Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
It was blue before it turned red.I always wondered why it changed. My dad, and my mother always followed, voted dem till B. Clinton got caught lying about Monica. They thought the adultery disqualified him to lead our nation. Of course its all changed now. People overlook that.
Texas was traditionally Democrat following the Civil War and ( worse ) Republican controlled Reconstruction.
The horrors of both events caused Texas to be part of the ' Solid South ' politically for almost 100 years.
However increasing Democratic liberalism and increasing Republican conservatism eventually pushed a majority of Texas to vote Republican.
But unprecdented illegal immigration and low Anglo birth rates make Texas's probable re entry into a blue state almost inevitable.