What Happened in the Reddest County of the Reddest State
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Julie Barrett
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Our little corner of Texas is still solidly Republican, but the numbers are telling.
In 2004 the vote was 71% Bush, 28% Kerry. This year it was 62% McCain, 36% Obama. The House of Representatives member from my district ran away with 87% of the vote four years ago; this year it was 63%.
I don't want to read too much into those numbers. I suspect part of the shift is that we're more urban/suburban than we used to be, but there are still great swaths of rural land in the county, which is solidly Republican. Our own precinct had a 63% turnout (up from 61% four years ago) with 59% going Republican and 38%* voting Democrat. Early voting was overwhelmingly Republican. Last year it was closer to 70% Republican. I'd say this about echoes the very unofficial yard sign tally in the neighborhood.
Well, I have to get going. Just thought I'd toss out a few numbers.
*Update: I was reading the straight ticket ballots. The number should be 38% instead of 40%. And scrolling down to the House race, I see that it was 59% for the Republican, and 37% for the Democrat, very close to the countywide totals.
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David H. said:
Not bad, eh ? Yes, I'm an Austin boy at heart, so I still find all these Republicans mildly unsettling. But not quite as one-sided.
And better yet, I've only had *one* friend/neighbor give me grief over my Obama bumper sticker ;)
Date: 11/12/2008 2:11:06 PM
Date: 11/12/2008 2:11:06 PM
David H. said:
Not bad, eh ? Yes, I'm an Austin boy at heart, so I still find all these Republicans mildly unsettling. But not quite as one-sided.
And better yet, I've only had *one* friend/neighbor give me grief over my Obama bumper sticker ;)
Date: 11/12/2008 2:11:06 PM
Date: 11/12/2008 2:11:06 PM
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