The American Vote
2024 result
TX

Texas

Party timeline · 1848–2024

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Swing timeline · Texas
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 9 flips across 43 cycles.
Dem 1872–1924 · 14 straight1848 · Cass (Democratic) · 4 EV1852 · Pierce (Democratic) · 4 EV1856 · Buchanan (Democratic) · 4 EV1860 · Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) · 4 EV1872 · Greeley (Democratic) · 8 EV1876 · Tilden (Democratic) · 8 EV1880 · Hancock (Democratic) · 8 EV1884 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 13 EV1888 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 13 EV1892 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 15 EV1896 · Bryan (Democratic) · 15 EV1900 · Bryan (Democratic) · 15 EV1904 · Parker (Democratic) · 18 EV1908 · Bryan (Democratic) · 18 EV1912 · Wilson (Democratic) · 20 EV1916 · Wilson (Democratic) · 20 EV1920 · Cox (Democratic) · 20 EV1924 · Davis (Democratic) · 20 EV1928 · Hoover (Republican) · 20 EV1932 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 23 EV1936 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 23 EV1940 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 23 EV1944 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 23 EV1948 · Truman (Democratic) · 23 EV1952 · Eisenhower (Republican) · 24 EV1956 · Eisenhower (Republican) · 24 EV1960 · Kennedy (Democratic) · 24 EV1964 · Johnson (Democratic) · 25 EV1968 · Humphrey (Democratic) · 25 EV1972 · Nixon (Republican) · 26 EV1976 · Carter (Democratic) · 26 EV1980 · Reagan (Republican) · 26 EV1984 · Reagan (Republican) · 29 EV1988 · Bush (Republican) · 29 EV1992 · Bush (Republican) · 32 EV1996 · Dole (Republican) · 32 EV2000 · Bush (Republican) · 32 EV2004 · Bush (Republican) · 34 EV2008 · McCain (Republican) · 34 EV2012 · Romney (Republican) · 38 EV2016 · Trump (Republican) · 38 EV · Trump 36, Kasich 1, Paul 12020 · Trump (Republican) · 38 EV2024 · Trump (Republican) · 40 EV18601880190019201940196019802000202040EV
Electoral votes over time
102030401848 · 4 EV1852 · 4 EV1856 · 4 EV1860 · 4 EV1872 · 8 EV1876 · 8 EV1880 · 8 EV1884 · 13 EV1888 · 13 EV1892 · 15 EV1896 · 15 EV1900 · 15 EV1904 · 18 EV1908 · 18 EV1912 · 20 EV1916 · 20 EV1920 · 20 EV1924 · 20 EV1928 · 20 EV1932 · 23 EV1936 · 23 EV1940 · 23 EV1944 · 23 EV1948 · 23 EV1952 · 24 EV1956 · 24 EV1960 · 24 EV1964 · 25 EV1968 · 25 EV1972 · 26 EV1976 · 26 EV1980 · 26 EV1984 · 29 EV1988 · 29 EV1992 · 32 EV1996 · 32 EV2000 · 32 EV2004 · 34 EV2008 · 34 EV2012 · 38 EV2016 · 38 EV · Trump 36, Kasich 1, Paul 12020 · 38 EV2024 · 40 EV1848186019001932196820002024
By party · all cycles
Dem 26
Rep 16
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Popular vote · newest first

Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.

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Texas in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
YearCarried byDemRepOthers namedMarginSwing
2024Rep Trump
Harris
4,835,250
42.5%
Trump
6,393,597
56.1%
None
1,558,347
13.7 pts
R +8.1
since 2020
2020Rep Trump
Biden
5,259,126
46.5%
Trump
5,890,347
52.1%
Jo Jorgensen 126,243 · 1.1%
631,221
5.6 pts
D +3.4
since 2016
2016Rep Trump
Trump 36, Kasich 1 (faithless elector), Paul 1 (faithless elector)
Clinton
3,877,868
43.2%
Trump
4,685,047
52.2%
Gary Johnson 283,492 · 3.2%
807,179
9.0 pts
D +6.8
since 2012
2012Rep Romney
Obama
3,308,124
41.4%
Romney
4,569,843
57.2%
Gary Johnson 88,580 · 1.1%
1,261,719
15.8 pts
R +4.0
since 2008
2008Rep McCain
Obama
3,528,633
43.7%
McCain
4,479,328
55.5%
None
950,695
11.8 pts
D +11.1
since 2004
2004Rep Bush
Kerry
2,832,704
38.2%
Bush
4,526,917
61.1%
None
1,694,213
22.9 pts
R +1.5
since 2000
2000Rep Bush
Gore
2,433,746
38.0%
Bush
3,799,639
59.3%
Ralph Nader 137,994 · 2.2%
1,365,893
21.3 pts
R +16.4
since 1996
1996Rep Dole
Clinton
2,459,683
43.8%
Dole
2,736,167
48.8%
Ross Perot 378,537 · 6.7%
276,484
4.9 pts
R +1.4
since 1992
1992Rep Bush
Clinton
2,281,815
37.1%
Bush
2,496,071
40.6%
Ross Perot 1,354,781 · 22.0%
214,256
3.5 pts
D +9.1
since 1988
1988Rep Bush
Dukakis
2,352,748
43.3%
Bush
3,036,829
56.0%
None
684,081
12.6 pts
D +14.9
since 1984
1984Rep Reagan
Mondale
1,949,276
36.1%
Reagan
3,433,428
63.6%
None
1,484,152
27.5 pts
R +13.6
since 1980
1980Rep Reagan
Carter
1,881,147
41.4%
Reagan
2,510,705
55.3%
John B. Anderson 111,613 · 2.5%
629,558
13.9 pts
R +17.0
since 1976
1976Dem Carter
Carter
2,082,319
51.1%
Ford
1,953,300
48.0%
None
129,019
3.2 pts
D +36.1
since 1972
1972Rep Nixon
McGovern
1,154,289
33.3%
Nixon
2,298,896
66.2%
None
1,144,607
33.0 pts
R +34.2
since 1968
1968Dem Humphrey
Humphrey
1,266,804
41.1%
Nixon
1,227,844
39.9%
George Wallace 584,269 · 19.0%
38,960
1.3 pts
R +25.6
since 1964
19641Dem Johnson
Johnson
1,663,1851
63.3%
Goldwater
958,5661
36.5%
None
704,619
26.8 pts
D +24.8
since 1960
19602Dem Kennedy
Kennedy
1,167,9322
50.5%
Nixon
1,121,6992
48.5%
None
46,233
2.0 pts
D +13.3
since 1956
1956Rep Eisenhower
Stevenson
859,958
44.0%
Eisenhower
1,080,619
55.3%
None
220,661
11.3 pts
R +4.8
since 1952
19523Rep Eisenhower
Stevenson
969,2283
46.7%
Eisenhower
1,102,8783
53.1%
None
133,650
6.4 pts
R +47.3
since 1948
1948Dem Truman
Truman
750,700
65.4%
Dewey
282,240
24.6%
Strom Thurmond 106,909 · 9.3%
468,460
40.8 pts
R +13.9
since 1944
19444Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
821,6054
71.4%
Dewey
191,4254
16.6%
None
630,180
54.8 pts
R +6.8
since 1940
1940Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
840,151
80.7%
Willkie
199,152
19.1%
None
640,999
61.6 pts
R +13.2
since 1936
1936Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
734,485
87.1%
Landon
103,874
12.3%
None
630,611
74.8 pts
R +2.0
since 1932
19325Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
760,3485
88.1%
Hoover
97,9595
11.3%
None
662,389
76.7 pts
D +80.4
since 1928
1928Rep Hoover
Smith
341,032
48.1%
Hoover
367,036
51.8%
None
26,004
3.7 pts
R +57.6
since 1924
1924Dem Davis
Davis
484,605
73.7%
Coolidge
130,023
19.8%
Robert M. La Follette 42,881 · 6.5%
354,582
53.9 pts
D +18.0
since 1920
19206,7Dem Cox
Cox
288,7676
59.4%
Harding
114,2696
23.5%
Eugene V. Debs 8,121 · 1.7%6
174,498
35.9 pts
R +23.7
since 1916
1916Dem Wilson
Wilson
285,980
76.9%
Hughes
64,673
17.4%
Allan L. Benson 19,011 · 5.1%
221,307
59.5 pts
R +3.6
since 1912
1912Dem Wilson
Wilson
221,589
72.6%
Taft
28,853
9.5%
Theodore Roosevelt 26,755 · 8.8%
Eugene V. Debs 25,743 · 8.4%
192,736
63.2 pts
D +11.5
since 1908
1908Dem Bryan
Bryan
217,302
74.0%
Taft
65,666
22.4%
Eugene V. Debs 7,870 · 2.7%
151,636
51.7 pts
D +2.1
since 1904
1904Dem Parker
Parker
167,200
71.5%
Roosevelt
51,242
21.9%
Thomas E. Watson 8,062 · 3.4%
Silas C. Swallow 4,292 · 1.8%
Eugene V. Debs 2,791 · 1.2%
115,958
49.6 pts
D +14.1
since 1900
19008Dem Bryan
Bryan
267,3378
64.8%
McKinley
121,1738
29.4%
Wharton Barker 20,976 · 5.1%8
146,164
35.5 pts
R +1.8
since 1896
18969Dem Bryan
Bryan
370,4349
68.0%
McKinley
167,5209
30.7%
None
202,914
37.2 pts
R +0.08
since 1892
189210Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
239,14810
56.6%
Harrison
81,44410
19.3%
James B. Weaver 99,688 · 23.6%10
139,460
33.0 pts
R +3.6
since 1888
1888Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
234,883
65.7%
Harrison
88,422
24.7%
Alson J. Streeter 29,459 · 8.2%
Clinton B. Fisk 4,749 · 1.3%
146,461
41.0 pts
D +0.01
since 1884
188411Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
223,67911
69.4%
Blaine
91,70111
28.5%
John P. St. John 3,508 · 1.1%11
Benjamin F. Butler 3,321 · 1.0%11
131,978
41.0 pts
D +0.2
since 1880
188012Dem Hancock
Hancock
156,22812
64.7%
Garfield
57,84512
24.0%
James B. Weaver 27,405 · 11.3%12
98,383
40.7 pts
D +0.7
since 1876
187613Dem Tilden
Tilden
104,75513
70.0%
Hayes
44,80013
30.0%
None
59,955
40.1 pts
D +23.7
since 1872
187214,15Dem Greeley
Greeley
66,50014
57.1%
Grant
47,40614
40.7%
Charles O'Conor 2,580 · 2.2%14
19,094
16.4 pts
First sourced year
186016S-Dem BreckinridgeState popular vote not yet sourced.
185617Dem BuchananState popular vote not yet sourced.
185218Dem PierceState popular vote not yet sourced.
184819Dem CassState popular vote not yet sourced.

Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.

Notes on the figures

  1. 1964 The official table notes: Others figure 5,060 marked footnote 5: 'Constitution Party.'
  2. 1960 The official table notes: Others figure 18,169 marked footnote 6: 'Constitution Party.'
  3. 1952 The official table notes: Others: 833 Christian Nationalist Party votes and 730 Constitution Party votes (footnote 17).
  4. 1944 The official table notes: Others: Texas Regulars 135,439 votes and America First 250 votes (footnote 12).
  5. 1932 The official table notes: The scattering cell prints two figures in a brace, 104 (footnote 6: 'Jacksonian.') and 34; transcribed as their sum, 138.
  6. 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  7. 1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Black and Tan Republican 27,201; American 47,968. The page does not name these tickets' candidates.
  8. 1900 The official table's state total (412,290) is 159 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
  9. 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  10. 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  11. 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  12. 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  13. 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  14. 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
  15. 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  16. 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  17. 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  18. 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  19. 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1891 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1886 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac for 1873 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Results · oldest → newest

Second Party System
1848
Cass
Democratic · 4 EV
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System
1852
Pierce
Democratic · 4 EV
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis
1856
Buchanan
Democratic · 4 EV
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War
1860
Breckinridge
Southern Democratic · 4 EV
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction
1872
Greeley
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age
1876
Tilden
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age
1880
Hancock
Democratic · 8 EV
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age
1884
Cleveland
Democratic · 13 EV
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age
1888
Cleveland
Democratic · 13 EV
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age
1892
Cleveland
Democratic · 15 EV
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era
1896
Bryan
Democratic · 15 EV
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era
1900
Bryan
Democratic · 15 EV
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era
1904
Parker
Democratic · 18 EV
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era
1908
Bryan
Democratic · 18 EV
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era
1912
Wilson
Democratic · 20 EV
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era
1916
Wilson
Democratic · 20 EV
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties
1920
Cox
Democratic · 20 EV
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties
1924
Davis
Democratic · 20 EV
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties
1928
Hoover
Republican · 20 EV
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1932
Roosevelt
Democratic · 23 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1936
Roosevelt
Democratic · 23 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1940
Roosevelt
Democratic · 23 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1944
Roosevelt
Democratic · 23 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1948
Truman
Democratic · 23 EV
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1952
Eisenhower
Republican · 24 EV
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1956
Eisenhower
Republican · 24 EV
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1960
Kennedy
Democratic · 24 EV
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1964
Johnson
Democratic · 25 EV
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment
1968
Humphrey
Democratic · 25 EV
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1972
Nixon
Republican · 26 EV
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1976
Carter
Democratic · 26 EV
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment
1980
Reagan
Republican · 26 EV
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1984
Reagan
Republican · 29 EV
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1988
Bush
Republican · 29 EV
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
1992
Bush
Republican · 32 EV
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization
1996
Dole
Republican · 32 EV
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization
2000
Bush
Republican · 32 EV
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
2004
Bush
Republican · 34 EV
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
2008
McCain
Republican · 34 EV
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization
2012
Romney
Republican · 38 EV
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization
2016
Trump
Republican · 38 EV · Trump 36, Kasich 1, Paul 1
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization
2020
Trump
Republican · 38 EV
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization
2024
Trump
Republican · 40 EV
National: Donald Trump · Rep

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