Elderly and gun owners exempt from Texas voter ID law

Next up, all Republicans are exempt from Texas voter ID. It's already more than half way there. It's possible that some Democrats were trying to help elderly voters who may not have a photo ID but senior citizens in Texas heavily break for the GOP during the elections. Slate:

I'll stress it again: These were bipartisan changes to the law. They are also going to help Republican voters. In 2008, a decent year for Texas Democrats but the last one for which exit polls are available, John McCain beat Barack Obama by 34 points among voters who were 65 and older; McCain had only won statewide by 10 points. We don't have a clean poll like this that tells us how gun owners voted in 2008, but the data is clear; gun owners favor Republicans.