In 2008 and 2012 Obama won... (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 10:21 PM

Tx4obama (36,974 posts)

In 2008 and 2012 Obama won the majority of votes in the cities/counties of: Dallas/Dallas, Austin/Travis, Houston/Harris, San Antonio, El Paso, etc.

Below are the Texas votes per county...

2008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas,_2008#By_county

2012: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas,_2012#By_county

p.s. Here in Houston we have elected an openly gay female mayor the past two terms
Annise Parker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annise_Parker

That's more than some other big cities have done

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
How liberal/conservative are Dallas, Houston and San Antonio? [View all]	PlanetaryOrbit	Jan 2014	OP
The cities themselves: liberal. The suburbs: blood red.	Mayberry Machiavelli	Jan 2014	#1
100% correct.	narnian60	Jan 2014	#3
Houston has a lesbian mayor.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#2
Dallas=conservative...	cry baby	Jan 2014	#4
The core of Dallas is Democratic - Burbs are Rep and lots of Tea party	dem in texas	Jan 2014	#7
Yes, I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong about Dallas county!	cry baby	Jan 2014	#9
In 2008 and 2012 Obama won...	Tx4obama	Jan 2014	#5
I stand corrected about Dallas...good info in your post.	cry baby	Jan 2014	#8
The cities are liberal; the suburbs, not so much	alarimer	Jan 2014	#6
I believe that Fort Bend County will be first suburban county to turn blue	Gothmog	Jan 2014	#10
I moved to Fort Worth in November	daisy1957	Jan 2014	#11

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