What are the demographics for the Texas primary?

Question

For example how many people will vote? Percentage of white, black and latino voters?

Answer 1

Here is some general information about Texas voters, from US News &World Report . I hope it can help you understand the breakdown of voters at least in an approximate sense:

"Texas Primary Facts and Figures

By Jill Konieczko

Posted February 8, 2008

Compiled by the U.S.News & World Report library staff

Presidential Primary Winners

Democrats

1988 Michael Dukakis

1992 Bill Clinton

1996 Bill Clinton

2000 Al Gore

2004 John Kerry

Republicans

1988 George H. W. Bush

1992 George H. W. Bush

1996 Bob Dole

2000 George W. Bush

2004 George W. Bush

Sources:

Texas Secretary of State

America Votes (CQ Press)

Associated Press

2008 Voter Registration

12,607,466 registered voters as of January 2008

Source: Texas Secretary of State

Registration Demographics

Texas voter registration forms do not ask for applicants' race, so while there is no formal demographic data by which to identify the racial makeup of Texas's registered voters, there is another way to better understand the state's voter registrations by race.

Every odd year, Texas runs a constitutional amendment election. Pre-election materials are available in English and Spanish. For cost effectiveness, Spanish-language pre-election mailings are sent to just those households where Spanish might be spoken. Since this information is not collected via the registration forms, the Elections Division uses data collected by the U.S. Bureau of the Census to identify Spanish surnames. While it's not a perfect science, this method helps them provide voters with advance information.

Here is the breakdown for the most recent numbers available:

Hispanic males:  1,033,560

Hispanic females:  1,270,873

Hispanic, gender unidentified/not specified:  275,940

Other (which includes Caucasian, African-American, Native American, Asian, and other):

Female:  4,638,291

Male:  4,0942,786

Gender not identified/not specified: 1,361,262

Source: Texas Secretary of State

General Election Winners

1988 George H. W. Bush

1992 George H. W. Bush

1996 Bob Dole

2000 George W. Bush

2004 George W. Bush

Sources:

Texas Secretary of State

America Votes (CQ Press)

Exit Poll Demographics

2004 Primaries

Gender

Male:  47%

Female:  53%

Race

White:  52%

African-American:  21%

Latino:  24%

Asian:  1%

Other:  2%

Age

18-29:  10%

30-44:  22%

45-64:  48%

65 and older:  19%