An influx of straight-ticket Democratic voters at Texas State University is one primary factor that led to a handful of key Hays County seats to turn blue Nov. 6.

That wave was part of a larger national movement that flipped a handful of state and national seats during the 2018 Midterm elections, sending shockwaves across the state.

In the 2018, 21,870 Democratic voters in Hays County voted straight-ticket, a 66 percent increase from 2014. The increase in turnout and straight ticket voting drast...