From a former disbeliever: Why Texas could go blue in 2020

[brooklynite]

Harry Enten

Texas politics are in the spotlight again this week. A number of House Republicans from the state have announced their retirements, and, after a mass shooting in El Paso this past weekend, Beto O'Rourke tussled with President Donald Trump over differing responses to the shootings.

In the backdrop of these developments is a Texas electorate that seems to be divided much more than it used to be.

It's a state with a voter base that seems to rapidly be shifting toward the center -- and I believe it could go Democratic in next year's presidential election for the first time since 1976.

I was once a skeptic on Texas turning blue, but I've changed my tune because Trump is a uniquely unpopular Republican in Texas who seems to be the driver of an important development: Like other Americans, Texans with a college degree are shifting rapidly from red to blue, and Democrats have a lot of room to grow with them in Texas.

[Sneederbunk]

1. This assumes Texas Dems are registered and then vote.

[bigbrother05]

3. That's a question Beto wrestled with in his Senate run

He travelled the state and got good response, but even his hometown of El Paso didn't have near the turnout possible.

With the immigration issue and El Paso shooting, maybe more of the disaffected, eligible voters will register.

If Dem leaning Texans register and vote, it is quite possible to win their EC votes against DJT.

[flamin lib]

2. Damn, why won't the rec button keep working? I keep clicking and it just toggles . . .

[Dem_4_Life]

4. We are doing our best! We need more turnout in the cities!!!

[Brainfodder]

5. Just the Reps refusing to legalize cannabis there is a good enough reason for it to flip?

[JCMach1]

6. DFW is becoming little California

Lots of housing cost refugees leaving the Golden State

[Gothmog]

7. I and a good number of hard core democrats are working to turn Texas blue

Texas will be a battleground state