Voters turned out in the midst of a pandemic.
Yet another sign showing the state of Texas trending away from Republicans and moving toward Democrats arrived, with Tuesday’s Democratic U. S. Senate runoff, which shattered the old voter turnout record, and more than doubled the turnout for the 2018 gubernatorial runoff, as Joe Biden has started pouring money into Texas in the hopes of becoming the first Democratic candidate to carry the delegate-rich state in decades.
Turning Texas blue could be a game changer for future presidential elections. The state has been the biggest Republican electoral stronghold for decades. Texas had the second-most Electoral College votes behind only California, and with a quickly growing population, Texas will likely have even more electoral votes after the 2020 Census.
