Texas Democrats blame pandemic for 2020 electoral disappointment

Texas Democrats placed a substantial amount of blame on the coronavirus pandemic for their losses in last year's general election, saying their inability to do in-person outreach severely hampered their efforts, according to a post-election report obtained by The Washington Post.

The report, released Monday, also faulted Democrats falling behind in both voter registration and turnout.

"We were beaten in the turnout battle across the state. Despite record turnout, our collective Get Out The Vote ("GOTV" turnout operation did not activate Democratic voters to the same extent Republicans were able to activate their base," read the report, which was released Monday. "The pandemic prevented us from getting the most out of our most powerful competitive advantage: our volunteers. We struggled to reach voters for whom we did not have phone numbers, who were disproportionately young, rural and folks of color."

The party noted that they fell behind in the registration race when Republicans experienced a last-minute surge in registration.

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