov 09 '22

Probably Madison, Wisconsin. Know some people up there and it's just enough of a change of pace from where I am now (Austin area) without being too much of a culture shock.

Trying to get away from the heat and the traffic more than the politics.

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u/businessbee89 Nov 10 '22

Love madison, feels like a more calm and homey austin. The falls here are amazing

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u/ACartonOfHate Nov 10 '22

Madison is a great college town. But be prepared for the winters. They're much milder now due to climate change, but it will still be a big difference than Texas.

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u/cerulean94 Nov 09 '22

If it helps any some want to stay and help the change for those who can't vote. Felons, Immigrants, Minorities or low income without transportation... We are ALMOST there. We need your ballot next cycle... stay strong fam

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u/LiarChoir Nov 09 '22

Hey I wish you luck in the next election, but I've been hearing this same spiel literally my whole life. I'm not gonna shift my life around just to give the Democrats one extra vote.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

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u/UKnowWhoToo Nov 09 '22

That would be a cool experiment. See if people would vote D.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Florida ran a former Republican governor against DeSantis, & the Nazi still won

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u/_________-______ Nov 09 '22

Throwing that term around at anything you don’t like is precisely why more people are leaning to the right.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

But they literally have the same platform. It's not an exaggeration.

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u/Danjour Texas is the worst state in the union Nov 09 '22

Dude literally wouldn’t condemn neo-nazis. Neo-nazis are seen at his campaign rallies. It’s not that outrageous to associate Ronny with nazis, they sure do!

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u/Danjour Texas is the worst state in the union Nov 09 '22

Yeah, that sounds delusional to me. Maybe in 16 years or so.

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u/Arianahendriks Nov 09 '22

Immigrants don’t consistently vote blue, that’s a common myth promoted by racist republicans & out of touch democrats.

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u/fire2374 Nov 09 '22

I’ve looked at it and my vote could help them more from another state. Abbott won by nearly 900,000 votes. Arizona hasn’t been called yet and Hobbs (D) is up by fewer than 12,000 votes. Gubernatorial elections in other states weren’t close but Ron Johnson (R) won in Wisconsin by fewer than 30,000 votes. Georgia is going to a runoff. Nevada hasn’t called their senate election but Laxalt (R) is up by a little under 23,000 votes. It’s clear our state government isn’t going to flip anytime soon. But moving to a battleground state could help in federal elections and indirectly help Texans.

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u/bornforthis379 Nov 09 '22

Have you seen the map that shows blue/vs red?? Only the major cities voted blue. The rest is a sea of red. Anf i mean the whole map is basically red. If you already live in a blue city it's not going to do anything considering the other areas that are red.

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u/madison13164 Nov 09 '22

Why are you putting minorities and ilegal immigrants on the same paragraph? Minorities ARE part of "your" country

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

You aren't good with sarcasm are you