Sunday, October 27, 2019

Mayor Sylvester Turner Won't Win Re-Election Without a Runoff; Houstonians Encouraged to Ignore the Opinion Polls


What do you think? Is Mayor Sylvester Turner at risk of becoming Houston's first one-term mayor? In case you don't already know, the Tuesday, November 5, 2019, City of Houston Mayoral Election is perhaps the most important in Houston's history. Contrary to mainstream media reports, there are more than five candidates running for Mayor of Houston, Texas. That being said, it's imperative that all Houstonians make it their business to inform family, friends, and those within their sphere of influence about the significance of this election. Mayor Sylvester Turner, Bill King, Tony Buzbee, Kendall Baker, Sue Lovell, Dwight Boykins, Victoria Romero, Johnny "J.T." Taylor, Naoufal Houjami, Demetria Smith, Derrick Broze and Roy J. Vasquez are all on the ballot.

Mayor Sylvester Turner Can’t Win Re-Election Without a Saturday, December 14, 2019, Runoff Election; Early Voting Turnout Dismal; Don't Believe the Opinion Polls 

AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©

The in-person turnout numbers for the ongoing 2019 City of Houston Mayoral Election are nowhere near what they should be at this point, but the numbers are helpful in assisting us as we try to figure out where things are headed. On the first day of early voting, only 7,973 voters showed up to vote in person for the entire City of Houston. On the second day, well, only 9,314 voters showed up to cast their ballot in person. What about the third day? Well, I’m glad you asked. On the third day, only 8,919 voters showed up to cast their ballot in person. Again, these numbers are for the entire City of Houston, Texas. You have to remember that Houston is expected to become the third-largest city in the United States of America during the second half of the decade of the 2020s. And on top of that, Houston is the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in all of America. Anyways, on the fourth day of early voting, only 9,261 Houstonians showed up to vote in person. On the fifth day of early voting (which was a Friday), things started to decline even further as only 8,777 Houstonians got off their butts to go vote in person. 

SATURDAY GOT EVEN WORSE

Can you believe that on Saturday, October 26, 2019, fewer Houstonians turned out to vote than on any of the other first five days of early voting? This is crazy! On Saturday, only 7,864 Houstonians went to the polls to cast their ballot early. What happened to the Saturday bump?

DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS

I cringed when I saw the recently released University of Houston poll published right before the start of early voting. The poll claimed that Mayor Sylvester Turner was leading his 2019 field of “MAYORAL CONTENDERS” with 43.5 percent of support among like voters. According to the poll, Tony Buzbee supposedly was running second with around 23.4 percent of support among likely voters. Bill King, according to the poll had 7.8 percent, and Councilman Dwight Boykins was listed as having about 6.8 percent of the vote, according to the poll of likely voters. And according to the poll, a significant amount of undecided voters stated that they were considering casting their vote for Mayor Sylvester Turner, or viewed him favorably. Thus, according to the pollsters, Mayor Turner somehow stands a narrow, but an unlikely path to an outright victory on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Look, guys, this Mayoral Election is headed for a Saturday, December 14, 2019, runoff. So, I must respectfully, ask the readers of Houston Business Connections Newspaper, to ignore all polls, and simply encourage all of your family and friends to go to the polls to vote their conscience, values, and principles during the final week of early voting. 

THESE RACES ARE NONPARTISAN

While the aforementioned poll also claimed that 63 percent of Democrats polled, claimed to support Mayor Sylvester Turner, and no other “2019 MAYORAL CONTENDER” even broke double digits – don’t buy it. Now, I’m not saying that the information gathered isn't true -- the poll could result could very well be true. But my question is who are the so-called likely voters. Anyways, what we are seeing happen right now at early voting polling places all across Houston just does not point to a massive showing of Democratic support for Mayor Sylvester Turner. Sure, the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center located at 1475 W. Gray Street is continuing to lead the way through the first six days of early voting with 4,492 in-person votes cast so far. But all these votes are not being recorded for Mayor Sylvester Turner at this Democratic stronghold. You have to realize, that there are twelve candidates on the ballot, and every candidate on the ballot will receive votes at every early voting location. 

WHO’S LEADING RIGHT NOW?

Nobody knows for sure (with complete certainty) who is leading the Mayor’s race right now heading into the last six days of early voting. But most political pundits and want-to-be political analysts believe that the top six contenders are: Mayor Sylvester Turner, Tony Buzbee, Bill King, Dwight Boykins, Kendall Baker, and Sue Lovell. However, these are not the only candidates who will appear on your ballot in the race for Mayor of Houston, Texas when you go to cast your vote. In case you don’t know, Demetria Smith, Victoria Romero, Roy J. Vasquez, Derrick Broze and Johnny “J.T.” Taylor all believe the time has come for Houstonians to hire a new "CEO" as Mayor Sylvester Turner likes to call himself.

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AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Mayor Sylvester Turner, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Mayor Turner at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Bill King, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Bill King at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Tony Buzbee, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Tony Buzbee at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Sue Lovell, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for her before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Sue Lovell at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Dwight Boykins, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Dwight Boykins at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Victoria Romero, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for her before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Victoria Romero at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Kendall Baker, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Kendall Baker at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!


AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Naoufal Houjami, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Naoufal Houjami at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!


AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Roy J. Vasquez, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Roy J. Vasquez at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!

AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Johnny "J.T." Taylor, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Johnny "J.T." Taylor at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Demetria Smith, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for her before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Demetria Smith at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!



AUBREY R. TAYLOR: "If you support Derrick Broze, what you should be doing right now is encouraging all of your family, friends, and others within your sphere of influence to go to the polls and cast their ballot for him before Friday, November 1, 2019. If they can't vote early, you should encourage them to go vote for Derrick Broze at any polling location on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 -- which is Election Day!


HOUSTON BUSINESS CONNECTIONS NEWSPAPER© IS BECOMING THE MOST DIVERSE NON-PARTISAN PUBLICATION IN AMERICA

Aubrey R. Taylor is the President/CEO of Aubrey R. Taylor Communications, the publisher of Houston Business Connections Newspaper©. Taylor has more than 29-years of experience in marketing, branding, investigative reporting, public relations, opposition research, and political consulting. He’s assisted in branding Republican and Democratic candidates in statewide elections and in local municipalities throughout the State of Texas. Over the years, he’s also assisted in branding and marketing (through his various publications) such corporations and institutions as Shell Oil, The City of Houston, Texas Southern University, Prairie View A&M University, Chevron, Waste Management, Nationwide Insurance, Momentum Jaguar/BMW, Channel 11, Channel 13, State Farm Insurance, and Allstate Insurance to name a few.



HOUSTON BUSINESS CONNECTIONS NEWSPAPER© WILL NO LONGER BE ENDORSING ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATES 


While Houston Business Connections Newspaper© held it's own in the endorsement game, we will not be issuing any endorsements (as a body) going forward. Instead of endorsing candidates, we now focus our efforts on assisting our "non-partisan" reader-base with identifying candidates running for office who value the vote, prayers, and support of every warm-blooded American.


HOUSTON BUSINESS CONNECTIONS NEWSPAPER© IS A TRUSTED NON-PARTISAN BRANDING AND MOBILIZATION TOOL

In case you don’t remember, in a head-to-head “ENDORSEMENT SHOWDOWN” candidates endorsed by a “select group” of Houston Business Connections Newspaper© readers performed significantly better than those endorsed by the Houston Chronicle editorial board back in the Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Presidential Election as Democrats rolled to historic countywide victories over their Republicans counterparts in what, at the time, was the worst defeat ever for the Harris County Republican Party in its 71-year history.


HOUSTON BUSINESS CONNECTIONS NEWSPAPER© READERS SUPPORT CANDIDATES WHO VALUE THEIR VOTE

As a refresher, there were sixty-seven (67) races where a “select group” of Houston Business Connections Newspaper© readers went head-to-head against the Houston Chronicle editorial board. Fifty-one (51) of the sixty-seven (67) candidates endorsed by Houston Business Connections Newspaper© (in the head-to-head contest) back in the 2016 Presidential Election won their respective races on election night. By contrast, only thirty-eight (38) of the sixty-seven (67) candidates endorsed by the Houston Chronicle editorial board (in these key races) won their respective races back on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, in the Presidential Election as it relates specifically to Harris County, Texas.

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Judge Maria T. Jackson is running for Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 1 against Commissioner Rodney Ellis on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in the Democratic Party Primary for Harris County, Texas.