“On Wednesday, Texas Democrats announced the launch of Project Texas, an organizing effort 17 months ahead of 2022 that will attempt to register as many likely Democratic voters as possible. Democrats believe that of the roughly 3 million unregistered voters in the state, more than 2 million would vote Democratic if given the chance to go to the polls. That number would far exceed the 2020 presidential margin in Texas that saw Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden by 631,221 votes, or saw Ted Cruz re-elected in 2018 by 214,921 votes.”

“In a press conference touting the launch of Project Texas and the recent legislative wins by statehouse Democrats, Texas Democrats Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said Texas is where Georgia was in 2016. That year, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by a five-point margin in Georgia that would eventually close in favor of Democrats by the next presidential election cycle. Hinojosa said gerrymandering has made victories in the state more difficult, but Democrats are still close to winning. ‘In 2008 or nine years ago, the Republicans controlled almost every large county in the state of Texas except Travis County and Dallas County,’ Hinojosa said. ‘Today, Democrats control counties where 75 percent of people in the state of Texas live. We’re almost there, but we got some more work to do.’ Registering mass amounts of voters in Texas, a large and growing state that until recently had weak voter turnout, has always been a top priority for both parties” – Texas Signal.