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Dallas Democrats Are Buzzed

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 3:03pm by Wick Allison
Filed under Politics

Dallas Democrats are voting in numbers at three times the pace of Dallas Republicans in the first three days: 24,862 to 7,648. Democratic turnout is even higher in Hidalgo and El Paso counties  (heavily Latino) and Travis (heavily liberal). That means something, but I’m not sure what.

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13 Comments to “Dallas Democrats Are Buzzed”
  • Peterk @ February 22nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    I would suspect that in Dallas that many of the “Democrats” voting are in all likelihood Republicans crossing over to stir the pot.

    I know that my 80+ y.o. father who is a lifelong Republican is planning to vote Democratic for the first time in his life

  • Kirk @ February 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    Collin County recorded 7,000 Democratic early voters vs. 5,100 Republicans. If D voters lead R voters in Collin County, you KNOW that the Republicans are swimming upstream.

  • Huh @ February 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Just a thought:

    Texas is VERY important in the battle for the Democratic nomination. If Hillary wins here and Ohio, she takes the lead back. If Obama wins here, he has the inside track. Their supporters need to turn out to vote for the one they believe in. Correct?

    Texas has no real bearing on the Republican nomination. McCain is the candidate, plain and simple. Why would Republicans head to the polls with nothing to gain?

    I feel the Republicans will turn out in November.

  • Kirk @ February 22nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Thanks for the analysis, Mr. Rove.

  • ben @ February 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    I wonder…are these cross-over Republicans becoming Obamacans (similar to Reagan Democrats) or are they just “stirring the spot?”

  • The Marty Cortland Tribute Banned @ February 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    I think so many people feel disenfranchised as George W. Bush is not able to serve another term. We were lioned up and ready to roar for Huckabee/Jesus at my local Baptist Church. We do have a choice, a choice between someone who believes in a man’s right to dominate his wife (hell yeah) or a man who feels it is okay to dominate his lobbyist. I don’t feel McCain is conservative enough to lead this country in our 100 year war with Iraq. This is why we must unite. Onward Christian Soilders..marching on to the war on culture.

  • Dave Thomas @ February 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    I’d say folks are reading WAY too much into the early voting and overall primary totals this year. Let’s face it, the Republican race is over. The Democrats have a hot race. It’s that simple. I suspect the Democratic primary will have more voters than the Republican primary in most counties. This is not a harbinger of things to come in the fall.

  • julie @ February 22nd, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    Don’t believe for a minute that all the Repub voters in the Dem primaries are just “stirring the pot.” At the Dem meetings in Denton county, we’ve been getting quite a few people who walk in, look around sheepishly, and then whisper to someone who comes to welcome them that they’ve “voted republican all my life, but I’m votin’ for the Obama feller.”

  • Used to Live in Dallas @ February 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    The increase in the Democratic primary numbers isn’t the story. It’s the doubling and tripling of Republican primary voters that leads to a tru insureection

  • Eric Folkerth @ February 24th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Dems were outpolling Repubs two and three to one even in the very first primaries when both nominations were still in play. Since Obama’s popularity has caught on, he’s been wining primaries by more than the total of all Republican candidates COMBINED. In fact, if you look back, this is the case for every state he has won.

    There is more afoot here than a few Repubs crossing over, and it doesn’t bode well for the Repubs national chances, no matter how well they turn out this fall.

  • Huh @ February 24th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Kirk – I dislike John McCain with a passion. I’m not trying to spin anything, I just don’t think the “straight-ticket” republicans have anything to lose/gain until November.

    Now, do you honestly believe right-wing conservative repubs are going to sit at home & not vote against a woman or a black man when it matters? They will turn out, the real question is how many “new” voters have mixed their pitcher of Obama Kool-Aid.

  • ERG @ February 25th, 2008 at 9:27 am

    Wick–
    I think your wife hit got it right in her Saturday DMN editorial. I am a lifelong Republican who will vote in the Democratic primary, and may vote for a Democrat in November. Republicans are not staying home– they are looking to Democrats to offer real leadership after the abandonment of true Republican principles. The Clintons are the Democrat counterpart to Carl Rove. Obama offers a message of hope for the future by building coalitions, rather than splintering off groups until you are the last one standing. I do not know if Obama can deliver — he will have to surround himself with some honest, knowledgeable and experienced people and listen to them. (George Bush was not able to do this.) But given the choices, it is a chance I am willing to take.

  • The Marty Cortland Tribute Banned @ February 25th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Wick
    We can not allow this sort of communism to take over our city. Dick and Lynne Cheney are in town today for the National Hate Symposium. I suggest that we all attend so we can nip this liberal acceptance in the bud. Our country will falter if we allow
    sinners and atheist into the White House.
    Dick will stand up today.