Trump’s declining poll numbers may give Democrats a 'surprise victory' in deep-red state

Trump’s declining poll numbers may give Democrats a 'surprise victory' in deep-red state

Although dominated by Republicans, Texas is far from the reddest of the red states. Donald Trump carried Texas by roughly 14 percent in 2024; he carried Alabama by 30 percent.Democrats struggle badly in statewide races in Texas; they struggle even more in Alabama. Yet in 2017, centrist Democrat Doug Jones defeated Judge Roy Moore, the GOP nominee, in a special election to replace conservative ex-Sen. Jeff Sessions — who left the U.S. Senate to b…