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As of 2012, the state had an estimated 4.1 million foreign-born residents, constituting approximately 15% of the state population at the time. [12] An estimated 1.7 million people were undocumented immigrants in 2014. [13] The undocumented population of Texas decreased to an estimated 1,597,000 at the 2016 American Community Survey. Of the ...
The 2024 United States presidential election in Texas was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
About 125,000 turned out to vote in Harris County, home of Houston — half again as many as turned out in the general election of 2016, the last year for which there are statistics from the Texas ...
During Reconstruction, the 1869 Texas Constitution apportioned the state four seats in the United States House of Representatives. The state only had one set of legislative districts, with each district electing one senator and two to four representatives. [17] Texas's current redistricting system was established by its 1876 Constitution. [18]
One of the biggest shifts in this election came among Latino voters, among whom Trump made gains of +12 points from 2020, ending up with 45 percent of the vote compared to 53 percent for Harris.
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.
Here are some takeaways about population growth in Fort Worth and North Texas. This city leads Texas in population gain as Dallas-Fort Worth’s total tops 8 million Skip to main content
Texas's 15th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes a thin section of the far south of the state of Texas. The district's current Representative is Republican Monica De La Cruz. Elected in 2022, De La Cruz is the first Republican and woman to represent the district.