The U.S. Supreme Court could soon alter the political future of Texas when it decides whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the upcoming census.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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Will Texas flip in 2020?
Texas gained almost nine Hispanic residents for every additional white resident last year
New census estimates show Texas’ Hispanic population growth continues to surpass white population growth, with Hispanics on pace to soon represent a plurality.
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Criminal Justice
On Juneteenth, Sheila Jackson Lee spearheads congressional hearing on reparations, calling them “long overdue”
The Houston Democrat’s bill calls for a commission to “study and develop reparation proposals for African-Americans,” and consider a national apology by the government.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
A near-majority of Texans favor outlawing abortion after six weeks, UT/TT Poll finds
Proposals to outlaw abortion after the first few weeks of a pregnancy failed in the Legislature this year, but Texas voters are receptive to the idea, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. A much clearer majority of Texans say parents should be required to have their kids vaccinated.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
On growth, diversity, immigration and trade, UT/TT Poll finds two states of Texas
Texas is growing and becoming much more ethnically and racially diverse. Texas voters differ as to whether those are positive or negative trends, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Is Texas really going purple? Our Heat Index will show how competitive your district was — and is.
Is Texas really a swing state? To explore the question, we looked at nearly 20 years of election data to assess the competitiveness of every congressional and legislative district in the state. Take a tour of some of the state’s hot spots and then type in your address to find out the lay of the land in your districts.
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Demographics
Texas at center of new evidence suggesting census citizenship question was pushed to help Republicans
An analysis of the Texas House was among the evidence submitted in federal court as part of the legal fight over the addition of a citizenship question on the census.
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Demographics
Point of Order: This is us
In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to state demographer Lloyd Potter about coming changes to our population that will have profound public policy implications: explosive growth, rapid urbanization and demographic inevitability.
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Demographics
Texas demographer: Census citizenship question isn’t necessary
Responsible for providing population projections for the state, Lloyd Potter said citizenship information is not needed “for the purposes of the census.”
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Texas Legislature 2019
Watch Senate Bill 9 hearing on voting rights and access in Texas House committee
The House Elections Committee on Wednesday night resumed its discussions on a controversial bill pitched as an election security measure but that critics say is a pathway to state-sanctioned voter suppression.