I also live in Texas, and I do vote, but it’s hard to get myself to do so and even harder to believe it’s actually making a difference. I didn’t mean that democrat voters feel that it’s a lost cause, it feels like the party itself views Texas as a lost cause or is treating Texas like a heel. The reason is because the politicians they send tend to either actively push for gun control or have done so in the recent past. That’s an extremely hard sell in Texas. Sure, you could say, “oh, but people would still vote against them because they’ll just assume that said politician is anti-gun 'cause they’re blue” but that itself seems like a bit of a lost-cause mindset.
Idk, I guess my point is that it feels like the democrats are putting forward politicians without actually looking into what would be successful in Texas. Combine that with me having become cynical and jaded, and I have a hard time believing that they’re actually trying if not straight-up using Texas as a heel for more liberal states.
I mean, would you vote in Texas? Where everything’s so gerrymandered that attempting any kind of blue takeover requires extensive cooperation with rural areas. And sure, you might say that gerrymandering doesn’t apply to the governorship, however it does apply to the accessability of polling locations. Combine that with a general feeling that democrats see Texas as a lost cause and aren’t interested in actually sending their best, and, well, you really shouldn’t be surprised when most Texans are so disillusioned with the system that they can’t drag themselves out to vote.
Edit: didn’t realize this was in a Texas community. The sentiment still stands though.