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Shell_Seas

(3,554 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:24 PM Saturday

Only 27% Of Eligible Voters In Texas Voted For Trump

This is what fascism looks like. But we still have the numbers to win.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/only-27-of-eligible-voters-in-texas

This morning, a Trump supporter walked into the home of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and murdered her and her husband in cold blood. He then turned his gun on Senator John Hoffman and his wife. One couple is dead. The other is barely hanging on.

And while law enforcement confirms this was a politically motivated assassination, complete with a hit list of 70 other Democratic lawmakers, the right-wing media machine is already lying about who pulled the trigger.

They’ve spent years feeding their base a diet of hate, calling us invaders, groomers, Marxists, and demons. They’ve normalized political violence. They’ve fantasized about it. And now that it’s happened, they’re trying to pretend it wasn’t one of their own.

But we aren’t fooled. And we aren’t outnumbered.

Because the truth is, Texas isn’t red. America isn’t red. What we are is a country drowning in disinformation and voter suppression, and worst of all, a profound, dangerous disillusionment. The biggest bloc in this state, every single cycle, isn’t Republicans or Democrats. It’s people who don’t vote. And that’s not on them. That’s on all of us.

Today, we saw millions in the streets. That’s power.

If you’ve got rage in your chest and nowhere to put it, start by convincing just one person in your life that their vote matters. Then convince another. And then another. Because 11 million people in Texas stayed home in 2024. We don’t need to flip minds, we need to wake them up.

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Only 27% Of Eligible Voters In Texas Voted For Trump (Original Post) Shell_Seas Saturday OP

if true - that means a WHOPPING amount of Texans didn't vote period. stopdiggin Saturday #1

Over 50% of eligible voters in Texas did not vote. 50.35% to be exact. Shell_Seas Saturday #3

11 million did not vote damn shame yellowdogintexas Saturday #5

You are so right my friend! FakeNoose Saturday #2

Indifference is more dangerous than hate Ponietz Saturday #4

I believe a lot of people just don't care about politics. Some get inspired each election, but others grow Silent Type Saturday #6

I have a friend that lives in a majority-minority area in East Texas. She told me.... Shell_Seas Saturday #7

stopdiggin

(13,912 posts)

1. if true - that means a WHOPPING amount of Texans didn't vote period.

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:28 PM

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And that is nearly as big a dereliction of duty (and basic level caring and responsibility) - as those that actually voted for the turd.

Have to disagree ....... In very large part - this IS on them.

Shell_Seas

(3,554 posts)

3. Over 50% of eligible voters in Texas did not vote. 50.35% to be exact.

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:34 PM

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yellowdogintexas

(23,310 posts)

5. 11 million did not vote damn shame

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:36 PM

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We just had local elections and the votes in those are even more abysmal. We did have great success in routing the school board members who were funded by Patriot Mobile, a far right Christian Nationalist PAC . The final score: 12 D 0 R

We also replaced a Republican with a Democrat on the Fort Worth City Council and re-elected the rest of our Democrats

FakeNoose

(37,610 posts)

2. You are so right my friend!

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:29 PM

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Thanks for posting.

Ponietz

(3,934 posts)

4. Indifference is more dangerous than hate

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:34 PM

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Fascists and bigots are held at bay when citizens vote. How many faces will the leopards need to eat before 90 million Americans wake from their apathetic stupor?

Silent Type

(10,055 posts)

6. I believe a lot of people just don't care about politics. Some get inspired each election, but others grow

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:36 PM

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sick of politics after participating. Almost like introverts avoid people because it stresses them. Not saying that good.. And I’m not sure that big group of non-voters necessarily leans Blue.

Shell_Seas

(3,554 posts)

7. I have a friend that lives in a majority-minority area in East Texas. She told me....

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:47 PM

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That there are generations of non-voters. In East Texas, the last civil rights leader murdered there was in the 1970s. Many people still remember that. Their parents never voted, and neither did their grandparents, and so on. It's not a coincidence that the smaller the white population is in a county, the lower their voter turnout. And while many obstacles to voting remain, we're talking about generations of profound disengagement.

Texas has always been a racist state, and in many ways still is, despite white people being a minority now. You have to take into consideration the effect that it has had on the general population, where the poverty rate is higher than the national average, and one out of every four children is hungry. Where people regularly die without access to healthcare.

When you grow up surrounded by that kind of abandonment, you stop expecting help from anyone, much less the government. You grow up thinking voting is for other people. That it doesn’t change anything. And for generations, it didn’t.

But that’s not apathy. That’s a survival response to a system that’s failed them over and over again. If we want them to vote, we can’t just show up with clipboards every two years. We must show up with respect, resources, and a genuine plan to improve lives.

People don’t need more lectures about civic duty. They need a reason to believe it’s worth it this time.

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