[EDINVA]

I don’t know much about Texas, so I couldn’t tell an urban from suburban from rural county .. I was just going by the numbers (R v D) cast so far. Denton, Montgomery and Galveston Counties look pretty good too.

20 years ago I lived in a heavily Republican area. Without moving I was suddenly living in a Dem precinct. Hopefully it will revert to form before too long. Maybe enough Obama & Co. will do it.

[crusty old prospector]

All of those counties that are heavily Republican are adjacent to either D/FW, Houston, or Austin. The heavy democratic ones are either the big cities or are border counties. Most rural Texas counties north of a line from Corpus Christi to Laredo (i.e. further from Mexico) are heavily Republican. I suppose that is similar to most states in that most the people who live in urban squalor tend to vote for the democratic party. Something about not seeing any trees or cows or the lack of asphalt and smog....