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Who was the first republican presidential nominee to win the electoral votes of Texas?
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoHoover in 1928
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Who did Texas assign its electoral votes to in 1996?
Bob Dole won the state of Texas, receiving its 32 electoral votes, in the 1996 presidential election. Bill Clinton won the election, with 49.2 percent of the vote.
How many votes for each candidate in 2008 Presidential election?
In Texas the Vote was: * 4,479,328 for McCain the Republican. * 3,528,633 for Obama the Democratic Candidate. * 5,214 votes for Nader the Independent Candidate. * 56,116 votes for Barr the Libertarian. * 5,052 votes for Baldwin the Constitution Candidate * 671 votes for Mckinney the Green Candidate. * 2,781 votes were cast for others.
Who did Abraham Lincoln beat to become President of the US?
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How did the control over slavery effect the 1860 election?
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Who started the national Republican Party?
Bovey was the founder of the Republican Party.
Who were the two main candidates in the presidential election of 2000?
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Has texas' electoral votes always gone to the republican candidate?
Texas has given its votes to the Republican candidate in every U. S. Presidential Election back to and including 1980, but before 1980 Texas never gave its votes to the Republican candidate with the exceptions of Hoover in 1928, Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and Nixon in 1972.
How are Texas' electoral votes divided?
Texas casts its electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College on a winner-take-all basis. The winner of the presidential election on Election Day in Texas gets all of Texas' electoral votes.
How many electoral votes did Texas have in 2004?
Texas had 34 electoral votes in the 2004 election, which went to George W. Bush, Republican.
How many electoral college votes does Texas have for 2012 general election?
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 36 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas. Therefore, Texas had 38 electoral votes in the 2012 election.
How many votes did Texas have?
Texas had 8,077,073 votes cast in the 2008 presidential election, which translated into 34 electoral votes.
Who did Texas assign its electoral votes to in 1996?
Bob Dole won the state of Texas, receiving its 32 electoral votes, in the 1996 presidential election. Bill Clinton won the election, with 49.2 percent of the vote.
Who is Ted Cruz?
Ted Cruz is a Republican senator from Texas who is running for the presidential nomination in 2016.
Will Rick Perry be the Republican nominee in the 2012 presidential election?
It is unknown yet who the frontrunner of the Republican party will be in the 2012 election, although Rick Perry is near the top of the list. In an early August 2011 CNN poll the Texas governor was just two points behind Mitt Romney, the GOP's current top choice.
Did Obama win TX?
No. Texas has not voted Democratic in a presidential election since 1976.
Who will Texas vote for president in 2012?
In the 2012 presidential election, Texas voted for the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney.
Who is Republican candidate Ron Pahl?
I think you mean Ron Paul. There apparently is a Ron Pahl, he's a professor and author, but not a political candidate. Ron Paul is a Republican congressman from Texas who campaigned to be the Republican nominee for the 2008 presidential election, losing to John McCain. He still has a fervent fanbase, and is notable for his libertarian policies which were at odds with most of the other candidates. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
