United States presidential elections in Texas

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.

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

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
Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 1]		 Votes Percent Electoral
Votes		 Margin of Victory
2020[1]Joe Biden5,259,12646.48Donald Trump5,890,34752.06—38 631,221
2016[2]Donald Trump[lower-alpha 2]4,685,04752.23Hillary Clinton3,877,86843.24— 38[lower-alpha 3] 807,179
2012[3]Barack Obama3,308,12441.38Mitt Romney4,569,84357.17— 38 1,261,719
2008[4]Barack Obama3,528,63343.68John McCain4,479,32855.45— 34 950,695
2004[5]George W. Bush4,526,91761.09John Kerry2,832,70438.22— 34 1,694,213
2000[6]George W. Bush[lower-alpha 2]3,799,63959.30Al Gore2,433,74637.98— 32 1,365,893
1996[7]Bill Clinton2,459,68343.83Bob Dole2,736,16748.76Ross Perot378,5376.7532 276,484
1992Bill Clinton2,281,81537.08George H. W. Bush2,496,07140.56Ross Perot1,354,78122.0132 214,256
1988George H. W. Bush3,036,82955.95Michael Dukakis2,352,74843.35— 29 684,081
1984Ronald Reagan3,433,42863.61Walter Mondale1,949,27636.11— 29 1,484,152
1980Ronald Reagan2,510,70555.28Jimmy Carter1,881,14741.42John B. Anderson111,6132.4626 629,558
1976Jimmy Carter2,082,31951.14Gerald Ford1,953,30047.97— 26 129,019
1972Richard Nixon2,298,89666.20George McGovern1,154,29133.24— 26 1,144,605
1968Richard Nixon1,227,84439.87Hubert Humphrey1,266,80441.14George Wallace584,26918.9725 38,960
1964Lyndon B. Johnson1,663,18563.32Barry Goldwater958,56636.49— 25 704,619
1960John F. Kennedy1,167,56750.52Richard Nixon1,121,31048.52— 24 46,257
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower1,080,61955.26Adlai Stevenson II859,95843.98T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 4]		14,5910.7524 220,661
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower1,102,87853.13Adlai Stevenson II969,22846.69— 24 133,650
1948Harry S. Truman824,23565.96Thomas E. Dewey303,46724.29Strom Thurmond113,7769.1123 520,768
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt821,60571.42Thomas E. Dewey191,42516.64— 23 630,180
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt909,97480.92Wendell Willkie212,69218.91— 23 697,282
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt734,48587.08Alf Landon103,87412.31— 23 630,611
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt760,34888.06Herbert Hoover97,95911.35— 23 662,389
1928Herbert Hoover367,03651.77Al Smith341,03248.10— 20 26,004
1924Calvin Coolidge130,02319.78John W. Davis484,60573.70Robert M. La Follette42,8816.5220 354,582
1920Warren G. Harding114,53823.54James M. Cox288,76759.34Parley P. Christensen— — 20 174,229
1916Woodrow Wilson286,51476.92Charles E. Hughes64,99917.45— 20 221,515
1912Woodrow Wilson221,58972.62Theodore Roosevelt28,8539.46William H. Taft26,7558.7720 192,736
1908William H. Taft65,66622.35William Jennings Bryan217,30273.97— 18 151,636
1904Theodore Roosevelt51,24221.9Alton B. Parker167,20071.45— 18 115,958
1900William McKinley130,64130.83William Jennings Bryan267,43263.12— 15 136,791
1896William McKinley167,52030.75William Jennings Bryan370,43468.00— 15 202,914
1892Grover Cleveland239,14856.65Benjamin Harrison81,14419.22James B. Weaver99,68823.6115 158,004
1888Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 2]88,42224.73Grover Cleveland234,88365.7— 13 146,461
1884Grover Cleveland225,30969.26James G. Blaine93,14128.63— 13 132,168
1880James A. Garfield57,89323.95Winfield S. Hancock156,42864.71James B. Weaver27,40511.348 98,535
1876Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 2]44,80029.96Samuel J. Tilden104,75570.04— 8 59,955
1872Ulysses 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—
   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[lower-alpha 1]		 Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1856James Buchanan31,16966.59John C. Frémontno ballotsMillard Fillmore15,63933.414
1852Franklin Pierce13,55273.07Winfield Scott4,99526.93John P. Haleno ballots4
1848Zachary Taylor4,50929.71Lewis Cass10,66870.29Martin Van Burenno ballots4
   Bolded: Won Texas.

See also

Notes
  1. 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. 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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