How do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?
How do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?
Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example
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Vote. Shit won’t change if you don’t make yourself heard.
True! But Texan dems do vote, despite knowing that as long as a conservative is governor, the election actually will be rigged. In Texas, state elections are under the complete control of a conservative governor, as he appoints a loyal Secretary of State to handle his elections.
Are elections in Texas handled with transparency and honesty? Awwe heeelllllll no. They are handled the way you'd expect a conservative to run an election. With secrecy and a creepy little conservative grin. "Oh, you were so close y'all! Oh, well. Better luck next time!"
While I agree that Texans need to continue voting, it seems pretty obvious to me that pacifist methods cannot yield change against conservatism. Voting in Texas is like voting under Putin. Voting is good, but it's not what is going to cause a regime change. Only severe and widespread action can have any effect against the deadly cancer of conservatism.
We were only 600,000 votes away from a Biden victory in 2020 because we didn't have enough voters. TX has pitiful voter turnout, even with 2 weeks if open polls, with polls required to be open at least 12 hours a day on the weekday.
In 2020, even with what's called amazing turnout, with a voting age population of 21.5 million, 17 million were registered, and 11.3 million cast a vote. Then in 2022, when we had the entire legislative branch, almost all of the executive branch, and a good chunk of the judicial branch up for election, only 8.1 million people voted.
Even with these numbers, Biden still received more votes in TX than he did in NY! There's potential for us to get some better representation, if we can just get more people to get to a polling station (usually open 7AM-7PM during the second week of voting).
We need more people to turnout this year, not only to keep Trump from our electoral college votes, but to kick Ted Cruz to the curb. There is a lot in the news pushing people away from the pills and making people mad at the DNC just like in 2016 and its really scary because those tactics helped keep people from casting their vote.
Turnout number source https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml
Your source is not reliable at all. Your source is the Texas Secretary of State who is appointed directly by Gov. Abbott. He and his minions are notoriously dishonest and are not reliable sources of any information.
Your source is one of the many places Gov. Abbott tells TX Dems "ohhh... So close, y'all! Better luck next time."
If you don't believe the official counts, than where would you go for a source?
Anywhere but the scene of the crime! Are you kidding? Why on earth would you ask Abbott why election results are so inconsitent with polling data? Abbott, a known serial liar, is responsible for all the secrecy, shady vendor dealings and lack of transparency in our state elections. You should not just take his word for it.
If you think your vote doesn't count, you have to accept the state is lost and move somewhere else. Sorry.
I agree 100% and I'm working on that.