My colleague, Mr. Bagby, couldn't have said it any better. All of the points he mentioned play a part in our low voting state. I know there's a lot of Texans that don't care to vote. The question is why? I'm sure the majority of non-voters would care if they were educated about the issues, the candidates running and how politics work. But not a lot are. Maybe we as a state should take some responsibility and ask if we did a good enough job educating our people and showing them how truly important it is to participate and vote? Other states exceed our voter turnout by a lot. Although, they have more competitive elections then ours and easier ways to vote as in mail-in voting.
In conclusion, I do believe that as the majority of Texans become Hispanic we'll see a shift to Democrat or at least far more competitive elections than the most recent ones. But then again, not many Hispanics in Texas vote as of now.
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