If California is a fetish state for Democrats, Texas is a fetish state for Republicans. The party led by Donald Trump has been the top vote-getter in the state of Texas for almost 40 years.. The last victory of the Democratic Party was in 1976 with Jimmy Carter, who won in this state in the U.S. elections against Gerald Ford (Republican candidate).
Texas is the second most important state in the United States.in terms of both size and demographic weight. Located on the southern border of the country, with Mexico on the other side, is one of the states that suffers the most from migratory flows.. This is a key aspect in the electoral campaign and one to which the Republican voter is particularly sensitive.
The U.S. election results in Texas are key to the Kamala Harris or Donald Trump may make it to the Oval Office in the White House. It is not a key state as such, since it is not one of the ‘pendulum states’, but it is Is relevant because of the large number of voters it contributes (40).. A number of electors that, by the way, has increased with respect to the 2020 US elections, when the number was somewhat lower: 38 electoral votes.
Joe Biden or Donald Trump, who won California in the U.S. 2020 election?
A traditionally Republican state, in the 2020 US electionsthe Republican Party led by Donald Trump won the victory with 52.1% of the support (5,890,347 votes). Bidenwas the choice of 46.5% of the Texas electorate (5,259,126 votes).
The victory of the Republicans over the Democrats was even greater in terms of the number of counties in which they won. The vast majority of Texas counties were won by the Republican Party.. Only a few downstate and in major cities went to the Democratic Party: Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden.
Texas, the lone star state
With just over 30 million inhabitants, Texas is second only to California in population. It is located in the south of the country, bordering New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast and Louisiana to the east.
Before becoming part of the United States, Texas belonged to Mexico (and was a colony of Spain. as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain). After a brief war, the Texans gained independence from Mexico in 1836. It was not until 1845 when Texas was annexed by the United States. and became the 28th state in the country. However, its history does not stop there. In the Civil War, Texas was part of the Confederate States of America.After the end of the Civil War in 1865, Texas became part of the United States again.
The flag of Texas was officially adopted in 1839 and consists of three colored stripes and a white five-pointed star: one vertical in blue (on which the star is placed), and two horizontal stripes: an upper white one and a red one at the bottom. It has some similarity with the flag of Chile.
Each state’s electoral votes by importance:
By number of electoral votes, Texas is the second largest state with 40 electors.. This is two more than it had in the 2020 presidential election. Only California has more electoral votes than this southern U.S. state.
