Checking Out the Electoral Math
Gilberto Hinojosa says a Democratic Texas would ensure the White House for the party. Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera/Texas TribuneAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, envisions Texas voters making it “mathematically impossible for Republicans to elect a president.” KUT’s Ben Philpott spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas about Hinojosa’s comments at the Democratic National Convention that if Texas voted for a Democratic presidential nominee, the combination of its electoral votes with those of California and New York would seal the deal for the Democrat.
Two party officials each told us his point is that if a Democratic nominee carries each of those three big states, it becomes nigh impossible for a Republican to prevail; significantly, so long, of course, as the other states keep leaning D or R as they seem to be leaning right now.
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