Is Texas a strong GOP state or just a Bush state?

[Reds4]

The title says it all, I'm curious as to whether people here think once we get a Republican other than Bush running for President that the state will be a close state or is it a GOP stronghold?

[nclib]

It would be somewhat closer, but still solid GOP.

Bush probably took a higher percentage of the Hispanic vote than a generic Republican would.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

With Bush, Texas is about 20% more GOP than the national average.
Without Bush, Texas is about 15% more GOP than the national average.

Which I guess is still strong Republican.

[Sam Spade]

I agree with Gov. Nick G on the percentages in Texas.

However, what's really making the Republicans strong in Texas is that the Democrat party has practically destroyed itself in the past 10 years.

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Texas could become Democratic - in like 20 years

[The Vorlon]

Whole regions of the country re-align faster than you think..

The popular vote in all of these races was very close, yet the maps changed very dramatically in a period of 40 years..

Since jusy 1976 the west goast has gon from solid GOP to solid dem, while the South has flipped from Dem base states to GOP bastians..

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[Filuwaúrdjan]

Bush also does better in the populist rural areas (which now have sod all political clout. Thank you DeLay...) than a normal Republican.

Compare county maps.