“The View” panelist Sunny Hostin predicted Thursday that Texas voters will flip the state blue in November for the first time in about 30 years. Her forecast came as the panel discussed the close US Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton, as reported by The New York Post.

“I think we will. I think we will see Texas go blue, actually. I really do,” Hostin remarked.

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Hostin pointed to polling that showed Talarico ahead of Paxton and performing strongly with several groups of voters. She presented the figures as particularly striking because a Democrat has not won statewide office in Texas in 30 years.

“In September, not only one, but eight pollsters had Talarico ahead 51%-45%. That is so significant given that a Democrat hasn’t won statewide office in 30 years,” Hostin said.

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“That same poll showed that he is leading Paxton among women, 56% to 40%. Among voters aged 18 to 29, 66% to 22%, and among Hispanics, 62% to 30%. We’re talking about Texas. He’s going to win this race.”

Panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin argued that Talarico’s advantage in the Lone Star State reflected voter frustration with President Trump’s administration. She said the fact that Texas was competitive spoke to the current political moment.

“I mean, the fact that Texas is in play speaks to the moment right now that people are so frustrated with the current leadership,” Griffin said.

“A Democrat hasn’t won statewide in Texas in over 30 years. I still think it could go either direction for Paxton or Talarico, but this is kind of a perfect storm, and it’s a mess of the president’s own making.”

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Griffin agreed that Texas could flip blue and called Talarico a good candidate. She also argued that Sen. John Cornyn would have been a better Republican candidate than Paxton, who secured Trump’s endorsement and finished first in the Republican primary.

An October Fox News poll gave Talarico a net positive personal rating of 8 points among likely Texas voters. The survey found that 52% viewed him favorably and 44% viewed him unfavorably.

Paxton, by comparison, was underwater by 18 points in the same survey. His ratings stood at 40% favorable and 58% unfavorable among likely voters in Texas.

The poll also showed that Republicans were six times more likely to view Paxton unfavorably than Democrats were to view Talarico unfavorably. Paxton received an unfavorable rating from 32% of Republicans, while 5% of Democrats viewed Talarico unfavorably.

Likely Texas voters were almost evenly divided over which party they wanted to control the Senate. While 49% preferred a Democratic Senate, 50% favored Republican control of the upper chamber.

The partisan crossover figures showed 8% of voters identifying as Republicans preferred Democratic control. Only 1% of Democrats crossed over to select Republican control.

Talarico held a slim advantage of 2 points over Paxton among likely voters, leading the matchup 51% to 49%. However, the poll results were within the margin of sampling error.

Panelists Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro expressed some doubt about the encouraging numbers for the Democratic candidate. Navarro said, “Two-thousand sixteen left me scared.”

“I have hope. People should have hope, but hope alone won’t win an election. People got to turn hope into vote,” Navarro continued.

“And I don’t think they, you know, relying on polls and just kind of sitting back and getting complacent is something that nobody can afford to do if they want to see change.”

Paxton’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Trump campaigned alongside Paxton in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday.

Trump and Paxton both highlighted Talarico’s absence from campaigning at the event. Talarico’s campaign responded that he had been sick with the flu and was expected to return to the campaign trail that weekend.

RNC spokesman Zach Kraft delivered a sharply mocking response to the discussion. “Anyone taking seriously what Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin say about politics likely has a low enough IQ to qualify as a guest host on ‘The View,’” Kraft told Fox News Digital.

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