US presidential election: Focus on Texas

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In the third of our US election specials we are talking Texas. Rahul Tandon is joined live by Dr Rebecca Deen, an associate professor of political science at University of Texas, and Andy Uhler, a Texas based reporter for our sister programme Marketplace. The state is getting younger and more of those people are from the Hispanic community. We speak to first time voters to hear what issues concern them most ahead of the vote in November. The oil industry is a huge employer in the state and has had a rough time of late. How do Texans want their next president to help spring the important industry back to life? We all know that Texans are a determined lot. So when one astronaut realised he was going to be in space during a presidential election, he was determined to vote. Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao was the first American to vote in a presidential election from space. We find out how he did it. (Picture: Texas 'Lone Star' flag on side on bar; Credit: Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)