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Texas, which is known for being an important Republican state with its haul of 32 electors, may become a swing state because of the demographic changes that it is currently experiencing.

In fact, Texas has historically a very conservative culture, very religious, and votes for Republican candidates but Hispanics, who are traditionally Democrats, are growing up very fast. They represent the largest single group in the Texas population and will become a majority about a decade later. The problem is that if Texas becomes Democrat, it will be very difficult for a Republican candidate to win the White House ever again because of the heavy weight of Texas in the presidential election (2nd largest state after California which is Democrat).

However, although Texas is facing a booming Hispanic population, this might not be a problem because most of them don’t vote because they are young or because they don’t feel concerned with politics. Besides, some Hispanics, in Kingsville for instance, are more conservative, they are Americanized, integrated and they support traditional values. Republicans and Democrats will have to battle for a changing Texas. On the one hand, Republicans try to attract them by relying on values such as family and entrepreneurial spirit and on the other hand, Democrats try to attract another type of Hispanic population: new immigrants, less wealthy and younger people.

To conclude, Texas remains a battleground state though demography is not that decisive and in order to maintain the Republican tradition in Texas, parties will have to “cut across ethnic lines”.

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