Good. Fuck you and fuck off. The fact that you lost to a queer person is just icing on the cake.
Don’t call yourself a Democrat and be blatantly anti-trans. Of course you’re going to lose, you moron.
Here I was thinking “oh please tell me she didn’t lose to a regressive GOP tool” but seing who she actually lost to absolutely made my day.
The keyword here is “Primary”; in a Primary election, you are running against one or more candidates from your own party, and if you win, your name goes onto the General ballot.
Thierry’s district … is not a swing district. … Previously, Thierry had beaten a Libertarian candidate 87%-13%, with no Republican running in the race.
In case anyone thought this might have been a tactical ploy by a dem in a heavily republican area, it was not. Just a crazy person shooting themself in the foot with their own cruel thoughts.
Literally no excuse
Always nice to see a bigot lose
The real story:
Democratic primary 2020, total votes: 14,263.
Democratic primary 2024 total votes (before run-off): 12,761.
~10% drop in Democratic primary voters (reliable D’s).
Lauren Ashley Simmons will win this district, but the things that is telling is the drop in voter engagement. These are the only data points we’ll be getting on this going into the election.
But a 10% drop in reliable D’s electoral engagement should be more than concering to Democrats.
Primary runoff elections were held on some random Tuesday, just after a recent election on property taxes and other local issues. If you want voter turnout, elections need to be held on consistent days every year, and not some weird date pulled out of a hat when voters already just went to the polls.
Better yet, give us ranked choice primaries so there aren’t any runoffs.
I mean, those are fine editorials, but the data is what the data is.
This isn’t the only data point. Democratic voter engagement is depressed when compared with 2020.
We’re only going to get a few more of these before the big game, and we should weight them more heavily than typical polling.
I agree that dems have cause for concern broadly, but I’m not sure that a 10% drop during an uncontested incumbent primary translates to a “10% drop in reliable D’s electoral engagement”.
Just another data point.
Put it on the pile.
In Texas?
Yep, data from the 146th.
This is in the Texas House of Representatives (Houston).
If Democrats want change, this is how to do it:
- Win general elections; vote blue no matter who. 2 Primary out the corporatist candidates every chance there is, right down to the level of school trustee.
This actually works, as we’ve seen with the GOP and their turn to rabid fascism. It can also work for good.
