Second Reading Podcast: Texas GOP Worries About Base Turnout Continue as Immigration Agenda Shifts
James Henson and Joshua Blank join the response to the much-discussed memo from Ragnar Research's Chris Perkins on signs of sagging participation among Republican primary voters in Texas, and make some connections with the shifting politics of immigration and border security in the Texas GOP.
This episode was engineered by Lucas Toussaint and mixed by Nathan Crews.
References in the pod
Alejandro Serrano, "For Texas GOP, immigration politics show signs of fading potency," The Texas Tribune, 13 May 2026
Senate Race Polling Reveals Republican Turnout Challenges (Henson and Blank)