2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAvalux
(35,015 posts)It's certainly possible - us Texas Dems are working hard to make it happen. With a little help from Trump lol.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)timlot
(456 posts)will go Dem. Its those surrounding counties and suburbs where republican votes are concentrated and of course all the small counties in nowhere land will be republican as well.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)6% vs. 16%. And the margin is 6% whether Gary Johnson is included or not. I think that's as low as it will go, but Clinton could close the gap further with GOTV of Latinos and African Americans.
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)faster than anywhere else in the country.
I don't think dems will be competitive in TX this year. However, 2020 is another story.
RonniePudding
(889 posts)Being competitive is not necessarily the same thing as winning. In years past when the R won Texas by 30, those were non competitive elections.
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)part of N. Texas. There are few other signs and/or bumper stickers.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)There is no doubt in my mind Clinton will take her Voter Registration Drive to Texas
book_worm
(15,951 posts)Texas will increasingly become a blue state.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)not by accident of course but it worked. The current PBS series reminded me. Great show by the way. I saw Part I on Saturday. Part II is tomorrow, but local details vary: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/jfk/
Hawaii Hiker
(3,166 posts)Texas was a blue state (in terms of presidential votes) for a little while before it turned deep red..
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... completely falling apart. They're imploding. They're self-destructing.