The home state of a Nominee always has exagerated election returns. This happened with Georgia in '76, Arkansas in '92, Kansas in '96, and Texas in the last 2 elections. The next election will be a more useful comparison since (hopefully!) the nominee won't be from Texas.
The nominee was from Texas in 1992, and Democratic support for Clinton was almost as high as it was in 1996.
I agree with all that. It's hard to look at 1992 (2 of 3 major candidates claimed TX as their homestate), or 2000, or 2004. You can compare 1996 to 2008, once that's available, assuming no major Presidential or VP candidate claims TX as his home state. Just have to wait for the objective comparison, Al.
I suppose we could analyze how the TX delegation went from 17D, 15R in 2002 to 11D, 21R in 2004, a six-seat change in just two years, but then we both know who was behind that.
(either one control freak, or 51 childish state legislators, depending on your view
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