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Think SWING Texas– 2016??

If you've followed the blog, it's been a frequent subject of discussion, and frankly, a sincere hope...
Will Texas ever become a Swing State?? 
  Back when I first discussed the topic in 2012, here was the rationale:  With over half of the state's population now concentrated in the 13 largest counties, the potential for Texas to … Continue Reading ››

Operation Think Swing Texas: More Red in 2012?

So the 2012 contest has come and gone. On this blog I predicted that Texas is a state that is in the midst of rapid changes, many of which were to be revealed in the 2012 elections. I, like many others, expected the state of Texas to become "more blue" in 2012.
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Operation Think Swing Texas

As Emily Cadik noted in a recent Burnt Orange Report article, Texas doesn't vote. For the 2010 mid-term elections, the state of Texas had voter turnout of 36.1 percent... dead last in the nation. 2008 was better at 56.1 percent (as is expected for a Presidential election), but that still only ranked … Continue Reading ››