When many Texans look at our state, they either think it will remain a conservative stronghold for many years to come or that it is on the verge of switching blue. However, with many new demographic changes in Texas, there will be great shifts in the support bases for the major parties in the state. Due in part to these demographic changes, Texas remained a strong red state in 2020, which ended up giving a majority of votes to incumbents former President Donald Trump and Senator John Cornyn.Â
Similar to the elections in Florida, the demographic changes of Texas have helped to bolster support for the Republican party. This new support could be seen clearly in the Rio Grande Valley. Trump made massive inroads with the local population along the Rio Grande, which had not voted Republican since 1976. Although the Republicans did not win most of the counties in the valley, they drastically decreased their margin of defeat. For example, in 2016, Democrats won Starr County by sixty perc
but we owe it to those men and women to complete growing that tree of liberty and to right the wrongs they could not. joining me now, texas congressman vici, a democrat. congressman vici, happy memorial day to you and your father. you are the unfortunate guest tonight because this week you led a group of texan democrats sending a letter to merrick garland as the texas senate moved closer to passing exactly what they did in an overnight session last night, which is being cast as the most restrictive voting bill in the nation this morning, one that bans mobile voting booths, restricts drive-thru voting and mandates that early voting be done in person. the impact of it all stated