Texas Election And My 'Veterans For Talarico' T-Shirt

Nick Allison reflects on wearing a “Veterans for Talarico” shirt in Texas in the weeks before the November 3 election. He says strangers often responded positively and told him they had voted or planned to vote, a change from the hostility he expected in a deeply Republican state. Allison presents those encounters as a personal sign of growing optimism about Democrats’ prospects in Texas, while acknowledging they are not scientific evidence.