Texas's only hope?
Sooner or later House and Senate Republicans are going to push bills forward that make it illegal for polling firms to ask members of the Republican base
any questions at all.
We tested the recent conspiracy theory that the federal government is trying to take over Texas- 32% of Republican primary voters buy into it compared to 40% who don't.
So roughly a third of the Republican base believes that America is trying to invade Texas based on a conspiracy theory that posits, among other things, that FEMA detention camps will be set up in recently shuttered Walmarts to lock away any "patriots" that try to stand in 'Merica's way. Or that tunnels under Walmart will help ISIS cross the border, or that troops will be staged in tunnels under Walmart—the mechanics of the invasion are still under debate, but the gist of it is that Obama and Walmart are cooperating to hand Texas over to ISIS and so the entire
Jade Helm military training exercise is in fact a cover for the Navy SEALs to come lock up gun-toting Texas freedom fighters so they can't fight back.
Sure, say a third of the people who will soon be deciding who the next Republican presidential candidate will be. That could happen.