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A gradual trend towards increasing social liberalism in the Democratic Party, however, has turned the state into generally a Republican stronghold. Since 1980, Texas has voted for the Republican nominee in every presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Though Carter was the last Democrat presidential candidate to win Texas, his legacy is still evident in the party, said state Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas.
To date, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas, and the last time Texas voted more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Carter's southern roots as a former governor of Georgia struck a chord with many voters in Texas, along with strong anti-Republican sentiment following Watergate.
The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state was Jimmy Carter in 1976. In the 1992 election, Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to win the Oval Office while losing Texas electoral votes.
Carter also remains the last Democrat to win a presidential election while winning fewer than 300 electoral votes. This election was the last time until 2024 in which the popular vote margin in all 50 states and the District of Columbia swung in the same direction from the previous election, and the most recent in which they all swung Democratic.
A Democrat has secured a significant victory in a Texas state Senate special election, flipping a district that Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. Taylor Rehmet, a labour union leader and ...
New polling suggests state Rep. James Talarico's Texas primary win was boosted by his criticism of Israel's ongoing conflict in Palestine.
Democrats insist Republicans caved on the DHS shutdown. But Democrats saw none of their demands on reforming ICE met. So what did they get?