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Texas GOP Supports a State Electoral College in Age of Polarization

The divide between urban and rural voters centers on economics and values

Texas GOP Supports a State Electoral College in Age of Polarization
An oil pumpjack works at dawn in the Permian Basin oil field of Andrews, Texas, in this 2016 file photo. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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9/7/2022|Updated: 9/7/2022
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Rising Star is a sleepy Texas town of 899 souls, surrounded by thousands of acres stretching to the horizon in a place that seems stuck in time.

Cowboy hats are as common here as raising cattle, and the metallic clang of pumpjacks spitting out oil remains commonplace.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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