It was before the abortion law. The trends suggested it would be a battleground state in two to four years. I won't touch on the irony of anti-imperialists colonizing Austin, TX.

The recent voting laws they passed are more of an obstacle towards TX going blue.

No one was cheating before. The voting laws are put in place to disadvantage blue counties while increasing the opportunity to vote in red counties.

True. I see it all as a collective effort to maintain control. In the same vain that firing unvaccinates federal employees is a quiet ideological purge.