r/texaspolitics
A place for news and discussion about politics in the Lone Star State, with more politics than /r/Texas and more Texas than /r/politics.
How to think about r/texaspolitics
The community focuses on political news and discussions specifically related to Texas, offering a platform for members to engage with local issues, elections, and political figures. It distinguishes itself by emphasizing Texas-centric political discourse, making it a hub for those interested in the state's unique political landscape. Members often share articles, opinions, and analyses, fostering a vibrant discussion environment.
Confidence 4/5
Audience
Participants in this community are typically Texas residents, ranging from politically active individuals to casual observers interested in state politics. The demographic includes a mix of ages, with a strong representation of younger voters and college students. Members are often engaged, passionate about local issues, and seek to understand the implications of political decisions on their communities.
Posting culture
Content that thrives includes news articles, opinion pieces, and discussions about local elections and legislation. Members appreciate well-researched posts and insightful commentary, while overly promotional content or off-topic discussions tend to receive downvotes. The cadence of posting is relatively active, especially during election cycles or significant political events, with users frequently engaging in discussions around breaking news.
Brand engagement notes
Brands should approach this community with caution, as there is a general skepticism towards promotional content. Authentic engagement is key; brands can participate by sharing valuable insights, sponsoring discussions on relevant topics, or supporting local initiatives. Content that provides educational value or fosters community dialogue is more likely to be well-received than overt advertisements. Transparency and a genuine interest in Texas politics will help brands build trust with the audience.
Top keywords
What r/texaspolitics talks about
Weighted by how often each term appears in posts and comments, relative to baseline frequency. The largest words are the strongest signals of community focus.
External signals
Where the community looks
Top external domains linked from posts and comments — a quick read on the sources of truth this audience trusts.
Top contributors
Who shapes the conversation
The most active and most-upvoted posters and commenters in this community. Useful when planning outreach or studying a community's tastemakers.
Top posters
By post count
- u/zsreport
- u/VGAddict
- u/BlankVerse
- u/BuckSoul
- u/DeaconBlue47
- u/texastribune
- u/Zestyclose_Shake5423
- u/houston_chronicle
- u/audiomuse1
- u/temporary1953
- u/SchoolIguana
- u/wdcmsnbcgay
- u/FlyThruTrees
- u/not-a-dislike-button
- u/TheBuzzTrack
- u/Madstork1981
- u/SoggyFlakes4US
- u/CordAlex1996
- u/azteca19
- u/westsouthwestiaf
- u/BucketofWarmSpit
- u/Freekey
- u/CasualObserverNine
- u/tasslehawf
- u/tubulerz1
- u/dallasmorningnews
- u/InitiatePenguin
- u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera
- u/[deleted]
- u/5thGenSnowflake
- u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio
- u/redditor01020
- u/jasperscherer
- u/nobody1701d
- u/Separate_Shoe_6916
- u/Arrmadillo
- u/buntaro_pup
- u/rdking647
- u/teamworldunity
- u/truth-4-sale
- u/noncongruent
- u/danmathew
- u/ATSTlover
- u/Aggie956
- u/jamesstevenpost
- u/Geek-Haven888
- u/NikkiNightly
- u/1000000students
- u/jesuisjaysee
- u/throwawaydonduff
- u/OregonTripleBeam
- u/listen-to-my-face
- u/Mynameis__--__
- u/flyover_liberal
- u/paradisegardens2021
- u/SarahDanYell
- u/newzee1
- u/jerichowiz
- u/RedCoyoteArt
- u/Chaz_The_Mayors_Aide
- u/WackyConspiracy
- u/jameshenson
- u/NYTX2022
- u/AutoModerator
- u/cheezeyballz
- u/malovias
- u/mydaycake
- u/miked_mv
- u/hr2332
- u/vilifying_ppl_of_clr
- u/Va3Victis
- u/Exastiken
- u/Minneapolitanian
- u/Far_Travel_4558
- u/austintribune
- u/jphillipe03
- u/ASchneider_HPM
- u/Brave-Math-6371
- u/maryhartman000
- u/kg959
- u/DevaconXI
- u/ccrom
- u/OldEdgeyRiff
- u/mutatron
- u/MagicWishMonkey
- u/euphoricme2
- u/houstontexas2022
- u/bubbles5810
- u/Hishui92
- u/Human_Capital_Stock
- u/extremistwatch469
- u/giantyetifeet
- u/IntrospectiveApe
- u/blackwombat2
- u/PrimaryEffect6576
- u/Active-Marzipan-1291
- u/inthelu2
- u/scaradin
- u/copswithguns
- u/Wimberley-Guy
By votes
- u/zsreport
- u/BlankVerse
- u/VGAddict
- u/BuckSoul
- u/DeaconBlue47
- u/texastribune
- u/audiomuse1
- u/temporary1953
- u/houston_chronicle
- u/FlyThruTrees
- u/CasualObserverNine
- u/wdcmsnbcgay
- u/tubulerz1
- u/SoggyFlakes4US
- u/CordAlex1996
- u/SchoolIguana
- u/Madstork1981
- u/Freekey
- u/[deleted]
- u/BucketofWarmSpit
- u/TheBuzzTrack
- u/Separate_Shoe_6916
- u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera
- u/cheezeyballz
- u/azteca19
- u/dallasmorningnews
- u/rdking647
- u/teamworldunity
- u/Zestyclose_Shake5423
- u/redditor01020
- u/maryhartman000
- u/1000000students
- u/throwawaydonduff
- u/5thGenSnowflake
- u/Mynameis__--__
- u/noncongruent
- u/buntaro_pup
- u/Aggie956
- u/listen-to-my-face
- u/danmathew
- u/jamesstevenpost
- u/malovias
- u/jesuisjaysee
- u/miked_mv
- u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio
- u/SarahDanYell
- u/kg959
- u/tasslehawf
- u/cowboydavy
- u/ongoldenpaws
- u/InitiatePenguin
- u/Jonnyogood
- u/vilifying_ppl_of_clr
- u/newzee1
- u/flyover_liberal
- u/hr2332
- u/OregonTripleBeam
- u/ATSTlover
- u/z3phyreon
- u/Va3Victis
- u/jasperscherer
- u/Arrmadillo
- u/NikkiNightly
- u/WackyConspiracy
- u/Chaz_The_Mayors_Aide
- u/paradisegardens2021
- u/jerichowiz
- u/fotoflogger
- u/MagicWishMonkey
- u/Geek-Haven888
- u/mydaycake
- u/truth-4-sale
- u/A_Lefty_Gamer
- u/not-a-dislike-button
- u/OldEdgeyRiff
- u/nobody1701d
- u/paulinashallot
- u/RedCoyoteArt
- u/Minneapolitanian
- u/DevaconXI
- u/Human_Capital_Stock
- u/Fresh_Silver99
- u/PhilDesenex
- u/Far_Travel_4558
- u/houstontexas2022
- u/mrdrewc
- u/canarialdisease
- u/MySayTown
- u/IntrospectiveApe
- u/extremistwatch469
- u/TheGreyVicinity
- u/Cookie_Cutter_Cook
- u/mutatron
- u/pantone_starlight
- u/thecrazycoes
- u/blackwombat2
- u/austintribune
- u/jphillipe03
- u/DragonPup
- u/Rollyman1
Top commenters
By comment count
- u/[deleted]
- u/prpslydistracted
- u/TheFerretman
- u/jamesstevenpost
- u/OpenImagination9
- u/PushSouth5877
- u/Desertswampfrog-99
- u/BenchTraining4449
- u/timelessblur
- u/Waris-Tx
- u/hedgerow_hank
- u/OldEdgeyRiff
- u/Freekey
- u/not-a-dislike-button
- u/zsreport
- u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio
- u/audiomuse1
- u/malovias
- u/-Quothe-
- u/tickitytalk
- u/pguschin
- u/flyover_liberal
- u/Muuro
- u/W_AS-SA_W
- u/BigJig62
- u/jackist21
- u/danmathew
- u/Low_Ad_3139
- u/Madstork1981
- u/sunking3000
- u/jerichowiz
- u/Sissy63
- u/texaslegrefugee
- u/Which-Team-3650
- u/Mauri_op
- u/AggidudeSA
- u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera
- u/baryoniclord
- u/Bob_Paulsen60
- u/Arrmadillo
- u/Foreign_Quality_9623
- u/Equivalent_Edge_6281
- u/rapster2021
- u/millerba213
- u/JuanPabloElSegundo
- u/clampie
- u/juanfitzgerald
- u/scott042
- u/TXRudeboy
- u/CountrySax
- u/nakedtxn
- u/PrimaryEffect6576
- u/Tex242
- u/AutoModerator
- u/Delicious-Day-3332
- u/Historical-Passion55
- u/kkeennmm
- u/CSGOSucksMajorDick
- u/3rdCoastLiberal
- u/android_queen
- u/boredtxan
- u/29again
- u/ExMachiNation
- u/darwinn_69
- u/gking407
- u/HTC864
- u/SharkAttache
- u/purgance
- u/GrandmastaNinja
- u/shewel_item
- u/SonnyNicks
- u/Grey-59_for_life
- u/JimmyJoeJohnstonJr
- u/El-Walkman
- u/Meditationstation899
- u/trekkingscouter
- u/shiftposter
- u/oxymoronian
- u/airsoft_nerd
- u/emkay99
- u/Bravo_Juliet01
- u/TheGrandExquisitor
- u/chillypete99
- u/Ashvega03
- u/Jos3ph
- u/GoonerBear94
- u/TequieroVerde
- u/No_Apricot_7092
- u/JuanPablo0905
- u/Buffalorider5514
- u/b0nger
- u/Justinontheinternet
- u/texaswoman888
- u/OFTHEHILLPEOPLE
- u/Queenofwands817
- u/No-Helicopter7299
- u/DKmann
- u/TekTony
- u/Samwoodstone
- u/DebtRoutine1275
By votes
- u/[deleted]
- u/prpslydistracted
- u/OpenImagination9
- u/Freekey
- u/jamesstevenpost
- u/timelessblur
- u/DevaconXI
- u/wyldphyre
- u/vilifying_ppl_of_clr
- u/El-Walkman
- u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio
- u/RaWR_TX
- u/somethingrandom987
- u/sfuentez
- u/abby-rose
- u/AffectionateTap6212
- u/android_queen
- u/Jos3ph
- u/Meditationstation899
- u/yanniyi
- u/M0BBER
- u/scott042
- u/danmathew
- u/Larm_
- u/HexagonStorms
- u/ATSTlover
- u/DogGod18
- u/permalink_save
- u/Arrmadillo
- u/Practical_Freedom172
- u/Delicious-Day-3332
- u/Gurrrry
- u/RealValf
- u/GoonerBear94
- u/tigm2161130
- u/VGAddict
- u/highonnuggs
- u/cupcakesordeath
- u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera
- u/MoonSpirit25
- u/bebopgamer
- u/theoneaboutacotar
- u/Excellent-Variety916
- u/pizza_engineer
- u/dtxs1r
- u/HuitlacocheBanana
- u/zsreport
- u/lightninglyzard
- u/chillypete99
- u/kkeennmm
- u/Impossible_Ease_5427
- u/tickitytalk
- u/jmbre11
- u/Siren_of_Madness
- u/sickbeetz
- u/b0nger
- u/anyoutlookuser
- u/XeerDu
- u/heyhihello44
- u/SickMoonDoe
- u/noncongruent
- u/hairless_resonder
- u/Late_Onion8931
- u/JesusChristFarted
- u/flyingInStereo
- u/audiomuse1
- u/-Quothe-
- u/dust-ranger
- u/backstib
- u/rhj2020
- u/Pull-Mai-Fingr
- u/SharkAttache
- u/GeniusOfLove74
- u/dee_lio
- u/I-is-and-I-isnt
- u/paulinashallot
- u/flyover_liberal
- u/LayneLowe
- u/tejana948
- u/Hydra680
- u/JuanPabloElSegundo
- u/Aubrassai
- u/enroxorz
- u/dallasmorningnews
- u/jerichowiz
- u/chodeboi
- u/excoriator
- u/Waris-Tx
- u/DrTokinkoff
- u/Positive-Jump-7748
- u/texaslegrefugee
- u/lcmamom
- u/oxymoronian
- u/saladspoons
- u/KittenSpronkles
- u/Dachusblot
- u/TequieroVerde
- u/buntaro_pup
- u/CasualObserverNine
- u/RocketsandBeer
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FAQ
r/texaspolitics — frequently asked questions
Quick facts about this subreddit's size, history, focus, and related communities.
How many subscribers does r/texaspolitics have?
r/texaspolitics has approximately 56,485 subscribers as of May 27, 2026.
When was r/texaspolitics created?
r/texaspolitics was created on November 18, 2011 (15 years ago).
What is r/texaspolitics about?
The community focuses on political news and discussions specifically related to Texas, offering a platform for members to engage with local issues, elections, and political figures. It distinguishes itself by emphasizing Texas-centric political discourse, making it a hub for those interested in the state's unique political landscape. Members often share articles, opinions, a…
What subreddits are similar to r/texaspolitics?
Communities similar to r/texaspolitics include r/texas, r/fortworth, r/dallas, r/plano, r/austin.
Who are the most active posters on r/texaspolitics?
The most frequent posters on r/texaspolitics include u/zsreport, u/VGAddict, u/BlankVerse.
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