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Why Texas May Turn Blue
Why Texas May Turn Blue
August 9, 2019 at 3:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 855 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/09/why-texas-may-turn-blue/
"SNIP....
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.”
....SNIP"