Texas Election Results, By the Numbers

Texas statewide turnout of voters in 2008, in millions: ~~13.6~~ 8.0
Turnout in 2004, in millions: 7.4
Margin by which McCain won Texas in 2008: 11.8%
Margin by which Bush won Texas in 2004: 24% [info]
Margin by which Obama won Travis County: 30%
Other major counties in Texas that Obama won: Dallas, Harris (Houston), Bexar (San Antonio) [info]
Number of these counties that Kerry won in 2004: 0
Margin by which Proposition 2, which sought to prevent the city from giving tax incentives to retail developments, failed: 4% [info]
Number of Republicans holding office in Travis County after last night: 1 [info]
Number of net seats won by Democrats in the Texas State Legislature: 3 [info]
Net ratio of Democrats to Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives after last night: 74:76
Number of votes by which California's Prop 8, which sought to discriminate against gay marriage, won, in millions: 0.4 [info]
Estimated number of absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted in California, in millions: 4 [info]
Number of "Special Election Edition" papers the Austin American-Statesman is printing: 10,000

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By Allen Y Chen in News on November 5, 2008 1:54 PM 0 Comments

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Ryan

By the numbers is my favorite feature. Such an interesting and succinct method of information delivery. I personally would like more of it Allen, since it isn't like Harpers does a "By the Numbers" Austin-edition.

Allen Y Chen

@Ryan -- oh yes, we've been shamelessly ripping off Harpers since 2006

http://austinist.com/2006/07/17/austin_by_the_numbers.php

monkeysocks

http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/33762744.html#race1

this site indicates that Texas 'only' had 8million plus in 2008. A record, sure, but not 13.6 million as the post above indicates

monkeysocks

what is the source for the 1st two numbers. I can not honestly believe that nearly twice as many people voted in TX in 2008 as 2004. Nationwide it was like 1-2% more.