Party over purity: US voters unlikely to turn backs on troubled candidates, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

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5. nationwide polls of republicans and democrats do not matter...only the people in Maine and Texas

It doesn't matter if republicans in NC, SC, KY, AL, KS, etc would vote for any republican. It only matters whether the republican registered voters in Texas would rather have this criminal (Paxton) than a democrat. They may choose to leave it blank. They may choose to stay home. Hell, they can choose to vote for a libertarian and say that's just a pro-drug republican. They might even vote for Talarico.

Historically, we know that dead Republicans have won elections in Kansas (or was it Missouri) before, But that doesn't matter here.

No one on either campaign in either of these races cares about national party loyalty unless it impacts fundraising.

These are LOCAL (meaning local to them, statewide) elections.

In Maine 36% of voters are not affiliated officially with a party. That will likely determine the lection.

Yes, Paxton the criminal beat the bootlicker Cornyn in a republican primary that had only 6.6 million people show up. 8.2 million people voted in the democratic primary. 2.8 million independent/other voted in the 2026 primary in Texas.

People think the country is 50/50 by party. It is closer to 33/33 and 33 independent. And of that 33% republican only about half of them are any Republican to keep the democrats out. Given what state the price of gas and groceries, the extension of the war, and maybe even the release of more Epstein information particularly from the desert ranch -- there will be a bunch of voters who will want anything but trump supporters in November.

Do not forget that if this flesh eating maggot destroys the cattle industry again because of DOGE cuts, there will be a lot of traditional R voters in Texas who will not vote for Paxton.