Editing Midland County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
Midland County was one of the first areas of Texas to turn Republican, beginning with native son [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s campaign for the presidency in [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the county was [[Harry Truman]] in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948.htm|title=Presidential election of 1948 - Map by counties|website=geoelections.free.fr}}</ref> Even in the presidential election of 1964 in which the incumbent president, Texan Democrat [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], won a national landslide victory, it gave 57.8% of its ballots to Republican presidential candidate and Arizona native [[Barry Goldwater]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1964&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs}}</ref> This is the last time a Democrat managed 40 percent of the county's vote, and one of only two since 1948 that a Democrat has won even 30 percent of the vote. Despite this, conservative Democrats held most local offices well into the 1980s.

Midland County is located in [[Texas's 11th congressional district]], represented by Republican [[August Pfluger]]. The 11th Congressional District gave George W. Bush 78% of its votes in 2004, higher than any other congressional district in the nation.

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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|24,143|9,160|8,044|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|30,618|8,487|221|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|33,706|7,214|119|Texas}}
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{{PresRow|1976|Republican|19,178|7,725|292|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|18,905|4,388|457|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|12,789|4,756|5,677|Texas}}
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{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|136|1,245|21|Texas}}
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