This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Texas every year from 2000 to 2016.
Election results (President of the United States), Texas 2000-2016[5][6] | |||||
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Year | First-place candidate | First-place candidate votes (%) | Second-place candidate | Second-place candidate votes (%) | Margin of victory (%) |
2016 | Donald Trump | 52.23% | Hillary Clinton | 43.24% | 8.99% |
2012 | Mitt Romney | 57.17% | Barack Obama | 41.38% | 15.79% |
2008 | John McCain | 55.45% | Barack Obama | 43.68% | 11.77% |
2004 | George W. Bush | 61.09% | John Kerry | 38.22% | 22.87% |
2000 | George W. Bush | 59.30% | Al Gore | 37.98% | 21.32% |
Trump did what he had to do to win the Midwest. But he needs to aggressively counter the media's slander that he is either racist or anti-Hispanic.