This Is How Texas Views Vice President Kamala Harris

It's something we all saw coming in Texas, the main question was WHEN was it going to come. We found out over the weekend that President Joe Biden would withdraw himself from the Presidential race and not seek re-election.

Texans, and many across the country had been calling for this for quite some time as it's increasingly appeared that he wouldn't be capable of winning the election, let alone run the country for four more years. Panic and fear was setting in amongst not only Democratic voters, but voters in general that we'd fall apart with him at the helm should he win.

Now that we've reached this point, the attention has shifted to who will ultimately be on the ticket for the Democrats coming voting time. When Biden announced he was stepping aside, he immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.

A lot of people thought that meant she would be the one to take over and garner the nomination. She did nothing to dispel this theory as she setup shop and immediately started a fundraising campaign. However, that fundraising campaign was setup more to mount her campaign against her constituents in order to secure the nomination.

Yes, there is still a voting process that needs to happen within the Democratic party as they will be the ones to ultimately decide who will run against Trump in November. Yes, she has a lot of things working in her favor. She's already the Vice President, and the campaign fund that has over $90 million in the war chest would be hers to use since they were both on the fundraising ticket.

Any other candidate chosen would have a much tougher time accessing those funds since they weren't on the campaign and it's in their names.

So what kind of support would Harris have in Texas should she be named the nominee for the Democrats? Let's just say it's not exactly better than Biden. In fact, the support for her in Texas is slightly WORSE than the support for Biden was.

55% of Texas voters held negative views of Biden. A lot of that was attributed to his health and cognitive ability, and the fears that if he won, he wouldn't be able to make it through the four-year term. With all the chatter, you'd think ANYONE would be viewed as a better candidate.

Harris shows 56% of voters holding an unfavorable opinion, so 1% worse than Biden. That particular survey was done by the University of Houston and Texas Southern University at the end of June, so right around the time of the debate that set this whole thing in motion.

If they were to do a survey similar to that one today, would the numbers change? Would we see Harris improve, stay the same, or get worse? That's the million dollar question the Democrats have to figure out.

In a state like Texas that is traditionally red nearly the whole way through, having a candidate that is viewed so unfavorably would give them zero chance of winning the election. It'll be interesting to see how this all unfolds in Texas and if there is a candidate that will make Texas voters think about what to do in November.

Stay tuned, this should be about as exhilarating as a ride at Six Flags for the next few months.