ALL:
Please note! my linked text in Comment 8 speaks to the country [USA] not to Harris County [TX]!
I added it to reinforce the differences in the vote totals LINKED in Harris County, TX, in 2004 and 2008 in Comment 7.
Using the word “Texas”, means that it is always about Texas.
If you want to talk about something, that isn’t about TEXAS, then don’t mention, TEXAS.