Poll: Rick Perry leads Wendy Davis by 14 in Texas — and by six among women
The pollster is left-leaning PPP, so consider this an admission against interest. Or, if you prefer, a friendly warning to comrades on the left that dumping millions on a futile Davis gubernatorial bid isn’t the best use of their money during a midterm year.
The X factor for Davis is San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who keynoted the Democratic convention last year. He trails Perry by just seven points head to head due to the fact that he fares far better than Davis does among men. They’re nearly identical among women against Perry, but Perry’s lead over Castro among men is just nine points versus 25 points(!) over Davis. If that number doesn’t move much, she’d need a 30-point swing among women to be competitive. Castro’s obviously the better choice, especially since Democrats are eager for Latino candidates who might inspire more Latinos to register to vote, but he won’t be 39 until this September and Texas is still an uphill battle for a Dem. Maybe he figures he’ll wait four years to give the demographics more time to shift and let Davis take her best shot against Perry the incumbent. If everything breaks right for him, he’ll be facing a new Republican nominee in 2018 with many more Latino Democrats on the rolls.
Quote: W-Girl wrote in post #3Well, at least the WOMEN IN TEXAS ....have it right about Wendy Davis !!
Think we might have a few TX Women here at RR ......GOOD GOING LADIES !!
Davis is a media created aberration. She is really a back bench loser and will always be one. Hell. She couldn't even do a legit filibusterer. Castro, on the other hand makes Zero look like a God fearing pro American. Losing TX to that filth would be a disaster on many many levels.
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