in 2008, and in 2012, the vote in tarrant county, almost exactly mirrored the votes statewide in theeneral election. it's the last and largest remaining red urban county in the state of texas. pretty cool thing. >> have you ever met a nonpartisan texan? >> reporter: oh, wow. no, not while i've been here. there have been some folks that have said maybe they're moderate, but they fall into the democratic category. maybe some republicans that said they would give hillary clinton a look. but not -- frankly, not really, chris. >> what can you tell, talking to those election people -- by the way, they do a real service counting the vote and everything. it didn't seem that sizzling, but is it? >> reporter: oh, absolutely it's sizzling, particularly in this county. early voting is something that goes on here in texas. there have been 1 million early voters in texas, statewide. the 15 counties voting this. here in particular, the election administrator, frank phillips, told me 125,000 people have voted early here, and predominantly on the republican side. 75% republican, 25% democrat. and tha