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United States presidential elections in Texas

{{Short description|Presidential elections in Texas}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox U.S. presidential elections by state

| state = Texas

| number_of_elections = 43

| voted_democratic = 27

| voted_republican = 16

| voted_other =

| voted_winning = 26

| voted_losing = 17

}}

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.

In its first century, Texas was a Democratic bastion in the mold of the "Solid South", only voting for another party once–– in 1928, when anti-Catholic sentiment against Democrat nominee Al Smith drove Texas' largely-Protestant electorate to back Republican Herbert Hoover. A gradual trend towards increasing social liberalism in the Democratic Party, however, has turned the state into generally a Republican stronghold. Since 1980, Texas has voted for the Republican nominee in every presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

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data-sort-type="number" | Year

! Winner (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Runner-up (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Other national
candidates{{efn|name="national"|For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.}}

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! data-sort-type="number" | Electoral
votes

!Margin of victory

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2024[https://results.texas-election.com/races Texas Elections].

Donald Trump6,393,59756.14Kamala Harris4,835,25042.46—

|

40

|1,558,347

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html |title=Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 15, 2020}}

Joe Biden5,259,12646.48Donald Trump5,890,34752.06—38

|631,221

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2016[https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report].

Donald Trump{{efn|name="PV"|Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote}}4,685,04752.23Hillary Clinton3,877,86843.24—

|

38{{efn| Two faithless electors, one voting for John Kasich, another for Ron Paul.}}

|807,179

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2012[http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report].

Barack Obama3,308,12441.38Mitt Romney4,569,84357.17—

|

38

|1,261,719

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2008[http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report].

Barack Obama3,528,63343.68John McCain4,479,32855.45—

|

34

|950,695

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2004{{cite web|url= http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf |title= Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives|date=May 2005 |publisher= Federal Elections Commission}}

George W. Bush4,526,91761.09John Kerry2,832,70438.22—

|

34

|1,694,213

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 2000{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=2000&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=2000 Presidential Election Statistics|publisher=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}

George W. Bush{{efn|name="PV"}}3,799,63959.30Al Gore2,433,74637.98—

|

32

|1,365,893

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1996{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1996&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=1996 Presidential Election Statistics|publisher=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|access-date=2018-03-05}}

Bill Clinton2,459,68343.83Bob Dole2,736,16748.76Ross Perot378,5376.7532

|276,484

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1992

Bill Clinton2,281,81537.08George H. W. Bush2,496,07140.56Ross Perot1,354,78122.0132

|214,256

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1988

George H. W. Bush3,036,82955.95Michael Dukakis2,352,74843.35—

|

29

|684,081

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1984

Ronald Reagan3,433,42863.61Walter Mondale1,949,27636.11—

|

29

|1,484,152

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1980

Ronald Reagan2,510,70555.28Jimmy Carter1,881,14741.42John B. Anderson111,6132.4626

|629,558

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1976

Jimmy Carter2,082,31951.14Gerald Ford1,953,30047.97—

|

26

|129,019

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1972

Richard Nixon2,298,89666.20George McGovern1,154,29133.24—

|

26

|1,144,605

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1968

Richard Nixon1,227,84439.87Hubert Humphrey1,266,80441.14George Wallace584,26918.9725

|38,960

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1964

Lyndon B. Johnson1,663,18563.32Barry Goldwater958,56636.49—

|

25

|704,619

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1960

John F. Kennedy1,167,56750.52Richard Nixon1,121,31048.52—

|

24

|46,257

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower1,080,61955.26Adlai Stevenson II859,95843.98T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors{{efn|Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina}}		14,5910.7524

|220,661

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower1,102,87853.13Adlai Stevenson II969,22846.69—

|

24

|133,650

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1948

Harry S. Truman824,23565.96Thomas E. Dewey303,46724.29Strom Thurmond113,7769.1123

|520,768

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt821,60571.42Thomas E. Dewey191,42516.64—

|

23

|630,180

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt909,97480.92Wendell Willkie212,69218.91—

|

23

|697,282

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt734,48587.08Alf Landon103,87412.31—

|

23

|630,611

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt760,34888.06Herbert Hoover97,95911.35—

|

23

|662,389

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 1928

Herbert Hoover367,03651.77Al Smith341,03248.10—

|

20

|26,004

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1924

Calvin Coolidge130,02319.78John W. Davis484,60573.70Robert M. La Follette42,8816.5220

|354,582

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1920

Warren G. Harding114,53823.54James M. Cox288,76759.34Parley P. Christensen—

|—

| 20

|174,229

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1916

Woodrow Wilson286,51476.92Charles E. Hughes64,99917.45—

|

20

|221,515

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1912

Woodrow Wilson221,58972.62Theodore Roosevelt28,8539.46William H. Taft26,7558.7720

|192,736

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1908

William H. Taft65,66622.35William Jennings Bryan217,30273.97—

|

18

|151,636

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1904

Theodore Roosevelt51,24221.9Alton B. Parker167,20071.45—

|

18

|115,958

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1900

William McKinley130,64130.83William Jennings Bryan267,43263.12—

|

15

|136,791

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1896

William McKinley167,52030.75William Jennings Bryan370,43468.00—

|

15

|202,914

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1892

Grover Cleveland239,14856.65Benjamin Harrison81,14419.22James B. Weaver99,68823.6115

|158,004

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1888

Benjamin Harrison{{efn|name="PV"}}88,42224.73Grover Cleveland234,88365.7—

|

13

|146,461

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1884

Grover Cleveland225,30969.26James G. Blaine93,14128.63—

|

13

|132,168

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1880

James A. Garfield57,89323.95Winfield S. Hancock156,42864.71James B. Weaver27,40511.348

|98,535

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1876

Rutherford B. Hayes{{efn|name="PV"}}44,80029.96Samuel J. Tilden104,75570.04—

|

8

|59,955

{{Party shading/Liberal Republican}}

| 1872

Ulysses S. Grant47,46840.71Horace Greeley66,54657.07—

|

8

|19,078

1868Ulysses S. GrantNo vote due to status of Reconstruction.Horatio Seymour—

|

|
1864Abraham LincolnNo vote due to secession.George B. McClellan—

|

|
style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" | {{spaces|3}}Bolded: Won Texas.

|

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

class="wikitable sortable"
data-sort-type="number" | Year

! Winner (nationally)

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! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Runner-up (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Runner-up (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Runner-up (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! data-sort-type="number" | Electoral
votes

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| style"text-align:left" | 1860

| Abraham Lincoln

| no ballots

|

| Stephen A. Douglas

| 18

| 0.0

| John C. Breckinridge

| 47,454

| 75.5

| John Bell

| 15,383

| 24.5

| 4

style="text-align:left;" colspan="14" | {{spaces|3}}Bolded: Won Texas.

Elections prior to 1860

class="wikitable sortable"
data-sort-type="number" | Year

! Winner (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Runner-up (nationally)

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! Other national
candidates{{efn|name="national"}}

! data-sort-type="number" | Votes

! data-sort-type="number" | Percent

! data-sort-type="number" | Electoral
votes

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1856

James Buchanan31,16966.59John C. Frémontno ballotsMillard Fillmore15,63933.414
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1852

Franklin Pierce13,55273.07Winfield Scott4,99526.93John P. Haleno ballots4
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1848

Zachary Taylor4,50929.71Lewis Cass10,66870.29Martin Van Burenno ballots4
style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" | {{spaces|3}}Bolded: Won Texas.

Results Maps

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 1976.svg|1976 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 1980.svg|1980 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 1984.svg|1984 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 1988.svg|1988 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 1992.svg|1992 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 1996.svg|1996 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2000.svg|2000 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2004.svg|2004 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2008.svg|2008 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|2012 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2016.svg|2016 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2020.svg|2020 United States presidential election

File:Texas Presidential Election Results 2024.svg|2024 United States presidential election

See also

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Texas elections}}

{{United States presidential elections}}

Category:Texas politics-related lists