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- Texas statewide turnout of voters in 2008, in millions:
13.68.0 - 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
Texas Election Results, By the Numbers
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where's the public outcry over the condition of waterloo park?
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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.
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 -- whoops, you're absolutely right on that. looks like i was referencing the wrong row on this page:
http://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/nov04_141_state.htm?x=0&y=866&id=85
13.6 million actually represents the total number of registered voters, of which roughly 8.05 million turned out.
thanks for keeping an eagle eye out!
Someone has been reading Harpers.
@Ryan -- oh yes, we've been shamelessly ripping off Harpers since 2006
http://austinist.com/2006/07/17/austin_by_the_numbers.php
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.