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Buckeyeblue

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3. This run off only told us who was motivated to vote

Wed May 27, 2026, 03:56 PM

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A total of 1.38 millions voters participated. To contrast, a little over 11 million voters participated in the 2024 election.

So only about 10% of the amount of people voted last night compared to the last presidential election.

If we just count Republican voters, 6.3 million votes for Trump in 2024. So approximately 13% of Trump voters voted for Paxon. I would say Texas Republicans are not enthusiastic about the Senate race.

So we'll see what happens.

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Were you surprised at how badly Cornyn was defeated in Texas? [View all] kentuck Wednesday OP

I sure was. mahina Wednesday #1

No. Again, B.See Wednesday #2

This run off only told us who was motivated to vote Buckeyeblue Wednesday #3

Rightwing radio calls him a "RHINO",even though he votes with trump 90% of the time. Omnipresent Wednesday #4

Not at all. hamsterjill Wednesday #5

Paxton will definitely be easier to defeat Wiz Imp Wednesday #6

We once thought that about Trump. Fuck Texas. dem4decades Wednesday #10

Um, no. Wiz Imp Wednesday #11

Paxton is not going to be easily defeated. hamsterjill Wednesday #16

Not one bit. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #7

I wasn't. PSPS Wednesday #8

TSF's endorsement was no risk. Sneederbunk Wednesday #9

A bit Cosmocat Wednesday #12

It's Texas Arthur_Frain Wednesday #13

No. It's Texas. But Cornyn became downright puke-worthy when he promised to support Paxton. Vinca Wednesday #14

No LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #15

The only people voting in the repub runoff were maga pinkstarburst Wednesday #17