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Texas has become an interesting state in this election. A historically Red state, Jimmy Carter was the last democrat to win Texas in 1976. McCain has been leading polls by a large margin. Pollster.com has McCain leading 54.3 to Obama's 40.8. However, this is not as large of a lead as most would expect. Texas is becoming a much more purple state. While it is generally more conservative, there are cities, such as Austin, that are liberal and Texas is becoming more and more liberal.

That being said, I think it is safe to call Texas for McCain. He has history and polling in his favor and Texas has not become Democratic enough for it to change this election. As you will notice, neither side has spent time campaigning in Texas, because both have figured it would go to McCain. What will be interesting is to see how Republicans do in local races. With a lot of Republicans up for re-election and Texas becoming less conservative, this could prove to be a bad election year for Republicans. 

Texas' 34 electoral votes will go to McCain.