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Studies show that transplants from blue states moving to Texas actually voted red at a higher rate than those born in TX. Keep in mind that there are millions o
by drak0n1c 6y ago
Studies show that transplants from blue states moving to Texas actually voted red at a higher rate than those born in TX. Keep in mind that there are millions of right-leaning individuals in populated coastal areas (much more than many red states combined) and of the pool of people considering moving they are often the most motivated. The rate may be different for those moving to states other than TX though.
https://www.texaspolicy.com/will-texas-flip-because-of-blue-state-migrants-dont-bet-on-it/ https://www.texaspolicy.com/will-texas-flip-because-of-blue-...
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/11/09/native-texans-voted-for-native-texan-beto-o-rourke-transplants-went-for-ted-cruz-exit-poll-shows/ https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/11/09/native-t...
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/gov-abbott-new-texas-voters-are-more-conservative-than-natives/article_8a250872-1c5a-11ea-9fc0-4303155b0d9d.html https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/gov-abbott-new-texas-v...
- cletus 6y agoIn 2000 in a close election, Bush 43 carried Texas by >21 [1]. This year in a pretty comfortable Biden win, Trump carried Texas by a mere ~5.5. In 2018, Ted Cruz as the incumbent retained his Senate seat against Beto O'Rourke by a mere 2 points [2]. You raise a good point about the study of voting patterns of Texas transplants but whatever the cause I think it's clear that in the long term Texas is trending blue. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas#Results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidentia... [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-senate https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-senate