Branch Library in this fast-growing northern Houston suburb “to beat the crowds” and cast her primary ballot for Senator Anita Dawkins has never voted early. But there she was Wednesday, a 48-year old homemaker, or “domestic engineer,” as Ms. Dawkins called herself, lining up outside the Barbara BushBarack Obama.
“I’m very excited; we need all the help we can get in the state of Texas,” said Ms. Dawkins, who also hopes to attend a Democratic Party caucus
Texans have never seen anything like this stampede to the polls for the March 4 face-off that could prove crucial to the presidential hopes of Mr. Obama’s Democratic opponent, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and provide perhaps the final boost to the all-but-anointed Republican nominee, Senator John McCain.
Through Wednesday, in the state’s 15 most populous counties, 805,000 people have voted, compared with 169,000 for the same period in 2004, according to the Texas secretary of state, Phil Wilson. Of those, 601,000 have been Democrats.
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