From: januarybaybee@gmail.com   
      
   In Texas Primary, Early Signs Of A 2018 Democratic Surge   
      
      
   The 2018 primary elections kick off this week, and Democrats are already   
   seeing reasons to be excited deep in the red, beating heart of Texas.   
      
   The Lone Star State holds the nation's first primary on Tuesday, and in the 11   
   days of early voting Democrats reached record levels in a midterm year. They   
   surpassed GOP early voting turnout this year and their own party's numbers   
   during the same period    
   in 2016, a presidential election year where voting numbers are typically much   
   higher, and more than doubled their turnout from the last midterm election in   
   2014.   
      
   The rising Democratic enthusiasm mirrors what the party has already seen   
   across the country in the nearly year and a half since President Trump was   
   elected — more than three dozen state legislature seats changing hands,   
   important wins in Virginia and    
   New Jersey last year and mobilization through rallies and protests.   
      
   Texas's primary brings the first actual voting in the 2018 midterm cycle,   
   giving both parties a chance for a more concrete measure ahead of November's   
   elections. Early signs of such a swell in a bulwark red state could be an even   
   more ominous sign for    
   Republicans nationally this fall if it's borne out by Tuesday's results.   
      
      
   Backlash to Trump    
      
   https://www.npr.org/2018/03/04/590313279/ahead-of-texas-primary-   
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