1976 United States presidential election in Texas
The 1976 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Texas was won by former governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia with 51.14% of the vote,[2] giving him 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas about 1% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. He also beat the incumbent President Gerald Ford in the general election. To date, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas, and the last time Texas voted more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
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Turnout | 64.83% (of registered voters) ![]() 46.14% (of voting age population)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carter's southern roots as a former governor of Georgia struck a chord with many voters in Texas, along with strong anti-Republican sentiment following Watergate. Still, this was a relatively weak performance for a victorious Democratic candidate in Texas, and two factors can be identified. One was Carter's underwhelming performance in the more rural counties, and the second being President Ford's strong performances in Dallas and Harris counties, and some of their surrounding suburbs. The rise of the Republican Party in these areas would result in Ronald Reagan's win in the state four years later.
Carter won 191 of the state's 254 counties, including 74 which have never voted Democratic in any presidential race since: Martin, Grayson, Chambers, Motley, Gaines, Live Oak, Mason, Sherman, Colorado, Stephens, Lamb, Oldham, Floyd, Real, Fayette, Terry, Donley, Parmer, Dallam, Moore, Hale, Wheeler, Bailey, Armstrong, Hamilton, Goliad, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Wilbarger, Wilson, Castro, Eastland, Gonzales, Parker, Hood, Johnson, Anderson, Brazoria, Matagorda, Kinney, Medina, Wharton, Lavaca, Archer, Bosque, Aransas, Bell, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Cochran, Coryell, Walker, Shackelford, King, Jeff Davis, Wichita, McLennan, Llano, Hockley, Garza, Hunt, Young, Wood, Jackson, Lynn, Howard, Ellis, and Lampasas.[3]
53% of white voters supported Ford while 46% supported Carter.[4][5]
Primaries
editDemocratic primaries
edit- Jimmy Carter - 47.65%
- Lloyd Bentsen - 22.20%
- George Wallace - 17.53%
Republican primaries
edit- Ronald Reagan - 66.36%
- Gerald Ford (incumbent) - 33.37%
Results
edit1976 United States presidential election in Texas | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 2,082,319 | 51.14% | 26 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 1,953,300 | 47.97% | 0 | |
Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 20,118 | 0.49% | 0 | |
American Independent | Thomas Anderson | 11,442 | 0.28% | 0 | |
- | Other | 4,705 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,071,884 | 100.0% | 26 |
Results by county
editCounty | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Gerald Ford Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Anderson | 5,499 | 56.60% | 4,172 | 42.94% | 44 | 0.45% | 1,327 | 13.66% | 9,715 |
Andrews | 1,777 | 45.14% | 2,127 | 54.03% | 33 | 0.84% | -350 | -8.89% | 3,937 |
Angelina | 9,750 | 56.98% | 7,223 | 42.21% | 139 | 0.81% | 2,527 | 14.77% | 17,112 |
Aransas | 2,136 | 51.09% | 1,985 | 47.48% | 60 | 1.44% | 151 | 3.61% | 4,181 |
Archer | 1,577 | 61.58% | 966 | 37.72% | 18 | 0.70% | 611 | 23.86% | 2,561 |
Armstrong | 513 | 49.95% | 506 | 49.27% | 8 | 0.78% | 7 | 0.68% | 1,027 |
Atascosa | 4,565 | 64.55% | 2,415 | 34.15% | 92 | 1.30% | 2,150 | 30.40% | 7,072 |
Austin | 2,313 | 45.96% | 2,686 | 53.37% | 34 | 0.68% | -373 | -7.41% | 5,033 |
Bailey | 1,356 | 51.62% | 1,255 | 47.77% | 16 | 0.61% | 101 | 3.85% | 2,627 |
Bandera | 1,183 | 42.77% | 1,554 | 56.18% | 29 | 1.05% | -371 | -13.41% | 2,766 |
Bastrop | 4,788 | 66.46% | 2,383 | 33.08% | 33 | 0.46% | 2,405 | 33.38% | 7,204 |
Baylor | 1,335 | 62.68% | 783 | 36.76% | 12 | 0.56% | 552 | 25.92% | 2,130 |
Bee | 3,690 | 54.89% | 2,953 | 43.93% | 79 | 1.18% | 737 | 10.96% | 6,722 |
Bell | 17,499 | 53.17% | 15,126 | 45.96% | 287 | 0.87% | 2,373 | 7.21% | 32,912 |
Bexar | 146,581 | 54.00% | 121,176 | 44.64% | 3,673 | 1.35% | 25,405 | 9.36% | 271,430 |
Blanco | 923 | 47.19% | 1,015 | 51.89% | 18 | 0.92% | -92 | -4.70% | 1,956 |
Borden | 234 | 60.00% | 150 | 38.46% | 6 | 1.54% | 84 | 21.54% | 390 |
Bosque | 2,954 | 60.50% | 1,912 | 39.16% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,042 | 21.34% | 4,883 |
Bowie | 12,445 | 56.02% | 9,590 | 43.17% | 179 | 0.81% | 2,855 | 12.85% | 22,214 |
Brazoria | 21,711 | 52.01% | 19,475 | 46.65% | 558 | 1.34% | 2,236 | 5.36% | 41,744 |
Brazos | 10,628 | 39.81% | 15,685 | 58.75% | 387 | 1.45% | -5,057 | -18.94% | 26,700 |
Brewster | 1,227 | 46.76% | 1,368 | 52.13% | 29 | 1.11% | -141 | -5.37% | 2,624 |
Briscoe | 823 | 73.55% | 285 | 25.47% | 11 | 0.98% | 538 | 48.08% | 1,119 |
Brooks | 2,782 | 81.13% | 641 | 18.69% | 6 | 0.17% | 2,141 | 62.44% | 3,429 |
Brown | 5,577 | 55.25% | 4,483 | 44.41% | 35 | 0.35% | 1,094 | 10.84% | 10,095 |
Burleson | 2,924 | 71.65% | 1,142 | 27.98% | 15 | 0.37% | 1,782 | 43.67% | 4,081 |
Burnet | 3,818 | 57.53% | 2,777 | 41.85% | 41 | 0.62% | 1,041 | 15.68% | 6,636 |
Caldwell | 3,647 | 61.59% | 2,235 | 37.75% | 39 | 0.66% | 1,412 | 23.84% | 5,921 |
Calhoun | 3,642 | 60.09% | 2,377 | 39.22% | 42 | 0.69% | 1,265 | 20.87% | 6,061 |
Callahan | 2,241 | 58.00% | 1,581 | 40.92% | 42 | 1.09% | 660 | 17.08% | 3,864 |
Cameron | 25,310 | 60.10% | 16,448 | 39.06% | 353 | 0.84% | 8,862 | 21.04% | 42,111 |
Camp | 2,146 | 65.33% | 1,133 | 34.49% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,013 | 30.84% | 3,285 |
Carson | 1,542 | 54.60% | 1,269 | 44.94% | 13 | 0.46% | 273 | 9.66% | 2,824 |
Cass | 5,134 | 57.85% | 3,712 | 41.83% | 29 | 0.33% | 1,422 | 16.02% | 8,875 |
Castro | 2,033 | 66.09% | 1,007 | 32.74% | 36 | 1.17% | 1,026 | 33.35% | 3,076 |
Chambers | 2,927 | 60.33% | 1,835 | 37.82% | 90 | 1.85% | 1,092 | 22.51% | 4,852 |
Cherokee | 6,509 | 62.20% | 3,921 | 37.47% | 35 | 0.33% | 2,588 | 24.73% | 10,465 |
Childress | 1,578 | 60.09% | 1,043 | 39.72% | 5 | 0.19% | 535 | 20.37% | 2,626 |
Clay | 2,568 | 67.88% | 1,200 | 31.72% | 15 | 0.40% | 1,368 | 36.16% | 3,783 |
Cochran | 1,031 | 59.29% | 701 | 40.31% | 7 | 0.40% | 330 | 18.98% | 1,739 |
Coke | 844 | 61.29% | 517 | 37.55% | 16 | 1.16% | 327 | 23.74% | 1,377 |
Coleman | 2,264 | 57.24% | 1,669 | 42.20% | 22 | 0.56% | 595 | 15.04% | 3,955 |
Collin | 14,039 | 39.00% | 21,608 | 60.02% | 353 | 0.98% | -7,569 | -21.02% | 36,000 |
Collingsworth | 1,169 | 64.80% | 629 | 34.87% | 6 | 0.33% | 540 | 29.93% | 1,804 |
Colorado | 3,028 | 49.84% | 2,991 | 49.23% | 56 | 0.92% | 37 | 0.61% | 6,075 |
Comal | 4,068 | 38.54% | 6,377 | 60.42% | 109 | 1.03% | -2,309 | -21.88% | 10,554 |
Comanche | 3,414 | 72.16% | 1,297 | 27.41% | 20 | 0.42% | 2,117 | 44.75% | 4,731 |
Concho | 715 | 59.83% | 474 | 39.67% | 6 | 0.50% | 241 | 20.16% | 1,195 |
Cooke | 4,483 | 48.05% | 4,804 | 51.50% | 42 | 0.45% | -321 | -3.45% | 9,329 |
Coryell | 4,710 | 52.75% | 4,140 | 46.37% | 79 | 0.88% | 570 | 6.38% | 8,929 |
Cottle | 1,047 | 76.93% | 311 | 22.85% | 3 | 0.22% | 736 | 54.08% | 1,361 |
Crane | 664 | 39.52% | 963 | 57.32% | 53 | 3.15% | -299 | -17.80% | 1,680 |
Crockett | 804 | 50.00% | 802 | 49.88% | 2 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.12% | 1,608 |
Crosby | 2,176 | 70.38% | 897 | 29.01% | 19 | 0.61% | 1,279 | 41.37% | 3,092 |
Culberson | 407 | 51.72% | 373 | 47.40% | 7 | 0.89% | 34 | 4.32% | 787 |
Dallam | 1,029 | 51.27% | 936 | 46.64% | 42 | 2.09% | 93 | 4.63% | 2,007 |
Dallas | 196,303 | 42.27% | 263,081 | 56.65% | 5,001 | 1.08% | -66,778 | -14.38% | 464,385 |
Dawson | 2,162 | 46.46% | 2,474 | 53.17% | 17 | 0.37% | -312 | -6.71% | 4,653 |
Deaf Smith | 2,613 | 48.08% | 2,776 | 51.08% | 46 | 0.85% | -163 | -3.00% | 5,435 |
Delta | 1,563 | 78.50% | 421 | 21.15% | 7 | 0.35% | 1,142 | 57.35% | 1,991 |
Denton | 18,887 | 47.58% | 20,440 | 51.50% | 365 | 0.92% | -1,553 | -3.92% | 39,692 |
DeWitt | 2,540 | 47.68% | 2,754 | 51.70% | 33 | 0.62% | -214 | -4.02% | 5,327 |
Dickens | 1,222 | 77.78% | 343 | 21.83% | 6 | 0.38% | 879 | 55.95% | 1,571 |
Dimmit | 1,721 | 65.59% | 890 | 33.92% | 13 | 0.50% | 831 | 31.67% | 2,624 |
Donley | 1,095 | 60.70% | 704 | 39.02% | 5 | 0.28% | 391 | 21.68% | 1,804 |
Duval | 4,267 | 86.36% | 661 | 13.38% | 13 | 0.26% | 3,606 | 72.98% | 4,941 |
Eastland | 4,320 | 64.53% | 2,340 | 34.95% | 35 | 0.52% | 1,980 | 29.58% | 6,695 |
Ector | 10,802 | 35.62% | 18,973 | 62.56% | 553 | 1.82% | -8,171 | -26.94% | 30,328 |
Edwards | 258 | 38.39% | 412 | 61.31% | 2 | 0.30% | -154 | -22.92% | 672 |
Ellis | 9,991 | 58.58% | 6,996 | 41.02% | 68 | 0.40% | 2,995 | 17.56% | 17,055 |
El Paso | 45,477 | 50.83% | 42,697 | 47.72% | 1,291 | 1.44% | 2,780 | 3.11% | 89,465 |
Erath | 4,821 | 61.89% | 2,925 | 37.55% | 44 | 0.56% | 1,896 | 24.34% | 7,790 |
Falls | 4,277 | 65.13% | 2,261 | 34.43% | 29 | 0.44% | 2,016 | 30.70% | 6,567 |
Fannin | 5,845 | 73.20% | 2,102 | 26.32% | 38 | 0.48% | 3,743 | 46.88% | 7,985 |
Fayette | 3,428 | 52.80% | 3,030 | 46.67% | 35 | 0.54% | 398 | 6.13% | 6,493 |
Fisher | 1,993 | 77.37% | 573 | 22.24% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,420 | 55.13% | 2,576 |
Floyd | 1,991 | 58.32% | 1,402 | 41.07% | 21 | 0.62% | 589 | 17.25% | 3,414 |
Foard | 706 | 74.32% | 240 | 25.26% | 4 | 0.42% | 466 | 49.06% | 950 |
Fort Bend | 11,264 | 39.13% | 17,354 | 60.28% | 169 | 0.59% | -6,090 | -21.15% | 28,787 |
Franklin | 1,636 | 68.05% | 758 | 31.53% | 10 | 0.42% | 878 | 36.52% | 2,404 |
Freestone | 2,679 | 61.43% | 1,674 | 38.39% | 8 | 0.18% | 1,005 | 23.04% | 4,361 |
Frio | 2,598 | 66.48% | 1,280 | 32.75% | 30 | 0.77% | 1,318 | 33.73% | 3,908 |
Gaines | 1,880 | 53.05% | 1,643 | 46.36% | 21 | 0.59% | 237 | 6.69% | 3,544 |
Galveston | 37,873 | 59.42% | 25,251 | 39.62% | 611 | 0.96% | 12,622 | 19.80% | 63,735 |
Garza | 957 | 55.48% | 755 | 43.77% | 13 | 0.75% | 202 | 11.71% | 1,725 |
Gillespie | 1,260 | 25.79% | 3,541 | 72.49% | 84 | 1.72% | -2,281 | -46.70% | 4,885 |
Glasscock | 190 | 46.00% | 218 | 52.78% | 5 | 1.21% | -28 | -6.78% | 413 |
Goliad | 875 | 50.55% | 846 | 48.87% | 10 | 0.58% | 29 | 1.68% | 1,731 |
Gonzales | 3,219 | 64.05% | 1,789 | 35.59% | 18 | 0.36% | 1,430 | 28.46% | 5,026 |
Gray | 3,872 | 38.87% | 6,010 | 60.33% | 80 | 0.80% | -2,138 | -21.46% | 9,962 |
Grayson | 17,015 | 58.48% | 11,981 | 41.18% | 99 | 0.34% | 5,034 | 17.30% | 29,095 |
Gregg | 9,827 | 35.59% | 17,582 | 63.68% | 203 | 0.74% | -7,755 | -28.09% | 27,612 |
Grimes | 2,656 | 64.03% | 1,473 | 35.51% | 19 | 0.46% | 1,183 | 28.52% | 4,148 |
Guadalupe | 6,054 | 46.80% | 6,766 | 52.31% | 115 | 0.89% | -712 | -5.51% | 12,935 |
Hale | 5,580 | 50.70% | 5,390 | 48.97% | 37 | 0.34% | 190 | 1.73% | 11,007 |
Hall | 1,633 | 70.57% | 671 | 29.00% | 10 | 0.43% | 962 | 41.57% | 2,314 |
Hamilton | 1,981 | 62.12% | 1,176 | 36.88% | 32 | 1.00% | 805 | 25.24% | 3,189 |
Hansford | 983 | 40.86% | 1,401 | 58.23% | 22 | 0.91% | -418 | -17.37% | 2,406 |
Hardeman | 1,403 | 63.06% | 805 | 36.18% | 17 | 0.76% | 598 | 26.88% | 2,225 |
Hardin | 6,558 | 61.36% | 4,046 | 37.86% | 84 | 0.79% | 2,512 | 23.50% | 10,688 |
Harris | 321,897 | 46.97% | 357,536 | 52.17% | 5,831 | 0.85% | -35,639 | -5.20% | 685,264 |
Harrison | 7,796 | 49.85% | 7,787 | 49.79% | 56 | 0.36% | 9 | 0.06% | 15,639 |
Hartley | 774 | 48.47% | 811 | 50.78% | 12 | 0.75% | -37 | -2.31% | 1,597 |
Haskell | 2,512 | 74.78% | 838 | 24.95% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,674 | 49.83% | 3,359 |
Hays | 7,005 | 54.41% | 5,714 | 44.38% | 156 | 1.21% | 1,291 | 10.03% | 12,875 |
Hemphill | 707 | 44.80% | 858 | 54.37% | 13 | 0.82% | -151 | -9.57% | 1,578 |
Henderson | 8,245 | 63.73% | 4,658 | 36.01% | 34 | 0.26% | 3,587 | 27.72% | 12,937 |
Hidalgo | 35,021 | 64.15% | 19,199 | 35.17% | 373 | 0.68% | 15,822 | 28.98% | 54,593 |
Hill | 5,327 | 66.32% | 2,680 | 33.37% | 25 | 0.31% | 2,647 | 32.95% | 8,032 |
Hockley | 3,949 | 55.39% | 3,137 | 44.00% | 44 | 0.62% | 812 | 11.39% | 7,130 |
Hood | 3,181 | 62.85% | 1,857 | 36.69% | 23 | 0.45% | 1,324 | 26.16% | 5,061 |
Hopkins | 4,992 | 65.75% | 2,556 | 33.67% | 44 | 0.58% | 2,436 | 32.08% | 7,592 |
Houston | 3,179 | 58.64% | 2,229 | 41.12% | 13 | 0.24% | 950 | 17.52% | 5,421 |
Howard | 6,984 | 58.34% | 4,899 | 40.92% | 89 | 0.74% | 2,085 | 17.42% | 11,972 |
Hudspeth | 479 | 54.37% | 395 | 44.84% | 7 | 0.79% | 84 | 9.53% | 881 |
Hunt | 8,543 | 55.79% | 6,676 | 43.59% | 95 | 0.62% | 1,867 | 12.20% | 15,314 |
Hutchinson | 3,691 | 37.16% | 6,137 | 61.78% | 105 | 1.06% | -2,446 | -24.62% | 9,933 |
Irion | 297 | 49.17% | 302 | 50.00% | 5 | 0.83% | -5 | -0.83% | 604 |
Jack | 1,814 | 63.18% | 1,049 | 36.54% | 8 | 0.28% | 765 | 26.64% | 2,871 |
Jackson | 2,524 | 56.94% | 1,884 | 42.50% | 25 | 0.56% | 640 | 14.44% | 4,433 |
Jasper | 5,422 | 63.00% | 3,167 | 36.80% | 18 | 0.21% | 2,255 | 26.20% | 8,607 |
Jeff Davis | 309 | 50.91% | 288 | 47.45% | 10 | 1.65% | 21 | 3.46% | 607 |
Jefferson | 47,581 | 59.07% | 32,451 | 40.29% | 514 | 0.64% | 15,130 | 18.78% | 80,546 |
Jim Hogg | 1,645 | 79.32% | 429 | 20.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,216 | 58.64% | 2,074 |
Jim Wells | 7,961 | 68.93% | 3,547 | 30.71% | 42 | 0.36% | 4,414 | 38.22% | 11,550 |
Johnson | 10,864 | 59.93% | 7,194 | 39.69% | 69 | 0.38% | 3,670 | 20.24% | 18,127 |
Jones | 3,318 | 61.26% | 2,072 | 38.26% | 26 | 0.48% | 1,246 | 23.00% | 5,416 |
Karnes | 2,996 | 63.50% | 1,675 | 35.50% | 47 | 1.00% | 1,321 | 28.00% | 4,718 |
Kaufman | 6,302 | 61.76% | 3,867 | 37.90% | 35 | 0.34% | 2,435 | 23.86% | 10,204 |
Kendall | 1,190 | 31.37% | 2,543 | 67.04% | 60 | 1.58% | -1,353 | -35.67% | 3,793 |
Kenedy | 139 | 67.80% | 65 | 31.71% | 1 | 0.49% | 74 | 36.09% | 205 |
Kent | 474 | 73.26% | 171 | 26.43% | 2 | 0.31% | 303 | 46.83% | 647 |
Kerr | 3,767 | 37.75% | 6,021 | 60.34% | 190 | 1.90% | -2,254 | -22.59% | 9,978 |
Kimble | 759 | 46.51% | 846 | 51.84% | 27 | 1.65% | -87 | -5.33% | 1,632 |
King | 100 | 50.76% | 96 | 48.73% | 1 | 0.51% | 4 | 2.03% | 197 |
Kinney | 516 | 61.21% | 318 | 37.72% | 9 | 1.07% | 198 | 23.49% | 843 |
Kleberg | 5,803 | 60.15% | 3,771 | 39.09% | 73 | 0.76% | 2,032 | 21.06% | 9,647 |
Knox | 1,498 | 72.72% | 551 | 26.75% | 11 | 0.53% | 947 | 45.97% | 2,060 |
Lamar | 8,601 | 65.78% | 4,443 | 33.98% | 32 | 0.24% | 4,158 | 31.80% | 13,076 |
Lamb | 3,374 | 58.02% | 2,413 | 41.50% | 28 | 0.48% | 961 | 16.52% | 5,815 |
Lampasas | 2,376 | 59.67% | 1,563 | 39.25% | 43 | 1.08% | 813 | 20.42% | 3,982 |
La Salle | 1,294 | 65.25% | 677 | 34.14% | 12 | 0.61% | 617 | 31.11% | 1,983 |
Lavaca | 3,458 | 57.98% | 2,466 | 41.35% | 40 | 0.67% | 992 | 16.63% | 5,964 |
Lee | 1,937 | 58.64% | 1,348 | 40.81% | 18 | 0.54% | 589 | 17.83% | 3,303 |
Leon | 2,085 | 63.94% | 1,161 | 35.60% | 15 | 0.46% | 924 | 28.34% | 3,261 |
Liberty | 7,086 | 60.54% | 4,552 | 38.89% | 66 | 0.56% | 2,534 | 21.65% | 11,704 |
Limestone | 3,825 | 64.83% | 2,045 | 34.66% | 30 | 0.51% | 1,780 | 30.17% | 5,900 |
Lipscomb | 644 | 41.05% | 911 | 58.06% | 14 | 0.89% | -267 | -17.01% | 1,569 |
Live Oak | 1,656 | 55.93% | 1,287 | 43.47% | 18 | 0.61% | 369 | 12.46% | 2,961 |
Llano | 2,361 | 54.60% | 1,947 | 45.03% | 16 | 0.37% | 414 | 9.57% | 4,324 |
Loving | 35 | 40.70% | 47 | 54.65% | 4 | 4.65% | -12 | -13.95% | 86 |
Lubbock | 24,797 | 38.92% | 38,478 | 60.40% | 432 | 0.68% | -13,681 | -21.48% | 63,707 |
Lynn | 1,575 | 57.13% | 1,166 | 42.29% | 16 | 0.58% | 409 | 14.84% | 2,757 |
McCulloch | 1,888 | 58.87% | 1,300 | 40.54% | 19 | 0.59% | 588 | 18.33% | 3,207 |
McLennan | 30,091 | 53.76% | 25,370 | 45.33% | 509 | 0.91% | 4,721 | 8.43% | 55,970 |
McMullen | 194 | 47.20% | 217 | 52.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -23 | -5.60% | 411 |
Madison | 1,885 | 63.66% | 1,062 | 35.87% | 14 | 0.47% | 823 | 27.79% | 2,961 |
Marion | 1,860 | 58.73% | 1,291 | 40.76% | 16 | 0.51% | 569 | 17.97% | 3,167 |
Martin | 907 | 56.06% | 698 | 43.14% | 13 | 0.80% | 209 | 12.92% | 1,618 |
Mason | 814 | 49.63% | 805 | 49.09% | 21 | 1.28% | 9 | 0.54% | 1,640 |
Matagorda | 4,971 | 56.94% | 3,679 | 42.14% | 81 | 0.93% | 1,292 | 14.80% | 8,731 |
Maverick | 2,840 | 74.70% | 924 | 24.30% | 38 | 1.00% | 1,916 | 50.40% | 3,802 |
Medina | 3,681 | 52.68% | 3,252 | 46.54% | 55 | 0.79% | 429 | 6.14% | 6,988 |
Menard | 543 | 54.30% | 441 | 44.10% | 16 | 1.60% | 102 | 10.20% | 1,000 |
Midland | 7,725 | 28.41% | 19,178 | 70.52% | 292 | 1.07% | -11,453 | -42.11% | 27,195 |
Milam | 4,871 | 66.59% | 2,404 | 32.86% | 40 | 0.55% | 2,467 | 33.73% | 7,315 |
Mills | 1,012 | 59.18% | 684 | 40.00% | 14 | 0.82% | 328 | 19.18% | 1,710 |
Mitchell | 1,730 | 61.70% | 1,058 | 37.73% | 16 | 0.57% | 672 | 23.97% | 2,804 |
Montague | 4,087 | 64.93% | 2,182 | 34.67% | 25 | 0.40% | 1,905 | 30.26% | 6,294 |
Montgomery | 13,718 | 46.25% | 15,739 | 53.07% | 202 | 0.68% | -2,021 | -6.82% | 29,659 |
Moore | 2,767 | 49.63% | 2,759 | 49.49% | 49 | 0.88% | 8 | 0.14% | 5,575 |
Morris | 3,071 | 62.28% | 1,843 | 37.38% | 17 | 0.34% | 1,228 | 24.90% | 4,931 |
Motley | 522 | 54.32% | 428 | 44.54% | 11 | 1.14% | 94 | 9.78% | 961 |
Nacogdoches | 6,697 | 47.36% | 7,315 | 51.73% | 129 | 0.91% | -618 | -4.37% | 14,141 |
Navarro | 6,995 | 63.20% | 4,012 | 36.25% | 61 | 0.55% | 2,983 | 26.95% | 11,068 |
Newton | 3,468 | 77.03% | 1,011 | 22.46% | 23 | 0.51% | 2,457 | 54.57% | 4,502 |
Nolan | 3,094 | 55.80% | 2,431 | 43.84% | 20 | 0.36% | 663 | 11.96% | 5,545 |
Nueces | 52,755 | 61.11% | 32,797 | 37.99% | 773 | 0.90% | 19,958 | 23.12% | 86,325 |
Ochiltree | 1,084 | 30.22% | 2,471 | 68.89% | 32 | 0.89% | -1,387 | -38.67% | 3,587 |
Oldham | 554 | 60.81% | 354 | 38.86% | 3 | 0.33% | 200 | 21.95% | 911 |
Orange | 15,177 | 61.99% | 9,147 | 37.36% | 160 | 0.65% | 6,030 | 24.63% | 24,484 |
Palo Pinto | 5,170 | 65.40% | 2,684 | 33.95% | 51 | 0.65% | 2,486 | 31.45% | 7,905 |
Panola | 3,731 | 53.48% | 3,218 | 46.12% | 28 | 0.40% | 513 | 7.36% | 6,977 |
Parker | 8,186 | 63.12% | 4,692 | 36.18% | 91 | 0.70% | 3,494 | 26.94% | 12,969 |
Parmer | 1,914 | 56.01% | 1,487 | 43.52% | 16 | 0.47% | 427 | 12.49% | 3,417 |
Pecos | 1,971 | 46.56% | 2,234 | 52.78% | 28 | 0.66% | -263 | -6.22% | 4,233 |
Polk | 4,384 | 62.93% | 2,529 | 36.30% | 54 | 0.78% | 1,855 | 26.63% | 6,967 |
Potter | 11,917 | 45.77% | 13,819 | 53.08% | 300 | 1.15% | -1,902 | -7.31% | 26,036 |
Presidio | 1,232 | 63.64% | 687 | 35.49% | 17 | 0.88% | 545 | 28.15% | 1,936 |
Rains | 1,339 | 72.18% | 510 | 27.49% | 6 | 0.32% | 829 | 44.69% | 1,855 |
Randall | 9,074 | 34.21% | 17,115 | 64.53% | 335 | 1.26% | -8,041 | -30.32% | 26,524 |
Reagan | 563 | 45.62% | 666 | 53.97% | 5 | 0.41% | -103 | -8.35% | 1,234 |
Real | 510 | 52.63% | 448 | 46.23% | 11 | 1.14% | 62 | 6.40% | 969 |
Red River | 3,670 | 66.33% | 1,852 | 33.47% | 11 | 0.20% | 1,818 | 32.86% | 5,533 |
Reeves | 2,613 | 60.18% | 1,711 | 39.41% | 18 | 0.41% | 902 | 20.77% | 4,342 |
Refugio | 2,218 | 58.91% | 1,537 | 40.82% | 10 | 0.27% | 681 | 18.09% | 3,765 |
Roberts | 202 | 35.94% | 350 | 62.28% | 10 | 1.78% | -148 | -26.34% | 562 |
Robertson | 3,741 | 74.88% | 1,244 | 24.90% | 11 | 0.22% | 2,497 | 49.98% | 4,996 |
Rockwall | 1,828 | 46.44% | 2,087 | 53.02% | 21 | 0.53% | -259 | -6.58% | 3,936 |
Runnels | 2,068 | 48.30% | 2,203 | 51.45% | 11 | 0.26% | -135 | -3.15% | 4,282 |
Rusk | 6,063 | 46.95% | 6,800 | 52.65% | 52 | 0.40% | -737 | -5.70% | 12,915 |
Sabine | 2,391 | 72.54% | 904 | 27.43% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,487 | 45.11% | 3,296 |
San Augustine | 1,817 | 63.31% | 1,047 | 36.48% | 6 | 0.21% | 770 | 26.83% | 2,870 |
San Jacinto | 2,406 | 68.18% | 1,094 | 31.00% | 29 | 0.82% | 1,312 | 37.18% | 3,529 |
San Patricio | 9,469 | 61.51% | 5,853 | 38.02% | 73 | 0.47% | 3,616 | 23.49% | 15,395 |
San Saba | 1,408 | 70.22% | 582 | 29.03% | 15 | 0.75% | 826 | 41.19% | 2,005 |
Schleicher | 468 | 47.13% | 516 | 51.96% | 9 | 0.91% | -48 | -4.83% | 993 |
Scurry | 2,639 | 48.34% | 2,797 | 51.24% | 23 | 0.42% | -158 | -2.90% | 5,459 |
Shackelford | 764 | 50.33% | 748 | 49.28% | 6 | 0.40% | 16 | 1.05% | 1,518 |
Shelby | 4,680 | 63.35% | 2,695 | 36.48% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,985 | 26.87% | 7,387 |
Sherman | 718 | 50.71% | 679 | 47.95% | 19 | 1.34% | 39 | 2.76% | 1,416 |
Smith | 16,856 | 42.92% | 22,238 | 56.62% | 181 | 0.46% | -5,382 | -13.70% | 39,275 |
Somervell | 1,054 | 75.77% | 332 | 23.87% | 5 | 0.36% | 722 | 51.90% | 1,391 |
Starr | 4,646 | 87.25% | 664 | 12.47% | 15 | 0.28% | 3,982 | 74.78% | 5,325 |
Stephens | 1,796 | 52.38% | 1,621 | 47.27% | 12 | 0.35% | 175 | 5.11% | 3,429 |
Sterling | 174 | 45.67% | 202 | 53.02% | 5 | 1.31% | -28 | -7.35% | 381 |
Stonewall | 812 | 75.89% | 252 | 23.55% | 6 | 0.56% | 560 | 52.34% | 1,070 |
Sutton | 768 | 47.73% | 831 | 51.65% | 10 | 0.62% | -63 | -3.92% | 1,609 |
Swisher | 2,811 | 78.59% | 753 | 21.05% | 13 | 0.36% | 2,058 | 57.54% | 3,577 |
Tarrant | 122,287 | 49.18% | 124,433 | 50.05% | 1,911 | 0.77% | -2,146 | -0.87% | 248,631 |
Taylor | 14,453 | 41.84% | 19,822 | 57.38% | 268 | 0.78% | -5,369 | -15.54% | 34,543 |
Terrell | 321 | 50.00% | 317 | 49.38% | 4 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.62% | 642 |
Terry | 2,859 | 57.17% | 2,113 | 42.25% | 29 | 0.58% | 746 | 14.92% | 5,001 |
Throckmorton | 658 | 64.76% | 356 | 35.04% | 2 | 0.20% | 302 | 29.72% | 1,016 |
Titus | 4,205 | 61.64% | 2,603 | 38.16% | 14 | 0.21% | 1,602 | 23.48% | 6,822 |
Tom Green | 11,064 | 46.97% | 12,316 | 52.29% | 174 | 0.74% | -1,252 | -5.32% | 23,554 |
Travis | 78,585 | 51.63% | 71,031 | 46.67% | 2,597 | 1.71% | 7,554 | 4.96% | 152,213 |
Trinity | 2,100 | 66.58% | 1,042 | 33.04% | 12 | 0.38% | 1,058 | 33.54% | 3,154 |
Tyler | 3,322 | 62.47% | 1,965 | 36.95% | 31 | 0.58% | 1,357 | 25.52% | 5,318 |
Upshur | 4,902 | 59.70% | 3,272 | 39.85% | 37 | 0.45% | 1,630 | 19.85% | 8,211 |
Upton | 686 | 43.95% | 869 | 55.67% | 6 | 0.38% | -183 | -11.72% | 1,561 |
Uvalde | 2,299 | 42.19% | 3,103 | 56.95% | 47 | 0.86% | -804 | -14.76% | 5,449 |
Val Verde | 4,603 | 56.46% | 3,476 | 42.64% | 73 | 0.90% | 1,127 | 13.82% | 8,152 |
Van Zandt | 6,449 | 65.15% | 3,385 | 34.20% | 64 | 0.65% | 3,064 | 30.95% | 9,898 |
Victoria | 7,326 | 43.02% | 9,594 | 56.34% | 108 | 0.63% | -2,268 | -13.32% | 17,028 |
Walker | 5,105 | 50.19% | 4,974 | 48.90% | 92 | 0.90% | 131 | 1.29% | 10,171 |
Waller | 2,828 | 58.17% | 1,992 | 40.97% | 42 | 0.86% | 836 | 17.20% | 4,862 |
Ward | 2,046 | 48.51% | 2,123 | 50.33% | 49 | 1.16% | -77 | -1.82% | 4,218 |
Washington | 2,635 | 40.54% | 3,820 | 58.77% | 45 | 0.69% | -1,185 | -18.23% | 6,500 |
Webb | 10,362 | 70.50% | 4,222 | 28.72% | 114 | 0.78% | 6,140 | 41.78% | 14,698 |
Wharton | 5,914 | 55.56% | 4,682 | 43.99% | 48 | 0.45% | 1,232 | 11.57% | 10,644 |
Wheeler | 1,598 | 55.33% | 1,273 | 44.08% | 17 | 0.59% | 325 | 11.25% | 2,888 |
Wichita | 22,017 | 53.35% | 19,024 | 46.10% | 225 | 0.55% | 2,993 | 7.25% | 41,266 |
Wilbarger | 3,280 | 59.90% | 2,145 | 39.17% | 51 | 0.93% | 1,135 | 20.73% | 5,476 |
Willacy | 2,984 | 65.48% | 1,542 | 33.84% | 31 | 0.68% | 1,442 | 31.64% | 4,557 |
Williamson | 9,355 | 55.00% | 7,481 | 43.98% | 174 | 1.02% | 1,874 | 11.02% | 17,010 |
Wilson | 3,973 | 67.32% | 1,926 | 32.63% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,047 | 34.69% | 5,902 |
Winkler | 1,382 | 42.31% | 1,842 | 56.40% | 42 | 1.29% | -460 | -14.09% | 3,266 |
Wise | 5,133 | 64.06% | 2,856 | 35.64% | 24 | 0.30% | 2,277 | 28.42% | 8,013 |
Wood | 4,107 | 56.84% | 3,076 | 42.57% | 43 | 0.60% | 1,031 | 14.27% | 7,226 |
Yoakum | 1,181 | 44.07% | 1,477 | 55.11% | 22 | 0.82% | -296 | -11.04% | 2,680 |
Young | 3,473 | 56.33% | 2,652 | 43.01% | 41 | 0.66% | 821 | 13.32% | 6,166 |
Zapata | 1,216 | 72.29% | 462 | 27.47% | 4 | 0.24% | 754 | 44.82% | 1,682 |
Zavala | 1,822 | 70.67% | 735 | 28.51% | 21 | 0.81% | 1,087 | 42.16% | 2,578 |
Totals | 2,082,319 | 51.14% | 1,953,300 | 47.97% | 36,265 | 0.89% | 129,019 | 3.17% | 4,071,884 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
edit- Anderson
- Aransas
- Archer
- Armstrong
- Atascosa
- Bailey
- Bee
- Bell
- Bexar
- Borden
- Bsoque
- Bowie
- Brazoria
- Briscoe
- Brown
- Burnet
- Calhoun
- Callahan
- Carson
- Castro
- Chambers
- Childress
- Cochran
- Coleman
- Collingsworth
- Colorado
- Coryell
- Crockett
- Culberson
- Dallam
- Donley
- Dickens
- Dimmit
- Fisher
- Eastland
- Ellis
- El Paso
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Frio
- Hidalgo
- Gaines
- Garza
- Goliad
- Gonzales
- Grayson
- Jefferson
- Jim Wells
- Kenedy
- Hale
- Hall
- Hamilton
- Harrison
- Hays
- Hockley
- Hood
- Howard
- Hudspeth
- Hunt
- Jack
- Jackson
- Jeff Davis
- Johnson
- Karnes
- King
- Kinney
- Lamb
- Lampasas
- Lavaca
- Lee
- Live Oak
- Llano
- Lynn
- LaSalle
- Morris
- Newton
- McLennan
- Martin
- Mason
- Matagordo
- Medina
- Menard
- Mitchell
- Moore
- Motley
- Oldham
- Orange
- Presidio
- Robertson
- Panola
- Parker
- Parmer
- Real
- Reeves
- Shackelford
- Sherman
- Sterling
- Stonewall
- Swisher
- Terry
- Terrell
- Val Verde
- Walker
- Wheeler
- Wichita
- Wilbarger
- Williamson
- Wilson
- Wood
- Willacy
- Zavala
- Young
- Angelina
- Bastrop
- Baylor
- Burleson
- Caldwell
- Cameron
- Camp
- Cass
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Coke
- Comanche
- Concho
- Crosby
- Delta
- Erath
- Falls
- Fannin
- Foard
- Franklin
- Freestone
- Galveston
- Grimes
- Hardeman
- Hardin
- Haskell
- Henderson
- Hill
- Hopkins
- Houston
- Jasper
- Jones
- Kaufman
- Kent
- Kleberg
- Knox
- Lamar
- Leon
- Liberty
- Limestone
- McCulloch
- Madison
- Marion
- Milam
- Mills
- Montague
- Navarro
- Nolan
- Nueces
- Palo Pinto
- Polk
- Rains
- Red River
- Refugio
- Sabine
- San Augustine
- San Jacinto
- San Patricio
- San Saba
- Shelby
- Somervell
- Throckmorton
- Titus
- Travis
- Trinity
- Tyler
- Upshur
- Van Zandt
- Waller
- Wise
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)".
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Texas". Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ ‘Counties Voting for the Same Party Since 1980'; in Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.