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Democrats smell blood in Texas after sky-high primary turnout
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 12, 2020 09:57am |
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| Category | Strategy |
| Author | ALLY MUTNICK |
| News Date | Thursday, March 12, 2020 09:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Staggeringly high Democratic turnout in the Texas suburbs last week has the party bullish about capturing a half-dozen seats that slipped through its grasp in the 2018 midterms.
Democratic primaries in six GOP-held districts saw a roughly 100 percent increase in voters compared to 2016, according to a POLITICO analysis of turnout data. The spike indicates that a lethal recipe might be brewing for Republicans in the run-up to November: President Donald Trump’s unpopularity in the suburbs, combined with rapid demographic change and an amped-up Democratic base. |
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