Hvornår var sidste gang texas stemte demokrat for et præsidentvalg?
1976
Politics of Texas
John Towers valg til det amerikanske senat i 1961 gjorde ham til den første GOP-kandidat på statsniveau siden rekonstruktionen og fratagelsen af stemmerettighederne for sorte republikanere. Den republikanske guvernør Bill Clements og senator Phil Gramm (også en tidligere demokrat) blev valgt efter ham. Republikanerne blev i stigende grad dominerende ved nationale valg i Texas med hvidt flertal. Den sidste demokratiske præsidentkandidat, der vandt staten, var Jimmy Carter i 1976. Tidligere skulle en demokrat vinde Texas for at vinde Det Hvide Hus, men ved valget i 1992 vandt Bill Clinton det ovale embede, mens han tabte valgmandsstemmer i Texas. Dette resultat reducerede i betydelig grad Texas-demokraternes magt på nationalt plan, da partilederne mente, at staten var blevet umulig at vinde.
1976
Politics of Texas
John Tower's 1961 election to the U.S. Senate made him the first statewide GOP officeholder since Reconstruction and the disenfranchisement of black Republicans. Republican Governor Bill Clements and Senator Phil Gramm (also a former Democrat) were elected after him. Republicans became increasingly dominant in national elections in white-majority Texas. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Previously, a Democrat had to win Texas to win the White House, but in the 1992 election, Bill Clinton won the Oval Office while losing Texas electoral votes. This result significantly reduced the power of Texas Democrats at the national level, as party leaders believed the state had become unwinnable.
Politics of Texas