Texas Election Results
In the presidential elections of 1976, then presidential candidate Democrat Jimmy Carter won Texas. He was the last Democrat candidate ever to capture the votes of Texas State In 2008 presidential polls, Texas election results were in favor of Senator John McCain. He registered his victory by a margin of 56% to 44%. This came as a no surprise since polls analysts’ predictions were all for a Republican victory
The total number of voters registered in Texas was 13.5 million. It is interesting to note that Senator John McCain was successful in bagging 4,467,748 votes. Barack Obama won 3,521,164 votes. The respective percentages were fifty-six and forty-four. Republican candidate John McCain received the 34 electoral votes on the strength of the Texas election results.
Surveys conducted immediately after the Texas election results were announced are of value to research workers interested in doing research work on US presidential elections. Texans were more concerned about the economy than terrorism in deciding who they should wanted their next president to be. However, they appeared to attach more importance to issues concerning the war in Iraq, health care and energy policy than terrorism. Obama was backed by voters interested in economic matters whilst McCain was assisted by those who were worried about terrorist activities.
In his run for president, Republican John McCain was completely supported by the affluent, whites, evangelical Christians, Republicans and seniors. The majority of Texans, it was reported, who were interviewed were appreciative of President Bush’s performance and endorsed the candidacy of McCain. McCain was successful in winning 2/3 of the white votes and almost 3/5 votes of the affluent in the State. Texas election results were swayed by these developments.
Black voters in Texas was enamored of Senator Barack Obama. Black peoples’ attitude towards Barack Obama was influenced by the fact that he too was an African American. Only 1 percent of blacks voted for McCain. Hispanics constitute a large bloc of Texas electorate, and these Hispanics were hysterical about making Obama the first ever-Black American president.
Therefore, Texas election results were colored with these data. They exerted a controlling hold on the outcome of the election results of the Texas State. Anyhow, just as in the past, It was the Republicans who came out on top in 2008 presidential elections.
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