Harris County is Houston . Obama won it by about 19,000 votes in 2008. 590,00 to 571,000
Obama by 19,000 in 2008, with Barr picking up 9,000, not too bad for a big city.
2004 Harris County totals:
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2004&off=0&elect=0&fips=48201&f=0
2008 Harris County totals:
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2008&fips=48201&f=0&off=0&elect=0
There was heavy EV in the other counties as well.
I live in Houston, and nearly everyone I know voted early and straight repub ticket.
From another news article: early voting turnout increased nearly 15% everybody anxious to get rid of the Marxist progressives.
Early voting in Harris County is record setting.
In the 2008 presidential election, 678,000 voted early. It was a record then.
But this year, the unofficial early vote total in Harris County stands at a record 765,803.