For students of politics and demographics, Texas has the look of a state in transition.
The Lone Star State is a Republican Party stronghold, and also is home to a growing number of Hispanics, who tend to vote Democratic, as 2012 showed. Despite Texas’ large Hispanic population, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney swept the state in 2012, winning by 16 percentage points.
So why do analysts and some politicians, including Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who grew up in Texas, say the state could actually flip Democratic soon? CONT.
Dante Chinni, Wall Street Journal