A massive 50-state Washington Post/Survey Monkey poll of registered voters finds the state of Texas could be on the verge of supporting a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in four decades.

In a poll of more than 5,000 voters, surveyors shockingly concluded Hillary Clinton now leads Republican nominee Donald Trump 46 percent to 45 percent in the Lone Star state.

Texas Historically bad for Dems

In the 2012 race for the White House, Mitt Romney bested President Obama by 16 points in the state and over the course of the last four elections the state has been among the worst-performing areas on the map for Democrats.

In comparing the current trends with those collected in a 2008 exit poll of voters, pollsters found Trump is performing far worse than 2008 candidate John McCain among both Hispanics and whites.

"The state is getting bluer by the second," said Anne Holton, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine.

As for the odds of Texas actually going from red to blue, Holton added she will lead such prognosticating to the experts.

"I'll just say that Hillary is working to be president of all of the 50 states, and is eager to help voters understand what she has to offer," she said.

Clinton Making Herself Seen

Perhaps sensing her growing momentum in the state, Clinton has recently paid the area several visits, as her husband and former commander-in-chief Bill Clinton.

Still, and despite what the Washington Post numbers say, naysayers about the state actually being in play abound.

"Texas is not in play," said SMU political science professor Cal Jillson, further predicting that Trump, though a weak candidate, will win the state by as much as eight points.

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