Texas

Texas became a state in December 1845, participating in its first presidential election in 1848. Texas seceded from the Union in 1861 and was not included in the 1864 or 1868 elections. From 1872 through 1976, Texas went Democratic in the vast majority of elections. However, that changed in 1980, and Texas has sided with the Republicans ever since. Having a Bush on the ticket each election from 1980 through 2004 (except 1996) helped make Texas a reliably “red” state. In 2020, Donald Trump won the state by 6.5% over Joe Biden, the narrowest margin since 1996.

Texas’ population has grown rapidly in recent decades, and it has added two or more electoral votes in each Census since 1980. The 2020 Census population of 29.1 million was up four million from 2010. No state had a larger numeric increase in the past decade. The state's 40 electoral votes are second only to California’s 54. This large electoral prize, coupled with shifting demographics, will likely make Texas a major battleground in upcoming presidential elections.

ELECTORAL VOTES

38
2020

40
2024

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Likely Republican
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Recent Presidential Elections

2020

46.5%

52.1%

2016

43.2%

52.2%

2012

41.4%

57.2%

2008

43.7%

55.5%

2004

38.2%

61.1%

2000

38.0%

59.3%

1996

43.8%

48.8%

1992

37.1%

40.6%

1988

43.4%

56.0%

1984

36.1%

63.6%

1980

41.4%

55.3%

1976

51.1%

48.0%

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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

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2012

2016

2020

Electoral College Votes

Democratic

Republican

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

Gray indicates available electoral votes that were either not cast or cast for a candidate not on the ballot.

An empty column indicates the state did not participate in that election.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class	1988	1990	1994	1996	2000	2002	2006	2008	2012	2014	2018	2020

1	D		R		R		R		R		R

2		R		R		R		R		R		R

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Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
2	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
4	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
12	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
14	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R
16	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
18	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
19	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
21	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
22	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
23	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	R	R
24	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
25	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
26	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
27	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
28				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
29				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
30				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
31									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
32									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
33														D	D	D	D	D	D
34														D	D	D	D	D	D
35														D	D	D	D	D	D
36														R	R	R	R	R	R
37																			D
38																			R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1996, 2004, 2006, and 2008. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

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1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

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District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
2	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
4	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
12	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
14	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R
16	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
18	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
19	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
21	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
22	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
23	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	R	R
24	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
25	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
26	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
27	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
28				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
29				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
30				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
31									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
32									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
33														D	D	D	D	D	D
34														D	D	D	D	D	D
35														D	D	D	D	D	D
36														R	R	R	R	R	R
37																			D
38																			R

District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
2	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
4	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
12	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
14	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R
16	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
18	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
19	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
21	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
22	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
23	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	R	R
24	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
25	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
26	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
27	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
28				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
29				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
30				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
31									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
32									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
33														D	D	D	D	D	D
34														D	D	D	D	D	D
35														D	D	D	D	D	D
36														R	R	R	R	R	R
37																			D
38																			R

District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
2	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
4	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
12	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
14	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R
16	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
18	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
19	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
21	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
22	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
23	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	R	R
24	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
25	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
26	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
27	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
28				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
29				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
30				D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
31									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
32									R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
33														D	D	D	D	D	D
34														D	D	D	D	D	D
35														D	D	D	D	D	D
36														R	R	R	R	R	R
37																			D
38																			R