If you follow state and/or national news (both if you lean toward masochism), then you’ve already seen the headlines: “Texas turning Democrat.” Depending on your politics, those headlines are either cause to rejoice or cry. Recently, Sept. 12, 2019, the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) published a story about that same topic, with the headline: “Texodus: Why the Lone Star State might turn blue for real this time.” Do an online search for “Texas turning Democrat,” and the stories pop up all over the place. From The Washington Post, dated Aug. 9, 2019: “Blue Texas is a Democratic dream. Shifting left is ...