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The 2020 election will tell. Up to now, it has definitely not been purple.

H. Clinton did relatively well in Texas -- it's one of the few states where she out-performed Obama. Still, a 800,000 vote gap is much too large too close in only four years.

If you look at the 4 big cities of Texas they are all blue. Its just surrounded by a sea of red.

Hence the reliance on gerrymandering to maintain majorities. Look at the congressional districts around Austin

This has already happened in Nevada and now Arizona.