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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am floored by this sea change.
Folks, I live in rural Texas. Not THE most rabid area, but still. My neighbor is a former GOP county commissioner. He was a recent GOP county chair, for years. The local GOP met at his house.
Today his garden-club prizewinning yard is sporting two signs:
Biden 2020.
Vote Blue No Matter Who.
Damn.
Thekaspervote
(32,705 posts)Karadeniz
(22,470 posts)sheshe2
(83,654 posts)RainCaster
(10,838 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)dhill926
(16,314 posts)could maybe make the difference this year....
niyad
(113,062 posts)TeamPooka
(24,207 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)here in SE PA outside of Philly.
MLAA
(17,250 posts)soldierant
(6,791 posts)"Vote Blue No Matter Who" - that's exponentially more impressive.
Damn indeed.
efhmc
(14,723 posts)in a very conservative and rich area of Dallas has seen NO DJT signs and one Biden.
We have a lot of rabid Trumpers here, but also some great folks and great politics. Right now, the blue crew is out swinging.
efhmc
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Delmette2.0
(4,157 posts)I want to hug your neighbor now.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)... and I know there were several this time of year back in 2016.
I'm not seeing any signs for Biden either, but it's encouraging that there's no Trump signs this time... at least along the same roads where I saw them four years ago.
Scruffy1
(3,252 posts)You won't see many yard signs here, but the people will vote.
WestLosAngelesGal
(268 posts)In Texas!
In Texas!
In Texas!
ananda
(28,835 posts)Good.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)jorgevlorgan
(8,279 posts)That is great news!!
japple
(9,808 posts)political for a long time. I expect some are die hard tRumpers, but I think a few might have crossed over. Might not say anything, but vote blue in secret.
Initech
(100,038 posts)mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)Thanks for the hope. I especially needed it today.
LeftInTX
(25,126 posts)onetexan
(13,020 posts)Its also a rural area.Saw big trump signs along the way put up by farmers on their fences. In my area just north of austin i've yet to see a trump sign though.
Well just yesterday i went to pick up 2 Biden signs & placed them prominently in my yard, next to a couple other local Dem candidates signs. My road gets lots of traffic since it leads out to main street so the signs get lots of visibility so im sure im pissing off any trump supporters driving by. Ive seen Biden bumper stickers on quite a few vehicles &also have one on my car.
cry baby
(6,682 posts)So they can redraw districts and win a seat on the railroad commission, which oversees the oil and gas industry.
onetexan
(13,020 posts)She's a former engineer & attorney whose worked in the industry for a long time & has great ideas.
LeftInTX
(25,126 posts)onetexan
(13,020 posts)He was no match for her. She's highly knowledgeable of the industry, impressively articulate & sharp sharp.
One note: If Dems take back TX House they need to rename the RR Commission to "Energy Commission" or something indicative of its purpose. Conservatives have been fighting this big time to keep the commission under radar. Currently all 5 members are conservatives who likely are getting kickbacks from the oil & gas companies for consistently making policy in their favor. Alot of rot in this part of the state government.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,582 posts)I think his followers are hiding in dark, dank corners.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)literally
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)I'm currrently in rural NE Arizona and I see lots of DT signs, bumper stickers and MAGA hats.
Botany
(70,447 posts).... Republican area ... upper Arlington , Ohio ...and about 1/5 of the gop homes have this sign.
ENOUGH ... black background with yellow/ orange letters.
Trump is in for a historic ass kicking.
You can't rig a landslide.
LuckyLib
(6,817 posts)ever seen."
Fingers crossed!
Upthevibe
(8,012 posts)I love hearing these types of stories.....
summer_in_TX
(2,710 posts)I noticed that M.J. Hegar is closing the gap with Cornyn and donations are way up for her. Fingers crossed that there are lots of folks who feel they same way as your neighbor.
What part of Texas?
Cha
(296,848 posts)Getting IT!
BootinUp
(47,083 posts)Q
(16,599 posts)RE Trump: some are born leaders and sometimes destiny finds them. But not without our vote. Im very glad to hear of sea changes like thisbut we must not forget that trump is a pro Grifter, suffering from dementia and with lots of friends who will do their part to make sure the right amount of votes wont be counted. Here comes the bottom ...Q
jimlup
(7,968 posts)But let's not count it as Blue until the night of November 3rd.
Everything in for November! Go Blue! (OK, I'm also a Michigan fan so it covers two memes at once.)
jaxexpat
(6,803 posts)Sometimes called Bohunks?
Jirel
(2,014 posts)This was the area where Germans settled along with many Mexican folks. We are a weird mix here, with some of the worst arch-conservatives, and a bunch of fiery progressives. The majority are hard-headed conservatives, unfortunately.
jaxexpat
(6,803 posts)You are so right about the peculiarities of rural Texans, though. I met an elderly farmer/rancher near Schulenburg years ago. Didn't speak English. His daughter had to interpret for me. He'd been born in Texas, lived there all his life and never bothered to learn English. His people had come there in 1850's. Talk about a day of awakening.
But I also had a lovely evening in a little village in western New York state in the finger lake region where Polish was everybody's first language, with English as second.
Some in the melting pot don't melt so easily.
sobenji
(316 posts)efhmc
(14,723 posts)The county is named for George Wilkins Kendall, a journalist and MexicanAmerican War correspondent. Wikipedia
CrispyQ
(36,422 posts)calimary
(81,110 posts)Testimonials like yours are what give me actual hope.
Nitram
(22,765 posts)marble falls
(57,010 posts)she's been I told you so-ing the GOPers for three years. She was one of the strongest Hillary supporters ever. She's no longer GOP and she follows Rachel Maddow's show religiously.