88% does seem pretty damn impressive in comparison to his recent results but yeah, Obama was never going to do too poorly here. He very nearly beat Clinton in the primary here in 2008 and won the caucus easily enough. He's always been pretty popular with Texas Democrats.
Ol' Mitt still can't seem to break 70% anywhere.
Also, not a particularly impressive showing for Paul. He did terribly here in 2008 too though... so yeah.
Everyone who posted predictions underestimated Mitt. Who cares if he breaks 70. 70.01 isn't much different than 68.98.. and if he'd gotten 70.1, then the dems would be saying.. "Mitt can't even break 75"
Ron Paul is still very much a competitor and his supports are pretty active
in 08, McCain got the nod so early that McCain and Paul were the only names on the ballot in Oregon, Nebraska, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana.. and Romney wasn't on the ballot in Penn, N.C.
Even so, McCain only got 47.25% of the 08 primary popular vote. Romney's already at 48.1 with 6 states to go
With the Texas Dem primary, I knew Obama would do well. Unlike N.C., Kent, W.V., Okla.. they don't have party registration
