TX-SEN 2020 Megathread: Early Voting

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I think the more seats Ds can bring into play the better; more backups incase one of the core 4 fails, and a larger buffer for legislation in the case of a landslide, so you don't risk Manchin switching parties.

With Manchin having voted to remove Trump from office and him having voiced opposition to a party switch several times, it really does not seem likely that he'll switch parties. He is probably just gonna retire in 2024.

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I really wish Hegar received the unnecessary donations that McGarth got. Could've been put to use much more efficiently in Texas

I agree. As much as I hate mitch, he has no chance of being defeated.

With how close Beto got in a midterm, people really should have been donating to Hegar instead of McGrath.

Hegar has generally been considered a longshot until recently. Not that McGrath isn't, but I don't think this race was on a lot of people's radars once Beto turned down another run.

Hegar should be less of a longshot due to demographics and the fact that Beto got so close in a wave-year.

Right, but people don't hate Cornyn the way they hate McConnell.

People in TX don't know Cornyn the way Kentuckians know McConnell, he is pretty low-profile. And the ones who know him don't really have a favorable opinion of him, like shown in this poll (38/38 favorability, Hegar at 33/24):

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/09/john-cornyn-mj-hegar-texas-poll/

(McConnell has actually better favorables than McGrift according to the most recent KY poll)