Talk:Texas

Politics section in need of a rewrite?

Reading through this page's Politics section, a few lines struck me as giving off the vibe of having been written from a certain political perspective:

"The shift to the Republican Party is much-attributed to the fact the Democratic Party became increasingly liberal during the 20th century, and thus increasingly out-of-touch with the average Texas voter. As Texas was always a conservative state, voters switched to the Republicans, which now more closely reflected their beliefs." sounds as if it was written from a conservative Texan's perspective.

Meanwhile, "Texas voters lean toward fiscal conservatism, while enjoying the benefits of significant federal investment in the state in military and other facilities achieved by the power of the Solid South in the 20th century. They also tend to have socially conservative values." seems as if it's trying to say that Texans are wrong for holding conservative beliefs.

Should we take a look at potentially trying to fall more in line with WP:NPOV here? CadiaStands42 (talk) 17:25, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

I would keep it. The at one time were LOTS of conservative Southern Democratic party leaders. See John Nance Garner, Allan Shivers John Connally, and one remaining today is Henry Cuellar . As most conservative leaders shifted to the GOP, so too did conservative rank and file. See Dewey Grantham, The South and modern America (1994) pp. 130 to 138. 337 to 341. Also Numan Bartley, the New South 1945 to 1980 (1995). 407 to 410. Rjensen (talk) 10:45, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Citation missing

Edmondson (2000), p. 75 's citation is gone. It seems to reference https://archive.org/details/alamostoryfromea0000edmo/page/74/mode/2up -- it says (paraphrased) in 1820s Tejano population is around 3300 and doesn't explicitly say the Anglo and other population either. The article says 3,500. 76.143.181.203 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 04:15, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

I have added the reference back. I'm not sure why @Rjensen removed it. You are correct, the text did not match what was in the source, so I removed it for now. I couldn't figure out how to reword what was in the source to match the rest of the content of the page. Others are welcome to revise or update with a different source. Thank you! Stedil (talk) 00:16, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

Why not add Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

I thought it might be worth mentioning that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is very prevalent in Texas, more so than other states. Texas has some of the best Brazilian jiu jitsu schools in the world, more specifically Austin. ~2025-38875-49 (talk) 21:24, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Do you have sourcing to support that? Nikkimaria (talk) 05:52, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2025

It’s gulf of America now legally so it should be changed instead of Gulf of Mexico to gulf of America Mushysandwich (talk) 03:57, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

That's not what 'legally' means. The common name suffices; you should use the talk page at Gulf of Mexico to gain a consensus. Thanks. Sam Kuru (talk) 04:43, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Breakfast Tacos vs Breakfast Burritos

In the culture section, breakfast burritos are mentioned, but in Texas, breakfast tacos are far more popular. There is a distinction. In simple terms, burritos are larger, and often a burrito is a meal by itself, but tacos are smaller and multiple are eaten for a meal. Breakfast burritos are very uncommon, but breakfast tacos are ubiquitous. ~2025-31611-27 (talk) 03:06, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Only the last sentence of that section is really sourced. I'm in central/south texas and 100% agree, but not sure if that holds for Dallas, Amarillo, etc. I'll try to dig up sources and we can append or update.Sam Kuru (talk) 03:18, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Rio Grande River as International Boundary

I changed the opening summary of the article to include the fact that the natural boundary of the Rio Grande River is the defining boundary between Texas and the four aforementioned states of Mexico. Stevenmitchell (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

"Rio Grande River" is redundant. The correct name is "Rio Grande." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande#Names_and_pronunciation MundoMango (talk) 23:21, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 June 2026

Change reference 414 link from http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=86 to https://www.texmed.org/Texas_Medical_Schools_and_Hospitals.aspx AndiKC1 (talk) 19:14, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done I also updated the count to 16, which is what is reflected on that page and based on supplemental web search; e.g. , , which I wouldn't necessarily cite as reliable sources but they do show that this number is the one that is out there. LizardJr8 (talk) 20:32, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

The storms in texas

like we're suppose to get storms there so I was wondering if they are safe ~2026-40782-95 (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2026 (UTC)