Beto and Donald Trump

If you’ve not been following Tex:

-A series of exurban counties have already exceeded their 2016 total vote
-Asian and college+ whites have, as well
-Harris Co, the largest in the state, will surpass its 2016 total votes today.

There’s still two days left of EV + e day. pic.twitter.com/bQOyvb2VA9

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 29, 2020

That would be reminiscent of Reagan's last minute trip to Minnesota in 1984 https://t.co/B7Oje7J2Kb

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 29, 2020

NEW: What the hell is happening in Texas? @realDonaldTrump surrogates and staff say they are confident that he will carry the Lone Star State's 38 electoral votes, but will Biden's strength in the suburbs combine with the Latino vote to flip it? https://t.co/PtPxOdu1UX

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 27, 2020

Morning update: Texas just surpassed 95% of its 2016 total votes cast w/ two days of early voting & Election Day left to go. We're just headed for a massive, unprecedented turnout there (and a lot of other places).

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 29, 2020

A seventh of Texas’ votes have been cast in Harris County, shattering records. And 1M+ Harris County voters have yet to turn out. @JoeBiden happy to host you over here! https://t.co/kJcRowUzyw

— Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) October 25, 2020

The two people most responsible for the state of the electorate in Texas today.

Per @ElectProject, 8.45M Texans have already voted — with two full days of early vote + Election Day still to go. Already second-highest total turnout in state history. Roughly 500k away from beating record-setting 2016 total turnout https://t.co/sPXVuI5rns #tx2020 #txlege #txsen pic.twitter.com/qL9IYc5TcB

— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) October 29, 2020

"Something’s happening here...”

‘It’s bananas!’ MSNBC’s John Heilemann says Republicans are ‘freaking out’ over Texas https://t.co/U7ARdQ5EWj

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 29, 2020

“The moment that John Cornyn turned against Donald Trump and came out and distanced himself from Trump, something he had not done in four years, it’s like a canary in the coal mine,” Heilemann said. “Like an electrocuted eagle in the coal mine, howling, and that’s John Cornyn saying, ‘I could lose this race,’ and a world where Cornyn can lose in Texas is a world where you could have a plausible conversation about the Democratic landslide, 1980s-style landslide in the Senate and a giant win for Joe Biden. I think everyone understands that Texas is fully in play.”

“They’re in the closing days genuine battleground states and, again, Texas Republicans all the way up to Cornyn freaking out over the kind of early vote numbers we have seen, and over the possibility that this could be the election that Texas goes blue,” he added. 

And it's not happening just in Texas:

Gen Z, Millennial voters embrace activism and voting, as youth turnout surges ahead of Election Day, via @myhlee https://t.co/iPY57I1ged

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) October 29, 2020