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There hasn't been a statewide election of a democrat since the '90s. >> yeah. it's a state that -- it is a purple state, if not trending blue, if you took the population, not the electorate. what we have to see in 2018 moving into 2020 is the electorate needs to look like the population. the democratic primary in texas doubled the turnout from 2014 to 2018, from about 560,000 to over 1 million. we're seeing that happen. you saw 2016, we were -- the election was closer in texas than it was in iowa. you're seeing that happen as the electorate starts to look more like the population. texas will b...

Moving into 2020 is the electorate needs to look like the population. the democratic primary in texas doubled the turnout from 2014 to 2018, from about 560,000 to over 1 million. we're seeing that happen. you saw 2016, we were -- the election was closer in texas than it was in iowa. you're seeing that happen as the electorate starts to look more like the population. texas will become a battleground state and, eventually, will be a blue state. >> the reason some is going purple is because people are moving into texas. high-tech jobs in houston. the oil brings people in. there are a lot of hispa...

O'rourke is not. he has a hispanic first name, because it was a nickname as a kid. >> they're running in opposite directions on that front. >> how are -- o'rourke is going out there registering voters. >> yeah. he's visiting every county in texas, something ted cruz has not done. he provides an interesting alternative. he is a young face. very charismatic on camera. he represents the folks who live along the border. one of the questions i have though is what is the chilling effect that the administration's immigration policies have create d along the border? there are some people not comfortab...