Yet in 2012, Mitt Romney won 58 percent of all major-party presidential votes cast in the state - a point higher than the 57 percent share Ronald Reagan won in 1980. Sharp MX2600N Toner Cartridge http://dghd24.com/zmryt/635.html The reason Texas stood still could be explained by two offsetting trends: As Democratic-leaning Hispanics and African-Americans grew in voting strength, Republicans made enormous gains with rural whites who felt increasingly alienated by coastal liberals.
But in 2018, Republicans may be on the verge of "maxing out" their shares of rural whites. In 2016, exit polls showed Trump winning 76 percent of Texas whites without college degrees. Meanwhile, the nonwhite share of eligible voters is continuing to rise every year. And even more important for Democrats, Trump has alienated a booming, traditionally GOP group: suburban professional whites, especially women.
Democrats' new energy in the suburbs is unlikely to help O'Rourke or other 2018 statewide Democratic candidates if, as in past midterms, nonwhites fail to show up. According to the Census Bureau, nonwhites made up 41 percent of Texas' electorate in 2012 and 39 percent in 2016, but just 35 percent in 2014.
No matter what happens in those races, however, Texas will make history in 2018. Incredibly, Texas has never elected a Latina to Congress. But on Tuesday, Veronica Escobar, former El Paso County judge, and state Sen. Sylvia Garcia both won their primaries with more than 50 percent of the vote (the threshold needed to avoid a runoff), virtually guaranteeing they will win safe Democratic seats in El Paso and Houston this fall.
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The reason Texas stood still could be explained by two offsetting trends: As Democratic-leaning Hispanics and African-Americans grew in voting strength, Republicans made enormous gains with rural whites who felt increasingly alienated by coastal liberals.
But in 2018, Republicans may be on the verge of "maxing out" their shares of rural whites. In 2016, exit polls showed Trump winning 76 percent of Texas whites without college degrees. Meanwhile, the nonwhite share of eligible voters is continuing to rise every year. And even more important for Democrats, Trump has alienated a booming, traditionally GOP group: suburban professional whites, especially women.
Democrats' new energy in the suburbs is unlikely to help O'Rourke or other 2018 statewide Democratic candidates if, as in past midterms, nonwhites fail to show up. According to the Census Bureau, nonwhites made up 41 percent of Texas' electorate in 2012 and 39 percent in 2016, but just 35 percent in 2014.
No matter what happens in those races, however, Texas will make history in 2018. Incredibly, Texas has never elected a Latina to Congress. But on Tuesday, Veronica Escobar, former El Paso County judge, and state Sen. Sylvia Garcia both won their primaries with more than 50 percent of the vote (the threshold needed to avoid a runoff), virtually guaranteeing they will win safe Democratic seats in El Paso and Houston this fall.