In 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 C

In 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