I also live in Texas, and I do vote, but it’s hard to get myself to do so and even harder to believe it’s actually making a difference. I didn’t mean that democrat voters feel that it’s a lost cause, it feels like the party itself views Texas as a lost cause or is treating Texas like a heel. The reason is because the politicians they send tend to either actively push for gun control or have done so in the recent past. That’s an extremely hard sell in Texas. Sure, you could say, “oh, but people would still vote against them because they’ll just assume that said politician is anti-gun 'cause they’re blue” but that itself seems like a bit of a lost-cause mindset.
Idk, I guess my point is that it feels like the democrats are putting forward politicians without actually looking into what would be successful in Texas. Combine that with me having become cynical and jaded, and I have a hard time believing that they’re actually trying if not straight-up using Texas as a heel for more liberal states.