McCain’s Poor Showing In Texas Shows The Fractured Nature Of Texas’ Republicans

By Vince Leibowitz on Mar 5, 2008 in 2008 Presidential Race

Senator John McCain barely won the Texas Republican Primary outright tonight, with 51.36 percent of the vote as former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee earned 37.63 percent of the vote.

Although neither the national nor state media has mentioned this, this shows just how truly fractured the Republican Party of Texas is. Not only does the presumptive nominee barely get over 50 percent, but a radical, right-wing ultra-conservative former Baptist preacher captures nearly 40 percent of the vote though he has no chance to win the nomination.

RACE	NAME		DELEGATES	EARLY VOTES	PERCENT	TOTAL VOTES	PERCENT
President/Vice-President
	Hugh Cort		0	594	0.10%	880	0.06%
	Rudy Giuliani		0	2,532	0.46%	5,863	0.45%
	Mike Huckabee		16	180,615	32.82%	490,089	37.63%
	Duncan Hunter		0	3,266	0.59%	7,842	0.60%
	Alan Keyes		0	3,416	0.62%	8,093	0.62%
	John McCain		80	307,684	55.91%	668,819	51.36%
	Ron Paul		0	25,540	4.64%	65,823	5.05%
	Mitt Romney		0	13,336	2.42%	26,254	2.01%
	Fred Thompson		0	4,697	0.85%	11,139	0.85%
	Hoa Tran		0	271	0.04%	586	0.04%
	Uncommitted		0	8,286	1.50%	16,701	1.28%
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		Race Total		550,237		1,302,089
		Early Provisional Ballots Reported		2,098
		Total Provisional Ballots Reported				5,261
		Precincts Reported		7,186	of	7,959 Precincts		90.29%
		Statewide Turnout		10.21%		12,752,417 Registered Voters
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