MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show November 5, 2013
Largest proportion of the vote overall, so the republican candidate carried the day in that governors race in texas in 2010, but the Racial Disparities were really, really, really stark. Same thing in the president ial race in texas in 2008. It was barack obama running against john mccain. White voters went for the republican by this huge margin. This does not mean that 47 of white people voted republican in texas. It means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47point margin. Black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96point margin. The black vote in 2008 in texas...