texaselectionresults
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. McCain won by 56 percent to 44 percent margin. This came as a no surprise since polls analysts’ predictions were all for a Republican victory
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. On the basis of these results, John McCain got thirty=four electoral votes.
(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~Following the Texas election results, opinion polls were launched and their findings are of benefit to researchers doing researches on 2008 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.
The Republican senator John McCain had the overwhelming backing from the whites, the rich, Evangelical Christians, seniors and republicans in his race for the president. 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 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. It is a very low percentage, as low as 1%, of blacks who expressed their partiality with Senator McCain. Hispanics constitute a large bloc of Texas electorate, and these Hispanics were hysterical about making Obama the first ever-Black American president.
Hence, Texas election results were tinted with these facts and figures. They had a very domineering effect on the overall results of the Texas state. However, as has been the rule, the republicans held sway during 2008 presidential polls too.