Politics

The Texas Legislature is drawing new political maps to reflect the growth of the state recorded in the 2020 census. But their initial proposals don’t look like the state demographically or politically. By Ross Ramsey, […]

Demographic changes point to a more progressive state, but Republican-controlled redistricting makes it unlikely policy decisions will follow suit. By Brittany Renee Mayes, Leslie Shapiro and Zach Levitt, Washington Post Over the past decade, highly concentrated demographic shifts in and […]

Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposal to build a wall between Texas and Mexico taps into a lasting preoccupation with immigration and border security among Texas Republican voters — and one of former President Donald Trump’s favorite […]

Despite setbacks, Democrats say their margin “quickly becomes surmountable” once in-person campaigning returns and resources are spent on voter infrastructure. by James Barragán Hampered by the pandemic, Texas Democrats were beaten in the voter registration […]

How Republicans came to dominate Texas politics and Democrats fought back. by James Henson For the first time in 18 years, Democrats are seriously challenging Republicans’ political monopoly over Texas. A Democratic win in Texas […]

by Manny Fernandez It’s been a long time since a Democrat won Texas in a presidential race. “Disco Duck” ruled the airwaves and “All the President’s Men” was all the cinematic rage the last time […]

Democrats are starting to take Texas seriously as a battleground state. by Nicole Narea and Dylan Scott When Democrat Beto O’Rourke lost a Senate race to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz in 2018, it was a […]

Lots of states make it as easy as possible to register and vote, whether there’s a pandemic or not. Texas is not one of those states. by Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune If the folks in […]

by Dan Pfeiffer The Democratic Party — from Joe Biden all the way down to the grassroots — need make a huge investment in Texas, but not for the reasons you think. Biden could win […]