Okay, so, Texas had their highly anticipated primary yesterday.
On the republican side, no one won, because apparently the candidates had to secure 50% for there to be a winner and no one did because it was a 3 way race. Cornyn got the most votes, which was surprising, as Paxton was expected to win, but again, that can still change since Hunt will likely be eliminated next round.
On the democratic side, James Talarico won. In a way, I'm a bit relieved. Even if I liked Crockett better, if Cornyn actually has a chance of being the republican nominee, it's better we go with the candidate that has a higher chance of winning. To be fair, Im not really sure Texas CAN even flip here. But Crockett vs Cornyn is the worst possible matchup for democrats with only a 20% or so shot, while Talarico vs Paxton is the best outcome for democrats, with them having a 40% shot at flipping the seat. So Talarico can double our odds under the right scenarios, although Texas is still an underdog regardless. I will admit, I liked Crockett better on policy, I liked her attitude better, I liked her not bringing up Jesus every 5 seconds, but yeah...if we want to actually secure power, Talarico is admittedly a slightly stronger candidate on that front.
So...yeah. Guess we gotta wait for the runoff for the republicans before we know what's going on for sure. I mean...don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of first past the post but I think runoff voting is like one of the worst possible alternative election methods. if we just did ranked choice voting, we'd already know what we're doing. and peoples' second and third choices would already be known, and we could just calculate it all at once. No need to bring everyone else to vote in like 12 weeks or whatever, inconveniencing voters and keeping us all in suspense. I mean, why hold a completely separate second election now? Again, there's just...better systems than this.
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