With another election cycle upcoming, you will no doubt hear Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) prophesize about this finally being the year Texas turns blue. Even now, though, Texas voters are rebutting that narrative.
Voters went to the ballot box in Texas on Saturday for a variety of local offices and matters. In San Antonio, the second-largest city in the state, voters were presented with Proposition A, which “would have decriminalized marijuana possession and abortion, expanded the city’s expanded cite-and-release program, created a new ‘justice director’ position, and embedded bans on choke holds and no-knock warrants in the city charter.
San Antonio sits in Bexar County, which backed President Joe Biden by 18 points in 2020. El Paso County went for Biden by 35 points. Both cities are home to some of the most progressive Democrats in the country, with San Antonio boasting Rep. Joaquin Castro and El Paso being the home of Beto O’Rourke’s career. O’Rourke publicly endorsed Prop K.
None of this mattered. Voters did not just vote down both propositions; they emphatically rejected them. San Antonio’s “justice charter” was rejected by 72% of the city’s voters, with more people voting in that race than in the mayoral race. El Paso’s climate vote was even more lopsided, with over 81% of the city’s voters rejecting Prop K.This won’t stop the “Blue Texas” narrative that rears its head every election cycle, regardless of the results.
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