Did you ever think what blue Texas could do?

[Trueblue Texan]

Beto came close to kicking' Teddy C-ruz's ass. What would happen if instead of liberals bashing Texas, they just started moving here in droves? Bringing their liberal friends and family --maybe having some kids. Property prices are pretty reasonable in Texas and no state income tax. Some of the schools are actually excellent. Just think what an influx of libs could do this state. Could be a great contribution to democracy and it wouldn't be so lonely for the rest of us red state libs. Just think...if Texas turned blue. OH! What we could do! There goes the electoral college right wingers!

[brooklynite]

1. Back in 2004, Al Franken (on Air America) imagined liberals moving to Ohio...

…thast’s not the way politics works here.

Texasa will go blue when Democrats convince moderates (including Hispanic voters) to support them.

[Texaswitchy]

2. We wore blue at one time.

When I was younger.

The FDR generations passed on.

My parents and grandparents generations.

[iemanja]

8. That was when the South was solidly Democratic

as the party of segregation. The Dem party has changed a great deal since then.

[Texaswitchy]

9. My parents were precinct judges and our precinct was hard Democrat..

We had old school voting machines with curtains.

At the end of the day my father would call out the votes.

We knew who carried the precinct.

The older voters were hard core democrats.

[LeftInTX]

16. I agree

Texas was pretty much Republican by the 1980's.

I moved here in 1982. County government was pretty much solid Republican and I live in San Antonio, which is pretty blue.

There was probably a transition period when southern Dems held on awhile, but when I got here everyone who had real power were Republican. We had a Democratic Governor for one term in the 80's. Ann Richards managed to get in a term in the 90s. However, there was really any long term progress.

Preston Smith 1969-1973 was a racist SOB. He was a Democrat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Smith_(governor)

[CTyankee]

14. I remember way back in the late 1940, early 50s we used to drive to Colorado to escape the TX heat

in the summer. We had paved roads, highways. But just over the line in OK we had lots of dirt roads. This was before Eisenhower's highway system. Some states had paved highways and some only had a few. TX was so big, of course, this was a huge push in the right direction for commerce.

[Texaswitchy]

15. We had good roads.

Texas was different place back then.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Fill your bedrooms with home-gigger liberals like 1902 New York City tenements

problem solved.

[iemanja]

4. A Democratic governor won't fix Texas

It's a weak governor state. The Lt Governor actually has more power. That according to the late, great Molly Ivins.

[Texaswitchy]

5. True.

We had Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby for 18 years.

[Skittles]

6. I was in an elevator with Bob Bullock

I opined to my coworker who was with me that I wouldn't vote republican even if they put one of their precious guns to my head - he laughed at that, really enjoyed it

[Texaswitchy]

7. I was working early voting and William Hobby came to my computer.

I was so busy I didn't realize who he was until he had left.

Damn.

[walkingman]

10. When Texas turns Blue (not if) - it will happen at some point.

That will be the end of the GOP until they get some sanity. I expect the evangelicals will all be raptured by then.

[Polybius]

19. I don't think it'll happen before 2030, unless we nominate a Manchin type

When it turns Blue, it'll be from a moderate, not from Beto.

[drray23]

11. yes I have.

If Texas does turn blue during presidential elections this makes it mathematically impossible for the gop to win. It's their biggest electoral vote getter, the equivalent of California for us.

[Trueblue Texan]

12. EXACTLY!

and Beto showed how blue Texas could go...it can happen!

[madville]

18. And then he squandered his future chances

By saying he was coming for peoples’ guns and then doubled down on it a few weeks ago. Probably set Democratic chances of winning a statewide office there back a few cycles at least.

[Polybius]

20. Against a very unpopular Ted Cruz in a very Blue Democratic year

I don't think Beto does as well this time around.

[S/V Loner]

13. My son and his family just moved to...

Austin and they are at the Beto rally tonight.

[Trueblue Texan]

21. Yayyyyyy!!!

Send some more!!

[Sneederbunk]

17. A blue Texas could win a presidential election.

[In It to Win It]

22. I think the handful of big tech companies moving there will definitely help that goal. WE ALSO NEED

a solid batch of reliably blue voters in Florida if any state can spare a few.