Dem turnout was 2.5 times what they were in 2000 (Dallas suburbs)!

[rainbow4321]

Wooo-hooo!! Hell really has frozen over...Dallas' right wing rag actually ADMITTED the Dem turnout increase:


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/110708dnmetburbvote.36c4bc9.html

Republicans thrived in Dallas' northern suburbs on Tuesday as they have in every recent election, winning judgeships, county races and seats in Congress by large margins.

But the lopsided results conceal what experts say was a major Democratic shift in suburbs both red and blue – even in bedrock conservative areas such as Allen, Denton and Plano.

In Collin and Denton counties, President-elect Barack Obama received 70,000 more votes than Sen. John Kerry did in 2004. Sen. John McCain, by contrast, collected 19,000 more votes than George W. Bush.

The numbers propelled some local races to their closest margins in years and Democratic vote totals to 2 ½ times what they were in 2000. Republicans also set voting records, though their gains were not as dramatic.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. I busted my butt in my precinct (4644, Valley Ranch) and it went blue

I'm very proud of the GOTV effort we made in Irving.

[EconomicLiberal]

2. I wouldn't read too much into this.

George W Bush was on the ballot in 2000 and 2004. Since there was no home state advantage candidate on the ballot in Texas this year, things were bound to swing to the Democrats.

However, I do sense an opening in Texas... and I wish it was a state that we starting pouring money into to rebuild the state party. There is some potential there for us to grow.