TEXAS | 34 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Texas Secretary of State) Total Population, July 1, 2008 est. 24,326,974 Registered Voters, Nov. 2008 13,575,062 Texas has: 254 Counties. Largest counties: Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, El Paso. > Largest cities: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, El Paso. > Government
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State
of Texas Texas Secretary of State Constitution
Party of TX Dallas
Morning News Burnt
Orange Report The Lone Star State |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 14,780,857. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.7%. According to the unofficial tabulation 5.35 million people (about 66.5%) voted early. |
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2008
Overview The major candidates made a few visits to Texas, almost all of which were for fundraising. McCain-Palin caried the state with a plurality of 950,795 votes (11.77 percentage points). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader | Barr |
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Democrats 228 Delegates (193 Pledged and 35 Unpledged) and 32 Alternates 5.63% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. Unique system with presidential primary and precinct conventions on the same day. The primary determines 126 of the 288 national convention delegates. The convention/caucus process determines 67 delegates. FAQ. More Clinton
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Debate:
1. PRIMARY
Note: Obama finished ahead in early voting 649,001 (50.54%) to 613,344 (47.76%). The primary resulted in 65 delegates for Clinton and 61 for Obama. 2. PRECINCT
CONVENTIONS: Observations of a Texas Obama Volunteer 2a. DISTRICT
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Republicans 140 Delegates (3 RNC; 41 at-large; 96 by CD (3 x 32) and 170 alternates. 5.88% of the 2,380 Delegates. Huckabee
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Official Results
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Setting the Primary
Date
Texas Came Close to
Joining
the Stampede to Feb. 5: On April 13, 2007 by a vote of 123
to
12 with 1 present and not voting the Texas House approved HB
2017, a bill to move the general primary and the presidential
primary
from first Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday in February.
However,
the identical Senate bill, SB
1843, failed to advance and its sponsor, Sen. Royce West
(D-Dallas),
removed it from the Senate intent calendar on May 23. Stefan D.
Haag,
a professor of government at the Pinnacle Campus of Austin Community
College,
noted in an e-mail that one concern with this legislation was "the
burden
on election officials in conforming to new dates (registration
deadlines,
sending new registration cards, filing dates for candidates, etc.),
many
of which fall over the holiday season." (Note: In addition to HB
2017, two similar bills HB
993 and HB
996, were also introduced in late January 2007).
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Voting Eligible Population*: 13,796,256. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.7%. According to the unofficial tabulation a bit fewer than 3.8 million people (over 51% of voters) voted early. |
Total Number of
Voters:
7,482,947 |
2004
Overview Bush won his home state with a plurality of 1,694,213 votes (22.87 percentage points), carrying 236 of the 254 counties. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Voting Eligible Population*: 13,033,081. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 49.2%. Early voting in person: Oct. 23-Nov. 3, 2000. According to the unofficial tabulation more than 2.4 million people (over 38% of voters) voted early. |
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2000
Overview Gov. Bush won handily in his home state, gaining a plurality of 1,365,893 votes (21.32 percentage points) and carrying 230 of 254 counties. |
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