| Here's the list, courtesy of -- me. I've found out and listed the 28 Texas counties where Obama beat McCain. I ranked based on the counties where he received the highest vote totals (and still won). I also have created (good suggestion KT!) a "vote margin" column, so you can see by how much Obama won in each of these 28 counties. We're going to need to start thinking of how to target a statewide map if we want to win big in 2010. Looking at previous results is one step in the process -- but one we hope to continue developing going forward. Three quick facts, and then the numbers: - Obama's vote totals in these 28 counties represent 55.5% of his ~ 3.5 million vote total.
- Obama lost by 910,409 votes statewide -- which means based on his vote margin victory in these 28 counties, he lost the other 228 counties by a total of 1,374,010 votes. Wow.
- His vote margins in Travis and Dallas County were nearly twice as great as any other county.
Now, on to the numbers. I hope this is useful and/or interesting. Enjoy! | County | Obama | McCain | Vote Margin
| | Harris | 588,611 (50.5%)
| 570,143 (48.9%)
| 18,468 | | Dallas | 424,468 (57.5%) | 309,477 (41.9%)
| 114,991 | | Bexar | 275,023 (52.4%)
| 245,932 (46.9%) | 29,091 | | Travis | 253,278 (64.1%) | 136,671 (34.6%)
| 116,607 | | El Paso | 121,589 (66.0%)
| 61,598 (33.4%)
| 59,991 | | Hidalgo | 90,122 (69.1%) | 39,614 (31.4%) | 50,508 | | Cameron | 48,401 (64.1%)
| 26,641 (35.3%)
| 21,760 | | Jefferson | 44,854 (50.9%) | 42,877 (48.6%)
| 1,977 | | Webb | 33,435 (71,5%) | 14,111 (28.0%) | 19,324 | | Maverick | 8,554 (78.2%) | 2,316 (21.2%)
| 6,238 | Starr
| 8,283 (84.5%)
| 1,488 (15.3%)
| 6,795 | Val Verde
| 6,982 (54.5%)
| 5,752 (44.9%)
| 1,230
| Jim Wells
| 6,683 (57.8%)
| 4,825 (41.7%) | 1,858 | | Kleberg | 5,251 (53.3%)
| 4,539 (46.0%)
| 712
| | Willacy | 3,405 (69.6%) | 1,454 (29.7%) | 1,951 | | Duval | 3,298 (74.8%) | 1,076 (24.4%) | 2,222
| | Zavala | 3,263 (84.2%)
| 596 (15.4%)
| 2,667
| | Dimmit | 2,692 (75.1%) | 874 (24,4%)
| 1,818 | | Frio | 2,405 (59.2%) | 1,644 (40.5%)
| 761
| Zapata
| 1,939 (67.7%)
| 918 (32%) | 1,021 | | Brewster | 1,819 (49.9%) | 1,781 (48.8%) | 38
| | Brooks | 1,747 (75.7%) | 556 (24.1%)
| 1,191 | | Reeves | 1,605 (52.3%) | 1,444 (47.0%) | 161
| Jim Hogg
| 1,336 (73.6%)
| 472 (26.0%)
| 864
| | Presidio | 1,250 (71.3%)
| 489 (27.9%) | 761 | La Salle
| 1,051 (59.2%) | 713 (40.2%)
| 338
| Culberson
| 510 (65%) | 267 (34.0%)
| 243 | | Kenedy | 108 (53.5%) | 93 (46.0%) | 15 | | TOTAL | 1,941,962 | 1,478,361 | 463,601
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