Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s 78,000 total votes in the March 4 primary was 20,000 more than John McCain and Mike Huckabee combined in this stereotypical suburban “red-state county” just north of the city of Dallas. Even allowing for GOP crossovers not due to Obamamania but due to Rush Limbaugh-inspired shenanigans, that’s still a shocker.
Similar things happened in suburban counties adjoining Austin, San Antonio and Houston. We’ll see whether this carries over to November or not.
I’m sure the Texas Democratic Party would be satisfied with closing the 2004 general election gap by one-third or so.
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