I was recently talking about Texas growth with somebody from out of state. My city is reliably growing at around 25,000 people per year. They asked if it’s mostly California people and if those California transplants are changing the voting dynamic in the state.

Yes, the majority of that growth is from California. I was quick to answer that these California transplants were changing the driving behavior on the urban roads. I couldn’t answer about changes to politics though.

Democrats have finally figured that all they have to do to win in Texas is just propose excellent candidates. Normally both parties fall victim to the primaries and just put forward a stooge of party mechanics. Democrats have finally figured a way forward on this and republicans have not. As such Texas has become a toss up and will likely see its first state wide Democrat win office this year for the first time in about 30 years. Democrats have already been picking up local offices that were reliably Republican for that reason alone. Because of this I really could not answer my friend if these California transplants were changing the voting dynamic as it seems it would have happened anyways.