That perpetual motion machine is one of my top fears as well - and sadly perhaps part of their calculus. I work in D politics and don't think TX will be Dem an

That perpetual motion machine is one of my top fears as well - and sadly perhaps part of their calculus. I work in D politics and don't think TX will be Dem anytime within the next few cycles. But the trend is there; especially if young people move in. GA is closer IMHO. FL is slipping away and illustrates this compounding effect that the GOP has engineered. Florida's GOP SCO-FL (?) just allowed a really gerrymandered CD map put out by DeSantis, a break with norms. The map is clearly undemocratic IMHO. 20 of 28 are now pretty safe R. That's very lopsided for the perennial swing state. Even trending +3% R, it should be a toss up. State and local level is the same story, often worse. More than people moving away, stopping immigration of young people has a big affect. That's big reason my state of Colorado has turned from purple to fairly solid blue. Attacking women, queer people, non-religious people, POC, makes the state unwelcoming and even dangerous. Being a bully gives them more power, which allows them to create more levers and enshrine more advantages to this power. They have set themselves up to rule a divided states of America where they maintain extreme authoritarian power against the absolute majority. You're also right in that global warming doesn't give a damn. Sadly again their blocking of even sensible actions is just another example of what should be a minority party by #s literally killing people who have little power over this situation.