Jonathan Chait: “Throughout the Obama period, Democrats pointed hopefully to the state’s rising Latino inhabitants as a supply of power that might propel them inevitably again into majority standing. This expectation of an rising majority might have paradoxically prompted the get together to keep away from making any lodging to the state’s conservative-leaning citizens—why compromise their values to win once they might simply trip the demographic wave?”
“Lately, these hopes have light. Latino voters swung rightward in 2024. They turned out to have extra reasonable views on points, particularly immigration, than do the progressive activists who affect Democratic positions. However as soon as once more, Texas seems winnable. Over the previous 12 months, Donald Trump has pushed away the voters he gained. Each ingredient is in place for Texas to swing again, and doubtlessly give Democrats a Senate majority, besides one: the Texas Democratic Occasion.”
“The get together’s newest and most egregious circular-firing-squad habits transpired earlier this week, when the Democrat Colin Allred, who’d beforehand dropped out of the Senate race, endorsed Jasmine Crockett, one of many two remaining main rivals.”
