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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEventually, probably not in my lifetime, Texas will go Blue
And the Rethuglican Party, as we know and love it today is history. Arizona may flip soon as well, and that's why the lovely governor there wants to keep it lily-white.
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Eventually, probably not in my lifetime, Texas will go Blue (Original Post)
PCIntern
Oct 2012
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Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)1. Jimmy Carter won Texas in 1976.
So that's certainly not out of the question.
budkin
(6,703 posts)2. It will as early as 2016
Not that far off now
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)6. Trending purple in 2020.
That's my bet.
I like yours better though.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)3. ...and the earths magnetic field position will also reverse.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)7. I think that right now TX is getting redder, not bluer.
Obama has no shot here, and the senator TX elects will be from a tea party.
And of course there is governor Perry.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)4. Ann Richards Was Elected Governor Not That Long Ago
I think if we can give them a credible Texas Democrat to vote for, Texas would turn blue. Maybe in a few years, our Keynote Speaker will be that person. One never knows. Strange things happen every day.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)8. 1990
A baby born the year she was defeated for re-election is now old enough to vote. How the time flies.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)10. I'd be one of 'em. =) n/t
LeftInTX
(25,364 posts)11. I was just thinking of Castro today
LisaL
(44,973 posts)5. Well right now TX is getting ready to send a tea party candidate to the senate.
smackd
(216 posts)9. ugh don't remind me
I take solace in my local sea of blue