Texas has been a dominantly Republican
state since 1980, which has meant that the democratic party has spent little
effort or money in Democrat’s elections. This disregard of the Texas democrats
has started to shift especially with the momentum around Beto O’Rourke in 2018.
Texas new young and minority voter base is starting to expand and become invigorated
in Texas State and National politics.
Many 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates
are starting to visit Texas, showing its growing importance. Texas is typically
a state that is ignored by many democrats due to it being a heavily red state,
but this presence of 2020 Democrats is showing that Texas’ changing demographics
might play a big role in our next Presidential election. The Democratic party seems
to be investing more in Texas state and local politics too. More prominent democrats
are also being elected and having very close races at the state level. Many Democrats
are being to state office positions for districts surrounding many of Texas’
large liberal cities which did not used to happen. Texas is being setup to be
considered more of a battleground state in 2020. Democrats are preparing for another
Beto O’Rourke style campaign to run against John Cornyn. They are ready to see
if we can start getting Democrats in office to represent Texans.
Many Democrats see that Texas is going
to become an increasingly important state as the population shifts to minority
voters becoming the majority in the state. The change was clearly seen in how
close the vote was between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke was in 2018. You could
tell how much Texans wanted change by the extremely high level of turnout for a
midterm election. Texas is shaping up to become an important battleground state
between Republicans and Democrats due to its large size and influence in
politics. It is becoming more likely than ever we are going to see Democrats in
Texas state and local government offices in 2020.
1 comment:
Michael Lobsenz wrote a blog over the Democratic party's involvement in Texas.https://lobsenzgov.blogspot.com. Michael stated, "Texas has been a dominantly Republican state since 1980, which has meant that the democratic party has spent little effort or money in Democrat’s elections." I honestly have not thought about things that way. I have always just thought that Texas was a red state because of the voters and it is just the way Texans are and view politics. This blog post put a lot of things into perspective. I can definitely see how Democrats have given up on Texas because, as I said, everyone thinks its just how Texans are. If we had more representation and more Democrats making an effort, like Beto O'Rourke for example, Texans would not have to be a totally red state. This was a very important statement and I am very glad that I read it. Michael's post was spot on.
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