# Texas Voters React to Historic Democratic Shift in Midterm Election - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118134429847634081 - Source account: [@SkyNews](https://x.com/SkyNews) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:38 - Published: 2026-11-05 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election ## Transcript [0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=1) It's a new day in a newly blue Texas, and people are digesting just what that means for them, a historic shift in power, a change in the political landscape here and across the United States. [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=15) I've come to a classic Texan barbecue joint to find out what people make of it. [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=20) It's a brand-new day in Texas. I was thinking of leaving, and I'm not anymore. [0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=24) Donald Trump told everybody to remind themselves that he was on the ballot, and we saw what happened. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=29) They took his advice, but maybe not in the way he intended. [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=31) They took his advice, and they did as much of voting him out as they possibly could in a midterm election. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=37) I was, quite frankly, surprised that the money didn't win this time, that integrity did instead. [0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=43) E- Elon Musk spent more than $200 million of his own money trying to win this state f- for the Republican Party. [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=52) Didn't work, did it? Adios, Elon. Feels a lot like, um, you know, at least in Austin when, when Obama won the presidency downtown, there was people in the streets and, and, uh, partying, having a good time, so. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=66) I- it feels like a big deal here that- Absolutely. Mm-hmm. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=69) Yeah, absolutely feels like a big deal- Mm-hmm ... um, especially for Texas. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=72) Five or six y- short years ago, we had the biggest, uh, we had the largest conservative turnout of a landslide in the history of, like, the state of Texas. [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=83) It, it's always metropolitan areas are very blue. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=86) Blue even in rural areas. Yes, a lot of- Uh, can you believe that? [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=90) No. I'm looking at it as that did blow my mind. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=93) I vote with my wallet, so I just hope it doesn't get much more expensive. [1:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=96) Mm-hmm. That's how I vote. Do you think most people in Texas voted with their wallet? [1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=101) Clearly not. Was cost of living the deciding factor here, do you think? [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=106) Not for us. Mm-hmm. It was more the social issues that the Abbotts and the Paxtons and the Dan, uh, what's the his name? [1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=115) Dan Patrick. Dan Patrick- Mm-hmm ... of the world were throwing on top of us that I don't think the people in Texas wanted. [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=120) They're victimizing, um, trans people. Mm-hmm. [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=125) Um, you know, smoke and mirrors, I think. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=127) Uh, that, that was really upsetting to me. [2:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=130) We have never had a Latina governor- Mm-hmm ... a female governor again since- Mm-hmm ... [2:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=136) Ann Richards, so those are the reasons- Mm-hmm ... that it's been emotional in a good way. [2:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=141) I have daughters and daughters' friends that whose bodies should belong to them, and they get to make their own decisions. [2:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=147) I feel like having a female voice, or really any voice that supports female rights- Mm-hmm ... is important, and I feel like we got that. [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/SywYVsXj1vHL/en/texas-voters-react-to-historic-democratic-shift-in-midterm-election?t=156) Mm-hmm.