If Texas were to turn blue

[DavidDvorkin]

(I know, I know. Humor me.)

The GOP would be first in line to eliminate the Electoral College.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. You have a point, legal minds will be kicking that around this weekend

ANYTHING is on the table. Our bodies are owned by the state.

[Passenger]

2. My impression is that the GOP position ...

... is that we already did.

[gab13by13]

3. If Texas were to turn blue,

that would signify it held a fair election.

Eliminating the Electoral College is next to impossible; 2/3 vote of Congress and 2/3 vote of state Houses.

[unblock]

4. They would abolish voting in Texas first.

They would appoint the electors by legislative vote instead of a popular election.

[walkingman]

5. "If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal." -- Noam Chomsky

[Jim__]

6. I don't think it's possible, because the republicans in charge of Texas would just override the vote

Republicans no longer even pretend to support democracy.

[madville]

7. Best we can hope is it becomes like FL and GA

Always teetering around the 50% mark like FL and more recently GA. Probably a decade away from seeing that possibly evolve in TX though. They’re still at least a 6+ R state for the next few cycles at least. Beto is not doing any favors doubling down on his gun control stance this cycle either.

[cinematicdiversions]

8. Texas has a lot of Hispanics who seem to be trending Republican....

And we keep running the wrong kind of candidate there. We need one lighter on guns and harder on immigration and abortion to get the Hispanic vote back solidly in our corner. Someone with those stances but who is otherwise still a solid democrat. We used to have plenty of candidates like this. We have lost our way in some areas.