the last time texas voted democrat in a presidential election was 2008.
when was the last time texas voted democrat in a presidential election?
2008
the last time texas voted for a democratic candidate was the 1976 presidential election when jimmy carter won 51.14% of the popular vote. hispanic participation can create a very interesting and unpredictable outcome, especially on the democratic statewide tickets since they lean heavily democratic. the hispanic turnout has increased by approximately 200,000 for each and every presidential election since 2000.





















































section::::general election.:predictions.





















































the following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for texas as of election day.





















































bullet::::1. "los angeles times": leans trump





















































bullet::::2. cnn: solid trump





















































bullet::::3. "sabato's crystal ball": solid trump





















































bullet::::4. nbc: leans trump
2016 united states presidential election in texas
during the 1990s and 2000s, asian american voting behavior shifted from moderate support for the republican party to stronger support for the democratic party. in the 1992 presidential election republican george h. w. bush received 55% of the asian-american vote compared to 31% for democrat bill clinton. asian americans voted republican and were the only racial group more conservative than whites in the 1990s, according to surveys. by the 2004 election, democrat john kerry won 56% of the asian american vote, with chinese and indian americans tending to support kerry, and vietnamese and filipino americans tending to support george bush. japanese-americans leaned towards kerry, while korean-americans leaned towards bush. democrat barack obama won 62% of the asian american vote in the 2008 presidential election, with the margin increasing during the 2012 presidential election, where asian americans voted to re-elect obama by 73%. in the 2014 midterm elections, based on exit polls, 50% of asian americans voted republican, while 49% voted democrat; this swing towards voting for republicans was a shift from the strong democratic vote in 2012, and had not reached 50% since 1996. the 2016 national asian american survey, conducted before the 2016 presidential election, found that 55% of asian american registered voters supported democratic candidate hillary clinton and only 14% supported republican candidate donald trump.
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