texaselectionresults
Posted by admin | Posted in Elections | Posted on 14-08-2009-05-2008
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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 Texas election results favored Senator McCain during the last presidential elections too. He registered his victory by a margin of 56% to 44%. This was not unexpected as pre-polls opinions showed such an outcome
In Texas, the number of registered voters stood at 13.5 million voters. It is interesting to note that Senator John McCain was successful in bagging 4,467,748 votes. On the other hand, Senator Barack Obama polled 3,521,164 votes. The percentages were 56% and 44% respectively. 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. Texas people were interested more in the economy than terrorism when it came to choosing their president. However, they appeared to attach more importance to issues concerning the war in Iraq, health care and energy policy than terrorism. Obama had the support of the economy-concerned voters whereas McCain was popular among those who were concerned about terrorism.
In his run for president, Republican John McCain was completely supported by the affluent, whites, evangelical Christians, Republicans and seniors. Most of the interviewees were reported to be approving the role played by President Bush and thus extended their support to McCain. McCain won two-thirds of the votes of white people and nearly three-fifths of the rich in the State. Texas election results were influenced by these trends.
Black voters in Texas was enamored of Senator Barack Obama. The fact that he was an African American was instrumental in swaying the blacks opinion in his favor in the Texas election results. It is a very low percentage, as low as 1%, of blacks who expressed their partiality with Senator McCain. Hispanics made up a large part of population in Texas, and they were frantic to make Obama the 1st Black American president in the history of the USA.
Hence, Texas election results were tinted with these facts and figures. They exerted a controlling hold on the outcome of the election results of the Texas State. However, as has been the rule, the republicans held sway during 2008 presidential polls too.
