If TX was not part of the union, he would have come closer this year. Why the hell are the whites there so Republican anyway? With people pouring into the state you'd think they'd moderate like VA and NC but they stay rock solid.
I think it may have to do with the fact that Texas is right next door to Mexico. I know, that sounds crazy, shouldn't they be MORE accepting of our Latino brothers and their beautiful tan skinned sisters? You would think. But you see there is this f#$ked up movement in the US called "protectionism" that justifies their backwards racist views through the facade of economics. They exist on both sides, Left and Right. On the Right they arouse fear that the "brown wave" from the south will take everybody's jobs to justify their prejudices against Mexicans. I visit West Texas occasionally and all I hear from white people is "We need to prevent the brown ns from taking our jobs! Lock em up! Muricah! F$#k yeah!"
Anyway, these masters of words twist their racist bastard beliefs into some sort of "save Muricah" bullsh#t so they can in turn parlay their racism onto the populace. It is the result of years of fearmongering that have resulted in high support for anti-immigration in the name of "economic security" in many white Texans. That's just my theory on why they're so stubborn.
