October 27, 2020
The huge surge of early voting in Texas' rapidly growing cities and inner suburbs likely marks the end of unchallenged Republican dominance in America's second largest state — a seismic shift in the nation's electoral landscape. "Texas is growing, but it's all in metro. It's not in rural anymore; rural population is declining. It is a metro state." Said Steven Pedigo, Director of the LBJ Urban Lab.