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LAURA could have been worse; everyone's glad it wasn't.
SOCIAL DESIRABILITY BIAS is leading to skewed polls in 2020. There was a shy Trump voter group in 2016, but research suggests this is a larger group in 2020.
I wonder what might be leading to this behavior.
WAR-BROS (dudes who want to run unending wars) are endorsing Biden in bunches. This has to be a net-negative for his campaign eventually.
The small percentage of the Republican party that follows the cues of McCain's widow, Colin Powell, and John Kasich weren't going to vote for Trump, regardless.
CRYSTAL MASON, a woman who illegally voted in the 2016 election, has been denied an appeal after her conviction was upheld in March. Mason, who passed on a plea deal, will likely appeal to the highest criminal court in Texas.
In elections, like immigration and rioting, the rule of law does not matter to Democrats. They are pulling out all of the stops to win an election, and it's disgusting.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS didn't have a presence at the RNC, and if the current trajectory holds, there won't be a crop ready to go in 2024 either.
Several "high profile." Texas pols fancy themselves contenders for the 2024 nomination. These are pipe dreams.
Related: You did almost lose to Beto
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