Why Texas May Turn Blue

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Why Texas May Turn Blue

August 9, 2019 at 3:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 98 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/09/why-texas-may-turn-blue/

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Harry Enten: “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.”

“This doesn’t mean the state will go Democratic in 2020 (Democrats not named Joe Biden currently are losing to Trump in the Lone Star state in high quality polling), but it is a real possibility.”

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[Stuart G]

1. Mr. Trump going to El Paso could do it

Texas has a lot of pride. The people asked him not to come. He went against their wishes. If Trump runs in 2020, he will lose Texas because of this one act.

[FakeNoose]

2. It's the cities that are going to drive this

Come on Democrats in Houston - Dallas - El Paso - Austin - San Antonio - Galveston!
You can make this happen.

[Dan]

3. Oh, I think that Texas is going blue.

Trump, the shootings - just everything about this man tells me that it will turn blue. Especially, if the POC choose to vote the GOP out. It's not just Trump, it is the total GOP.

[AlexSFCA]

4. I think Biden/Beto ticket will turn Texas blue in 2020

[empedocles]

5. 'high quality polling' - hmmm

[Xolodno]

6. I don't think it will happen in the next election, but imagine if it did?

The look on Republican faces, especially like Moscow Mitch or Leningrad Lindsey would be priceless.

[X_Digger]

7. Those of us in Texas have been saying this for a while.

I'm tired of my donations going to 'battleground' states rather than staying right here and turning Texas blue.

[kentuck]

8. Traditionally, Texas has had a very low turnout for elections.

In 2020, that could be different. If the turnout goes up just a few percentage points, the Democrats could win big, in my opinion.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. But there were almost as many votes counted in 2018

as in 2016. Over 400K people who voted for Gov Greg Abbott voted for Beto over Ted Cruz.