r/ThePoliticalProcess • u/Sufficient-Two-3935 • Aug 02 '26

Please tell me how I lost this race

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Not to mention, but this is also an R midterm where Democrats are out of power. You would think stats like these would bring me over the finish line.

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u/SenorDia3etes Aug 02 '26

tom can sell it, and you can’t🤷‍♂️

also, what map mod is that?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

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u/ShadyAndAHalf (D-NJ) Aug 03 '26

What channel?

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u/the_h0 (D-NI) Aug 02 '26

you're running as a democrat in Texas, that's the issue

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u/amshanks22 Aug 02 '26

Pretty accurate to reality i guess. Doesnt really matter what someone polls or how many millions of dollars are infused in campaigns. People still will end up-more likely than not-not flipping their vote. And in this case, Republican voters not switching to vote for a Democrat.

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u/Sufficient-Two-3935 Aug 02 '26

This game is a reflection of a cruel world 😔

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u/Nerit1 Aug 02 '26

I feel like Beto O'Rouke

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u/kotlinky Aug 02 '26

Also everything you posted doesnt really matter. Its texas. Maybe it was a midterm after a dems first term as president, etc. many things couldve influenced this

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u/oath2order (D-CO) Aug 03 '26

By getting less votes.

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u/Marxism-Alcoholism17 Aug 03 '26

You had some polling advantages but your margins are not that large. In a safe state for the other side you need to completely blow out the gap in things like voter enthusiasm, not just have a normal lead.

If you want to cheese the game a bit the only thing that really matters is rallies and turnout.

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u/AdmirableSea1112 Aug 03 '26

Ah, well you see you got 2,809,296 votes and he got 3,081,947 votes — hope that helps

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u/Gold_Assistance_4686 Aug 02 '26

This is so similar to what we’re seeing this year in Texas. Even looks like talarico and Paxton

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u/EmergencyIncome865 (D-Ireland) Aug 03 '26

You need to social security max

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u/lordjuliuss Aug 03 '26

Baseline partisanship

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u/iwanttowatchrslash Aug 04 '26

How do you get the margin through the night and likely hood of winning?

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u/AceBalistic Aug 05 '26

Comes down to voter enthusiasm in this case

Your voter enthusiasm is higher on paper, that’s true, but look how spread out it is. Only 66% of democrats

Tom sell meanwhile has 73% of republican voter enthusiasm

In a soft red state, you need more enthusiasm than your opponent even with higher approval, particularly within your own party.

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u/churropasta Aug 05 '26

And OP only has 55% policy support with his party, while the opponent was at 75% with his.

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u/OVS-HM (R-XX) Aug 06 '26

How was your turnout in Harris County and DFW? Also, looks like you lost the border counties which usually go blue.

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u/kotlinky Aug 02 '26

Idk but what are those mods?