Texas hasn't voted Democrat since 1976, but the state is in play this year, experts say [View all]
LOS ANGELES - Could Texas turn blue in the 2020 presidential election? The state has long been considered undeniably red and almost exclusively voted Republican in decades of past presidential elections.
The Lone Star State is seeing rapid transformation, and thus it is increasingly becoming known as a highly contested potential battleground state ahead of the 2020 election.
I think Texans are very aware that theyre in the spotlight, James Henson, a political science professor at the University of Texas said. Its not entirely new, but its increased in the last couple of elections as Texas becomes more competitive.
The Lone Star State is seeing rapid transformation, and thus it is increasingly becoming known as a highly contested potential battleground state ahead of the 2020 election.
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