{"id":44939,"date":"2020-10-30T19:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=44939"},"modified":"2020-10-30T19:49:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:49:53","slug":"we-moved-to-a-battleground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=44939","title":{"rendered":"We moved to a ‘battleground’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As if anyone needed to persuade me on how to vote for president of the United States … I now have learned that my wife and I have moved into a key “battleground” community in the fight for presidential power.<\/p>\n

We now reside in Collin County, Texas, which is a suburb of Dallas, which has been trending Democratic for the past couple of election cycles. That’s a big deal in Republican-leaning Texas.<\/p>\n

Our little town (for now) of Princeton is seen as a prime battleground to be fought over by forces loyal to Joseph R. Biden and Donald J. Trump, the contestants for president.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the ‘burbs all across the state have become prime targets of opportunity. Biden and the Democrats seem to think they can swing enough suburban voters — particularly among women — to make the state competitive. I can think of at least one suburban woman who has cast her lot with Biden and the Dems. Indeed, she is a true-blue Bidenista. How do I know?\u00a0 I am married to her.<\/p>\n

And so the fight for supremacy in Texas will rage over the weekend and into Tuesday morning, when the entire nation commemorates Election Day.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake that we have been deluged with a flood of political ads, not just for president but for Congress, the Texas Legislature, the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Supreme Court. What’s more, Princeton is electing members of its City Council and its school district board of trustees; but those are non-partisan contests, so they’re off this blog post’s grid.<\/p>\n

I am a tried-and-true political junkie. Thus, I rather like being the center of attention.<\/p>\n\n

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