Congressional Primary Results Megathread: AR, GA, KY & TX (Runoff) - May 22

[Wisconsin SC Race 2019]

How sad is it that GOPtards are celebrating a large voter gap in the primaries in the GOP stronghold of Texas

Rofalmo...you guys are done in November

Numbers don't lie. The enthusiasm isn't here.

[Former Kentuckian]

To all those talking about how "DUH BWOO WAYVW ITH DEDD", wasn't the gap in 2014 like 40 points?

In 2014, 554,014 voted in the Democratic primary for Governor. With 35% reporting, 649,436 votes are in for Democratic Governor election in 2018.

[King Lear]

Early vote is always fools' gold. It literally means nothing - it only means your voters cast their ballot at a different time. It doesn't mean their vote counts more. It's like tracking the morning vote versus the afternoon vote.

You would think people would learn from 2016!

I totally agree.

[Holmes]

Why are we assuming that primary vote totals will have any bearing on who wins in November?

Because Republicans are so desperate lately that they'll take anything as a victory, even if they haven't won anything.

[Doimper]

How sad is it that GOPtards are celebrating a large voter gap in the primaries in the GOP stronghold of Texas

Rofalmo...you guys are done in November

One that's going to narrow significantly once the rest of the cities and the Rio Grande valley counties come in. Andrew is just looking for an excuse to piss himself, again.

[Doimper]

How sad is it that GOPtards are celebrating a large voter gap in the primaries in the GOP stronghold of Texas

Rofalmo...you guys are done in November

Numbers don't lie. The enthusiasm isn't here.

lmao, what numbers are you looking at?

[junior chįmp]

How sad is it that GOPtards are celebrating a large voter gap in the primaries in the GOP stronghold of Texas

Rofalmo...you guys are done in November

Numbers don't lie. The enthusiasm isn't here.

Yeah, just like the Democrats were celebrating the numbers before election day just lol

[Hindsight was 2020]

Considering most people here had dems winning only 2-3 seats out of TX so I fail to see how this reflects bad for November

[Roronoa D. Law]

What going on in Foard county?

[Gass3268]

Democrats could double their turnout from 2014, but there is no enthusiasm. HAHAHA!

[Nyvin]

Democrats could double their turnout from 2014, but there is no enthusiasm. HAHAHA!

O'Rourke would need to get more votes than Cruz to show there's any enthusiasm according to some on here.

[Gass3268]

What going on in Ford county?

Republicans didn't hold a primary there. That happens in Texas.

[LimoLiberal]

What going on in Ford county?

Republicans didn't hold a primary there. That happens in Texas.

Is that not unconstitutional?

[Doimper]

Democrats could double their turnout from 2014, but there is no enthusiasm. HAHAHA!

Republicans are extremely talented at deluding themselves. Just look at how many of them sincerely believe that Trump cares about poor people, lol

[Virginiá]

Is that not unconstitutional?

No. It happens in other states too, like Virginia, where sometimes they choose to hold a convention for a particular district.

[Gass3268]

What going on in Ford county?

Republicans didn't hold a primary there. That happens in Texas.

Is that not unconstitutional?

County party didn't have enough resources to hold the primary.

[Wisconsin SC Race 2019]

Democrats could double their turnout from 2014, but there is no enthusiasm. HAHAHA!

Republicans are extremely talented at deluding themselves. Just look at how many of them sincerely believe that Trump cares about poor people, lol

The only delusion here is the fact that GOP percentages have been maintained from previous years  and the red avatars here haven't countered the fact with hard numbers.

[junior chįmp]

Democrats could double their turnout from 2014, but there is no enthusiasm. HAHAHA!

Republicans are extremely talented at deluding themselves. Just look at how many of them sincerely believe that Trump cares about poor people, lol

The only delusion here is the fact that GOP percentages have been maintained from previous years  and the red avatars here haven't countered the fact with hard numbers.

The same "hard numbers" that showed Hillary had a 99% chance of winning in 2016? Just lol dude

[krazen1211]

Cruz is approaching 1 million votes. Voters are flooding into the GOP even moreso than 2016.

[LimoLiberal]

Cruz is approaching 1 million votes. Voters are flooding into the GOP even moreso than 2016.

[Virginiá]

The only delusion here is the fact that GOP percentages have been maintained from previous years  and the red avatars here haven't countered the fact with hard numbers.

Special elections are notorious for being won based on which side is fired up the most, and it does indeed point to a surge of enthusiasm on the left. You don't even need raw turnout numbers for that either. You can tell by the surge of candidates and fundraising as well.

If the final TX numbers are standard for Democrats, then maybe at best, all you've established is that Texas Democrats aren't as fired up as the national environment. If you're going to make this argument, consider all factors and not turnout numbers from one state during a primary.

[Doimper]

Cruz is approaching 1 million votes. Voters are flooding into the GOP even moreso than 2016.

Imagine being this deluded. Sad.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

WULFRIC PROJECTION:

District 21
Democratic Primary

Percent   Candidate   Votes   Winner
31%   Joseph Kopser   10,155   
29%   Mary Wilson   9,512   
23.2%   Derrick Crowe   7,610   
16.7%   Elliott McFadden   5,483   
218/384 precincts reporting

[UncleSam]

I mean sometimes total primary votes matter, and sometimes they don't. What's more important is that Cruz is winning by so much while O'Rourke isn't - I understand that he is an incumbent and O'Rourke isn't, but 85%+ indicates that Cruz is very popular with the base still (and that there probably is not a huge contingent of Republicans who are going to vote for O'Rourke), while 'only' getting 60% means that O'Rourke still has a ways to go to unite the Dem base (particularly in the heavily hispanic areas along the border, where he is surprisingly losing right now).

Either way, the primary results certainly are not a huge indicator of anything other than what we knew already: Texas is a heavy, heavy lift for the Democrats. It's not impossible, but it's definitely Likely R.

[Oryxslayer]

Democrats could double their turnout from 2014, but there is no enthusiasm. HAHAHA!

Republicans are extremely talented at deluding themselves. Just look at how many of them sincerely believe that Trump cares about poor people, lol

The only delusion here is the fact that GOP percentages have been maintained from previous years  and the red avatars here haven't countered the fact with hard numbers.

Hard numbers, okay most of the rurals are in meanwhile only half of bexar, 1/4 of dallas, none of el paso or Houston...there are some areas against the grain like the noth Dallas suburbs are still out, and Austin is done. But its largely rurals in, with cities and south texas out.