Texas

Outlook: Solid Republican

34 Electoral Votes (34 in 2000)
Bush won in 2004 by 22.86%

Texas, the second-most populous state in the country, is dominated by Republicans. The governor, state Assembly, both U.S. Senate seats, and 19 of the 32 congressional districts are controlled by the GOP. While there has been talk among Democrats of putting Texas’ 34 electoral votes in play in 2008, Barack Obama will have a mountain to climb in order to do it: no Democrat has won Texas since Southerner Jimmy Carter did it in 1976 and, in 2004, George W. Bush won more than 60 percent of the vote.