Original sentence: Despite the prevailing view of many of the state's politicians and the delegates to the Secession Convention, some Texans opposed secession.Especially among the German population in the Texas Hill Country, and in the five counties in North Texas, with 25% statewide opposing secession during the 1861 referendum
Edited sentence: Despite the prevailing view of most of the state's politicians and the delegates to the Secession Convention, some Texans opposed secession.Especially among the German population in the Texas Hill Country, and in many of the counties in North Texas, with 25% statewide opposing secession during the 1861 referendum