{"id":28477,"date":"2018-03-06T03:48:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28477"},"modified":"2018-03-06T03:51:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:51:42","slug":"texas-set-take-political-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28477","title":{"rendered":"Texas set to take political center stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It hasn’t been often of late that Texas has drawn the nation’s political attention. This big ol’ state is about to do that in just a few hours.<\/p>\n

Texans are casting their primary votes and national pundits are looking at how the state votes not just in the Republican Party primary, but also in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n

Election officials report a significant surge in Democratic early voting, suggesting that Texas Democrats — for the first time since The Flood — are more energized than Texas Republicans. Democratic voting numbers are outstripping GOP early voters in places such as Dallas, Harris, Bexar and Travis counties.<\/p>\n

Might there be a Donald Trump backlash developing in a state the president carried in 2016 by nearly 10 percentage points?<\/p>\n

This is merely anecdotal evidence, but if the plethora of campaign signs is any indication, then I am inclined to believe the pundits are on to something with regard to voter interest in this year’s primary.<\/p>\n

In Allen, Texas, where my wife and I have been visiting for the past few days, several corners along Bethany Road are festooned with signage proclaiming the virtues of candidates. Hey, I’ve even seen some Democratic<\/em> candidates’ signs alongside the Republicans who usually dominate the discussion.<\/p>\n

So, the first round of campaigning is about to conclude. Our mailboxes have been stuffed to the brim with campaign flyers and assorted forms of propaganda.<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to the end of this round. I also am looking hopefully toward some outcomes I want to come true in the Texas Panhandle.<\/p>\n

There will be plenty to say about those races once the results come in. You’ll be the first to hear from me.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, let’s all bite our fingernails and watch our cherished representative democracy do its work.<\/p>\n\n

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