Candidate carried the day in that governors race in texas in 2010, but the Racial Disparities were really, really, really stark. Same thing in the president ial race in texas in 2008. It was barack obama running against john mccain. White voters went for the republican by this huge margin. This does not mean that 47 of white people voted republican in texas. It means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47point margin. Black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96point margin. The black vote in 2008 in texas was 982 for barack obama. For latinos it was a similar huge margin for the democrats. The democratic ticket did better than the republican ticket among latino voters in 2008 by a margin of 28 points. There is just a stark, stark racial divide in the voting patterns in texas. Again, this is the 08 president ial race. I would show you the 2012 president ial numbers, too, but, weirdly, texas did not get exit polled in 2012, some sort of costsaving measure
Stark. Same thing in the president ial race in texas in 2008. It was barack obama running against john mccain. White voters went for the republican by this huge margin. This does not mean that 47 of white people voted republican in texas. It means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47point margin. Black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96point margin. The black vote in 2008 in texas was 982 for barack obama. For latinos it was a similar huge margin for the democrats. The democratic ticket did better than the republican ticket among latino voters in 2008 by a margin of 28 points. There is just a stark, stark racial divide in the voting patterns in texas. Again, this is the 08 president ial race. I would show you the 2012 president ial numbers, too, but, weirdly, texas did not get exit polled in 2012, some sort of costsaving measure or something, so there arent 2012 numbers. But you can see between 2008 and 2010, there is a consistency over time. In the
Should not expect him to serve to completion. We have not entered the era in new jersey politics that will be known as the oh, man, not our government is governor is running for president. That is what it seemed like in the speech. The biggest thing i have heard about leadership is that leadership is much less about talking then it is about listening, about bringing people around the table, listening to each other, showing them respect, doing what needed to be done to be able to bring people together and to achieve what we needed to achieve to move our state forward. Now, listen, i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington d. C. Should turn in their tvs right now to see how its done. If what you are hoping for in the new jersey governance was more, hey, washington, look at me congratulations, it will be very satisfying second turn of the chris chris the governorship. In alabama, we have followed the primary in the first congressional district. In
It looks to be very, very close at this hour. Over the weekend, the chairman of the Virginia State Republican Party told politico that a ken kuchenell victory was in reach. If turnouts in the 30s, were going to win. If it gets higher up in fairfax county, say like 40 , its likely we wont win. Well, tonight in blue fairfax county, virginia, shortly before 9 00, he posted, we are at 44. 3 turnout. We will probably hit plus 45 . Virginia republicans were right. The lower the turnout in places like fairfax county, the better for their candidate. As it happens, though, that did not work out for them tonight. Joining us is steve carnaky. We saw an electorate in virginia that looked much more like 20 12 than in 2009. What we saw play out tonight in virginia was a repeat of Election Night in virginia in 2012, where in 2012, romney was leading in the state in all the returns that were out there, 8 00, 9 00, 10 00. Its those big counties, like loudoun, prince william, fairfax county, arlington,
About bringing people around the table, listening to each other, showing them respect. Doing what needed to be done. To be able to bring people together and to achieve what we needed to achieve to move our state forward. Now, listen i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d. C. Should tune in their tvs right now. See how its done. Congressiona there. An interesting contest between an establishment conservative republican named rodney byrne on the left and a tea party fire brand candidate on the right. This was seen as a alabama microcosm for the fight that the Republican Party is having within itself. The Associated Press has called that race for byrne, the one who does not say president obama was born in kenya. Bradley byrne will enter the general election for that congressional seat in december, a heavily favored over his democratic opponent. It is southern alabama, after all. The biggest story tonight was in virginia, where the race betwe