Texas in 2020

[Saint Milei]

Why do people think Texas will turn blue or even be competitive by 2020? There is no indication of this at all. It won't even just "lean r". It will be R guys.

[Saint Milei]

Why do people think Texas will turn blue or even be competitive by 2020? There is no indication of this at all. It won't even just "lean r". It will be R guys.

It's became less R in an election that featured a man that spouted xenophobia and religious intolerance in his campaign and Texas is a stereotypical state for such things. That's a bad sign.

Hillary picked up 2% more of the population. That doesn't say much. It didn't become less Republican. The moderates simply refused to vote for him. He actually got more supporters in TX. The only change is that Hillary did marginally better and GJ did as well.

[Saint Milei]

Why do people think Texas will turn blue or even be competitive by 2020? There is no indication of this at all. It won't even just "lean r". It will be R guys.

It's became less R in an election that featured a man that spouted xenophobia and religious intolerance in his campaign and Texas is a stereotypical state for such things. That's a bad sign.

Hillary picked up 2% more of the population. That doesn't say much. It didn't become less Republican. The moderates simply refused to vote for him. He actually got more supporters in TX. The only change is that Hillary did marginally better and GJ did as well.

Dude, Trump got 52% and Romney got 57%.   It's trended hard D, you can't deny that.

What?

[Saint Milei]

If we're talking about Texas flipping, we might as well talk about Rhode Island and Connecticut being competitive.

Texas was closer than either of those.

I generally agree that it's Likely R though. It will be interesting to see if the 2016 trend continues.

Barely closer

[Saint Milei]

Lol Dems on this site are hilarious. No matter how much you stress TX trending, it's not happening. This "growth" you speak of has not impacted anything in TX. TX still remains R and will be for at least the next 25 years

[Saint Milei]

Lol Dems on this site are hilarious. No matter how much you stress TX trending, it's not happening. This "growth" you speak of has not impacted anything in TX. TX still remains R and will be for at least the next 25 years

To be honest, and maybe I speak for at least one or two other people here, I'm just looking at the data and theories on various trends that I have formed in general and not just in relation to Texas, and it suggests some not-insignificant changes that could take place in or perhaps even during the next 15 years or so. That you find us "hilarious" because you have this unassailable view of TX's future political environment is really irrelevant and you just look like a smug dick for saying it. The sum of your posts might as well be "no! no! NO! no! TX = Republican! NO!"

There is no indication or trend. How many Dem seats have been picked up locally by this "shift" recently? Abbott did better than Davis when it came to the Hispanic vote. Are you really suggesting that Republicans wont be able to win over hispanics by 2020 LMAO