Voters are already rejecting Democrats’ dream of a blue Texas (again)
Zachary Faria
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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.”
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In El Paso, voters were presented with Proposition K, a “climate charter” that would “call on the city of El Paso to create a new climate department, produce climate impact statements for major city decisions and rethink local policy at all levels to cut greenhouse gas emissions.”
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.
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This won’t stop the “Blue Texas” narrative that rears its head every election cycle, regardless of the results. Democrats cling to their dream that demographics are their destiny, and they will undoubtedly continue to parrot it as they promote Rep. Colin Allred (who wishes the Second Amendment was never written) as the man who will defeat Sen. Ted Cruz and finally turn Texas blue. In reality, even many of the most liberal Texans don’t buy into the Democratic Party’s vision. “Blue Texas” is still nothing but a pipe dream.