Texas hasn't voted Democrat since 1976, but the state is in play this year, experts say

[RandySF]

LOS ANGELES - Could Texas turn blue in the 2020 presidential election? The state has long been considered undeniably red and almost exclusively voted Republican in decades of past presidential elections.

The Lone Star State is seeing rapid transformation, and thus it is increasingly becoming known as a highly contested potential battleground state ahead of the 2020 election.

“I think Texans are very aware that they’re in the spotlight,” James Henson, a political science professor at the University of Texas said. “It’s not entirely new, but it’s increased in the last couple of elections as Texas becomes more competitive.”

The Lone Star State is seeing rapid transformation, and thus it is increasingly becoming known as a highly contested potential battleground state ahead of the 2020 election.



https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/2020-election-texas-hasnt-voted-democrat-since-1976-but-the-state-is-in-play-this-year-experts-say

[TwilightZone]

1. I think we're one cycle away.

I'd be happy to be wrong.

[sfstaxprep]

2. The repubs Should Be Terrified That This Is Even Remotely Close

The fact it could be in the "Too Close To Call" column on 11/3 is going to be fun to watch.

[walkingman]

3. All it should take is to take a look at Abbott, Patrick, Cornyn, and Cruz that should convince

any Texan to vote Democratic. That does not even take into account Paxton, Gohmert, Radcliffe, Bush, and literally tens of other real nutjobs. How could you vote GOP - it just doesn't make any sense.

Texas - where crazy gets elected.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. A big fat K&R!

[Blue Owl]

5. K&R

[VarryOn]

6. Not this year...

recently drove about 1,200 miles from the Ok/TX border going thru DFW, Austin, San Antonio, and the Hill Country and back. I saw one Biden yard sign and four Biden bumper stickers. I have no idea the number I saw for dumbass, but it was a lot. It was somewhat discouraging, but I kept telling myself and my wife, "It's Texas. What did you expect?" Now, if we would have been driving through , say, Maryland or Massachusetts, that would worry me.

[UTUSN]

7. "Democrat" is a quote in the link.