Texas Politics

This series of posts looks at Texas presidential voting and its impact on presidential elections. Texas is considered a reliably red (Republican) state. But what if Texas left the Union? How would that have affected the outcome of recent Presidential elections? Let My Texas People Go The Impact of Texas Electoral Votes on Presidential Elections Since 1972jimwfonseca.medium.com 2) Now we think of Texas as a reliably…

In the upcoming 2024 presidential election Texas will have a huge impact on the outcome. Texas will have 38 electoral votes, second only to California’s 54. Both states are huge electoral prizes. (Florida with 30 and New York with 28 round out the ‘Big 4.’) …

We’re leading up to a look at the importance of Texas’ electoral votes in the next post but we’ll look at the popular vote first. I read somewhere that “if the Democrats can turn Texas blue they will have a lock on future presidential elections.” NO, and we’ll see why…

The Impact of Texas Electoral Votes on Presidential Elections Since 1972 Look on the web and you’ll see a lot of stories about the possibility of Texas breaking away from the Union and becoming an independent nation. Such talk fills up space in the web ether but it’s unlikely, not…

Pretending the influx of undocumented immigrants is an “invasion” he has authority to “repel” — (Not a Medium member? Click to read this story, gratis.) In a tweet, Texas Governor Greg Abbott purported to invoke the U.S. Constitution, Article IV, §4, clause 3, providing “The United States … shall protect each [state] against Invasion,” on 15 November 2022. He also invoked a similar provision of…