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Jeff Quiggle's avatar

Yep, pretty much. As a former Texas (Collin Co) Democratic precinct chair, I can attest that I had very little support from the TDP or the CCDP for that matter. As to leadership, I 100% agree. The former Chair of the CCDP was a staunch ally of Hinojosa, with similar leadership style (none) and similar results (losses year after year). After the disappointments of 2020, allied precinct chairs organized to force changes we thought would help us to win elections; Rawlins treated our efforts as an attack and fomented civil war that finally ended when we elected someone else to replace him. Outcome: the first Democratic state rep elected from Collin Co in 30 years. But it took tremendous efforts on the part of hundreds of activists to make that happen, there was zero support from the TDP, and the CCDP only changes because activists won the difficult and costly civil war.

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Misti Little's avatar

RE: young adult involvement---hell even middle-aged involvement--can be traced back to just about any other club or group that meets at 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon---it caters to retirees and non-working people. So, there may be people interested in attending but they can't do it because there's no zoom option to listen in while they work or no evening or weekend meeting times. I get annoyed for garden and nature events that I would love to attend but yet they are completely inaccessible to me. I took a long lunch to see Beto on a whim in Kingwood/Humble when he came through but most people can't do that.

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