The latest polls show that Trump is bleeding ego juice in Texas.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are in a dead heat in the race for Texas, signaling that the Lone Star State is evolving into a presidential battleground.

A new Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler poll shows that Trump and Biden are backed by 43% of poll respondents, with 5% opting for “other” candidates and only 9% undecided. Trump’s overall approval rating was 45%.

It is in the big urban areas, where Democratic mayors and county judges have taken the reins of leadership or lack thereof, from Trump and Governor Gregg Abbott that will flip the state.

Houston is in Harris County, where a 27 year old woman born in Bogota, Colombia, with a degree from Stanford, was elected county judge over a long time Republican incumbent.  She is the first woman to hold the post. There was much doomsday talk and moaning following her election because of her youth and inexperience. Lina Hidalgo has been spectacular.  What a county judge does is explained here, but one of her duties is to be head of emergency management.

What Judge Hidalgo has proven is that Democrats can lead, women can lead, young people can lead, and if you put all three in one package holy cow step back and be delighted.

There are other strong Democratic leaders in Texas cities and counties. Watching them put Trump to shame is a joy.

I’m not a political scientist although I play one on the internet. But, I think Tump is losing by comparison. Seeing real leaders in our own backyard has reminded us how great we can be.

By the way, there are 4.5 million people in Harris County.  There are 25 entire states with less population than that.