This is the most contested county in all of Texas

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Some pollsters are saying that Texas is in play as a possible swing state in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election — even though the last time it voted for a Democrat was in 1976.

CGTN America’s Lisa Chiu traveled to Jefferson County, Texas, to talk to political leaders in the only county in the entire state that voted for Obama twice in 2008 and 2012, and then voted for Trump in 2016. Take a look at the most contested county in Texas.

We talked to the chair of the county’s Republican Party Judy Nichols and the chair of the Democratic Party, Joseph Trahan. See how this small community is a microcosm of many tossup regions across the United States.