Flipping Texas would turn the current Electoral College map on its head.
A tired adage in politics is that at some point soon, demographic changes will turn Texas — a state that hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976 — blue, though several indicators suddenly have Democrats feeling increasingly optimistic that time could be soon.... [+]
during a campaign event on March 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Biden continues to campaign before the upcoming Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primaries. Flipping Texas would turn the current Electoral College map on its head, as the state holds 38 electors, the second most in the country behind California .
Texas has swelled in population in recent years, with much of the state’s population growth in its diverse urban cities, which tend to be more Democratic.
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