Generally speaking, the Democratic Party can count on receiving the most votes from two groups. Usually from union members and also among minority groups. This has been true for many years. Both of these groups believe that Democrats are more favorable to them then Republicans.
Texas' Presidential Voting History:1848 - 4 votes to Democrat Lewis Cass1852 - 4 votes to Democrat Franklin Pierce1856 - 4 votes to Democrat James Buchanan1860 - 4 votes to Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge1872 - 8 votes to Democrat Thomas A. Hendricks1876 - 8 votes to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden1880 - 8 votes to Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock1884 - 13 votes to Democrat Grover Cleveland1888 - 13 votes to Democrat Grover Cleveland1892 - 15 votes to Democrat Grover Cleveland1896 - 15 votes to Democrat William Jennings Bryan1900 - 15 votes to Democrat William Jennings Bryan1904 - 18 votes to Democrat Alton B. Parker1908 - 18 votes to Democrat William Jennings Bryan1912 - 20 votes to Democrat Woodrow Wilson1916 - 20 votes to Democrat Woodrow Wilson1920 - 20 votes to Democrat James Cox1924 - 20 votes to Democrat John W. Davis1928 - 20 votes to Republican Herbert Hoover1932 - 23 votes to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt1936 - 23 votes to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt1940 - 23 votes to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt1944 - 23 votes to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt1948 - 23 votes to Democrat Harry Truman1952 - 24 votes to Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower1956 - 24 votes to Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower1960 - 24 votes to Democrat John F. Kennedy1964 - 25 votes to Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson1968 - 25 votes to Democrat Hubert Humphrey1972 - 26 votes to Republican Richard Nixon1976 - 26 votes to Democrat Jimmy Carter1980 - 26 votes to Republican Ronald Reagan1984 - 29 votes to Republican Ronald Reagan1988 - 29 votes to Republican George Bush1992 - 32 votes to Republican George Bush1996 - 32 votes to Republican Bob Dole2000 - 32 votes to Republican George W. Bush2004 - 34 votes to Republican George W. Bush2008 - 34 votes to Republican John McCain2012 - 38 votes to Republican Mitt Romney2016 - 36 votes to Republican Donald Trump, 1 vote to Republican John Kasich, and 1 vote to Libertarian Ron Paul
2008: 55 electoral votes to Barack Obama, Democrat.1968: 40 electoral votes to Richard Nixon, Republican1964: 40 electoral votes to Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat.
Kansas, despite having a democrat for a governor, usually votes republican.
One that typically votes for candidates that belong to the Democrat party, instead of the Republican party.
Kentucky is a state that traditionally Democrat but votes Republican. Most are registered Democrat and Democrats tend to win the Governors election and the State House, but in Federal and State Senate races, they tend to put Republicans in office.
Mark Parkinson is a democrat. He started his political career in 1990 as a Republican, but he ran as a Democrat this past election.
Democratic.
in the democrat paarty
California had 55 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama, Democrat.
Colorado had 9 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama, Democrat.
New York voted for Obama in 2008 and almost always votes Democrat.
Franklin D. Roosevelt had both the highest total of electoral votes and the highest percentage of any Democrat when he beat Alf Landon 523-8 in 1936, with 98.49% of the votes. That was the second of the four times he was elected President.