Saturday, October 20, 2018

Each Vote Counts

The Senate election for 2018 started on March 6th, when the primary was held. Ted Cruz won the majority for the Republican Party, while Beto O'Rourke will represent the Democratic Party.
The beginning of polls predicted a Republican seat with a solid lead; however, as the election progressed, Beto has begun to close the gap. 
As of October 8-11th, The New York Times conducted a poll where they made over 50,000 calls and spoke to 800 people. 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-poll-txsen-2.html

Majority of the people polled were from major cities such as Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Dallas residents voted about half republican and half democrat, whereas Houston was predominantly republican on the outskirts and democratic in the center. Austin and San Antonio were majority democratic, with Austin also having more than a handful of "Undecided" voters. 

Per The New York Times, since 1976 "Texas has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate" and also "has not voted for any Democrat to statewide office since 1994" (The New York Times).
With that information, Texas had been known as a red state, which is why we may witness history being made regarding the 2018 Senate Election
      https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-poll-txsen-2.html 

We are only getting started! Stay tuned!


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