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The rising number of Democrats in local office tracked Harris County’s leftward shift in presidential elections; while Obama took the county by only 19,000 votes in the presidential race of 2008 ...
Harris County, the most populous one in Texas, spearheaded a number of innovative approaches and was the focal point of several legal challenges. For the 2020 elections, Harris County Commissioners approved a budget of $33 million, higher than the $4 million budget for the 2016 United States presidential election.
That year Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune stated that "undeniably" the majority of Harris County voters now selected the Democratic candidate for presidential races. [73] In that election, majorities of voters in 86 Harris County precincts selected Clinton, with the total number of precincts being the same as in 2012.
The Texas Democratic Party abandoned the former caucus-based "Texas Two-step" primary system in 2015. [2] The Democratic County (Senate District) Conventions in late March 2008 produced a great deal of confusion. Both Clinton and Obama supporters had complaints about how these conventions were conducted.
Harris took her turn in overconfidence at the Democratic National Convention. In the midst of a relief rally in the polls, Harris figured she had all the momentum to win in August.
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The Texas Democratic Party used the results of the Primary to determine how its 126 district delegates would be apportioned to each presidential candidate. Unlike other states, and even the Republican Party of Texas, the Texas Democratic Party does not allocate its delegates to Congressional Districts. Instead, it allocates its delegates to the ...
Pelosi, before endorsing Harris on Monday, led the charge for an open primary– with mini-events held by top Democrats – to levy concerns that party bosses were choosing the president rather ...