Presidential elections in Texas
Map of the United States with Texas highlighted
Number of elections42
Voted Democratic27
Voted Republican15
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate25
Voted for losing candidate17

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 (apart from Hispanic South Texas, the Trans-Pecos, and several large cities) 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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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Margin of Victory
2020[1] Joe Biden 5,259,126 46.48 Donald Trump 5,890,347 52.06 — 38 631,221
2016[2] Donald Trump[b] 4,685,047 52.23 Hillary Clinton 3,877,868 43.24 — 38[c] 807,179
2012[3] Barack Obama 3,308,124 41.38 Mitt Romney 4,569,843 57.17 — 38 1,261,719
2008[4] Barack Obama 3,528,633 43.68 John McCain 4,479,328 55.45 — 34 950,695
2004[5] George W. Bush 4,526,917 61.09 John Kerry 2,832,704 38.22 — 34 1,694,213
2000[6] George W. Bush[b] 3,799,639 59.30 Al Gore 2,433,746 37.98 — 32 1,365,893
1996[7] Bill Clinton 2,459,683 43.83 Bob Dole 2,736,167 48.76 Ross Perot 378,537 6.75 32 276,484
1992 Bill Clinton 2,281,815 37.08 George H. W. Bush 2,496,071 40.56 Ross Perot 1,354,781 22.01 32 214,256
1988 George H. W. Bush 3,036,829 55.95 Michael Dukakis 2,352,748 43.35 — 29 684,081
1984 Ronald Reagan 3,433,428 63.61 Walter Mondale 1,949,276 36.11 — 29 1,484,152
1980 Ronald Reagan 2,510,705 55.28 Jimmy Carter 1,881,147 41.42 John B. Anderson 111,613 2.46 26 629,558
1976 Jimmy Carter 2,082,319 51.14 Gerald Ford 1,953,300 47.97 — 26 129,019
1972 Richard Nixon 2,298,896 66.20 George McGovern 1,154,291 33.24 — 26 1,144,605
1968 Richard Nixon 1,227,844 39.87 Hubert Humphrey 1,266,804 41.14 George Wallace 584,269 18.97 25 38,960
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 1,663,185 63.32 Barry Goldwater 958,566 36.49 — 25 704,619
1960 John F. Kennedy 1,167,567 50.52 Richard Nixon 1,121,310 48.52 — 24 46,257
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,080,619 55.26 Adlai Stevenson II 859,958 43.98 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[d]		 14,591 0.75 24 220,661
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,102,878 53.13 Adlai Stevenson II 969,228 46.69 — 24 133,650
1948 Harry S. Truman 824,235 65.96 Thomas E. Dewey 303,467 24.29 Strom Thurmond 113,776 9.11 23 520,768
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 821,605 71.42 Thomas E. Dewey 191,425 16.64 — 23 630,180
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 909,974 80.92 Wendell Willkie 212,692 18.91 — 23 697,282
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 734,485 87.08 Alf Landon 103,874 12.31 — 23 630,611
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 760,348 88.06 Herbert Hoover 97,959 11.35 — 23 662,389
1928 Herbert Hoover 367,036 51.77 Al Smith 341,032 48.10 — 20 26,004
1924 Calvin Coolidge 130,023 19.78 John W. Davis 484,605 73.70 Robert M. La Follette 42,881 6.52 20 354,582
1920 Warren G. Harding 114,538 23.54 James M. Cox 288,767 59.34 Parley P. Christensen — — 20 174,229
1916 Woodrow Wilson 286,514 76.92 Charles E. Hughes 64,999 17.45 — 20 221,515
1912 Woodrow Wilson 221,589 72.62 Theodore Roosevelt 28,853 9.46 William H. Taft 26,755 8.77 20 192,736
1908 William H. Taft 65,666 22.35 William Jennings Bryan 217,302 73.97 — 18 151,636
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 51,242 21.9 Alton B. Parker 167,200 71.45 — 18 115,958
1900 William McKinley 130,641 30.83 William Jennings Bryan 267,432 63.12 — 15 136,791
1896 William McKinley 167,520 30.75 William Jennings Bryan 370,434 68.00 — 15 202,914
1892 Grover Cleveland 239,148 56.65 Benjamin Harrison 81,144 19.22 James B. Weaver 99,688 23.61 15 158,004
1888 Benjamin Harrison[b] 88,422 24.73 Grover Cleveland 234,883 65.7 — 13 146,461
1884 Grover Cleveland 225,309 69.26 James G. Blaine 93,141 28.63 — 13 132,168
1880 James A. Garfield 57,893 23.95 Winfield S. Hancock 156,428 64.71 James B. Weaver 27,405 11.34 8 98,535
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes[b] 44,800 29.96 Samuel J. Tilden 104,755 70.04 — 8 59,955
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 47,468 40.71 Horace Greeley 66,546 57.07 — 8 19,078
1868 Ulysses S. Grant No vote due to status of Reconstruction. Horatio Seymour —
1864 Abraham Lincoln No vote due to secession. George B. McClellan —
   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.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
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
   Bolded: Won Texas.

Elections prior to 1860

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1856 James Buchanan 31,169 66.59 John C. Frémont no ballots Millard Fillmore 15,639 33.41 4
1852 Franklin Pierce 13,552 73.07 Winfield Scott 4,995 26.93 John P. Hale no ballots 4
1848 Zachary Taylor 4,509 29.71 Lewis Cass 10,668 70.29 Martin Van Buren no ballots 4
   Bolded: Won Texas.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. ^ Two faithless electors, one voting for John Kasich, another for Ron Paul.
  4. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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