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The2020 United States presidential election in Texas was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.[3]Texas voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, incumbent PresidentDonald Trump, and running mate,Vice PresidentMike Pence, against theDemocratic Party's nominee, former Vice PresidentJoe Biden, and his running mate, California SenatorKamala Harris. The state of Texas had 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[4]
Although it was considered a vulnerable state for Trump by some pollsters and experts and a potential upset victory for Biden due to its recent demographic trends, Texas was again won by Trump with 52.1% of the vote, roughly the same percentage he carried it with in2016.
Despite not winning the state, Biden improved onHillary Clinton's 2016 vote share by 3.24 points, with his 46.48% vote share the largest percentage in the state by a Democratic presidential candidate sinceJimmy Carter carried the state in1976. Trump's 5.58% margin of victory was the narrowest for a Republican since1996, whenSouthernerBill Clinton was the Democratic nominee.
Texas was the third-narrowest of Trump's state victories, behind onlyFlorida andNorth Carolina, and the ninth-closest state overall. However, Trump made many of his largest gains in the country inSouth Texas in counties along theMexico–United States border, flipping eight counties in the region. In2024 Trump outright won a majority ofHispanics in Texas.
Voter turnout in the state increased to its highest level since1992, when two Texans,George H. W. Bush andRoss Perot, were on the ballot, and the last time Texas was considered to be a battleground state.[5]
The Republican primary was held on March 3, 2020.Donald Trump andBill Weld were the only declared Republican candidates, as formerSouth Carolina Governor and U.S. RepresentativeMark Sanford and U.S. RepresentativeJoe Walsh had dropped out.Texas GovernorGreg Abbott declined to run against Trump, as did2016 Republican primary candidate and current senatorTed Cruz.[6][7] The primary was won overwhelmingly by Trump with over 94% of the vote.
| 2020 Texas Republican Party presidential primary[8] | |||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Delegates | |
| Count | Percentage | ||
| Donald Trump (incumbent) | 1,898,664 | 94.13% | 117 |
| Uncommitted | 71,803 | 3.56% | 0 |
| Bill Weld | 15,739 | 0.78% | 0 |
| Joe Walsh | 15,824 | 0.78% | 0 |
| Rocky De La Fuente | 7,563 | 0.38% | 0 |
| Bob Ely | 3,582 | 0.37% | 0 |
| Matthew Matern | 3,525 | 0.18% | 0 |
| Zoltan Istvan | 1,447 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Total: | 2,017,167 | 100% | 155 |
The Democratic primary was held on March 3, 2020.Elizabeth Warren,Bernie Sanders,Michael Bloomberg andJoe Biden were among the major declared candidates.[9][10][11] The primary was won by Biden, with Sanders coming second.
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Biden—<30% Biden—30–40% Biden—40–50% Biden—50–60% Biden—60–70% Bloomberg—<30% Bloomberg—30–40% Bloomberg—50–60% | Sanders—<30% Sanders—30–40% Sanders—40–50% Sanders—50–60% Warren—<30% Tie |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[13] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 725,562 | 34.64 | 113 |
| Bernie Sanders | 626,339 | 29.91 | 99 |
| Michael Bloomberg | 300,608 | 14.35 | 11 |
| Elizabeth Warren | 239,237 | 11.42 | 5 |
| Pete Buttigieg(withdrawn)[a] | 82,671 | 3.95 | |
| Amy Klobuchar(withdrawn)[a] | 43,291 | 2.07 | |
| Julian Castro(withdrawn) | 16,688 | 0.80 | |
| Tom Steyer(withdrawn)[a] | 13,929 | 0.67 | |
| Michael Bennet(withdrawn) | 10,324 | 0.49 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 8,688 | 0.41 | |
| Andrew Yang(withdrawn) | 6,674 | 0.32 | |
| Cory Booker(withdrawn) | 4,941 | 0.24 | |
| Marianne Williamson(withdrawn) | 3,918 | 0.19 | |
| John Delaney(withdrawn) | 3,280 | 0.16 | |
| Deval Patrick(withdrawn) | 1,304 | 0.06 | |
| Other candidates | 6,974 | 0.33 | |
| Total | 2,094,428 | 100% | 228 |
| Source | Ranking |
|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[14] | Tossup |
| Inside Elections[15] | Tossup |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Lean R |
| Politico[17] | Lean R |
| RCP[18] | Tossup |
| Niskanen[19] | Tossup |
| CNN[20] | Lean R |
| The Economist[21] | Lean R |
| CBS News[22] | Lean R |
| 270towin[23] | Lean R |
| ABC News[24] | Tossup |
| NPR[25] | Tossup |
| NBC News[26] | Tossup |
| 538[27] | Lean R |
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other/ Undecided [b] | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270 to Win[28] | Oct 29, 2020 – November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 47.5% | 48.8% | 3.7% | Trump +1.3 |
| Real Clear Politics[29] | October 20–31, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 46.5% | 47.8% | 5.7% | Trump +1.3 |
| FiveThirtyEight[30] | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 47.4% | 48.6% | 4.0% | Trump +1.1 |
| Average | 47.1% | 48.4% | 4.5% | Trump +1.2 | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[c] | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Howie Hawkins Green | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[31] | Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 | 9,226 (LV) | ± 1.5% | 51%[d] | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Swayable[32] | Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 | 1,151 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 51% | 47% | 1% | 0% | – | – |
| Data For Progress[33] | Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 | 926 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 48% | 49% | 1% | 1% | 0%[e] | – |
| AtlasIntel[34] | Oct 30–31, 2020 | 686 (LV) | ± 4% | 50% | 47% | – | – | 3% | – |
| Emerson College[35] | Oct 29–31, 2020 | 763 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 49%[f] | 48% | - | - | 2%[g] | – |
| Morning Consult[36] | Oct 22–31, 2020 | 3,267 (LV) | ± 2% | 48% | 48% | – | – | – | – |
| Public Policy Polling[37] | Oct 28–29, 2020 | 775 (V) | – | 48% | 50% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Gravis Marketing[38] | Oct 27–28, 2020 | 670 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 50% | 45% | – | – | – | 5% |
| RMG Research/PoliticalIQ[39] | Oct 27–28, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 50%[h] | 46% | – | – | 2%[g] | 2% |
| 48%[i] | 48% | – | – | 2%[g] | 2% | ||||
| 52%[j] | 44% | – | – | 2%[g] | 2% | ||||
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[31] | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 15,145 (LV) | – | 51% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Swayable[40] | Oct 23–26, 2020 | 552 (LV) | ± 5.7% | 49% | 48% | 3% | 1% | – | – |
| YouGov/UMass Amherst[41] | Oct 20–26, 2020 | 873 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 48% | 47% | 2% | 1% | 0%[k] | 1% |
| Data for Progress (D)[42] | Oct 22–25, 2020 | 1,018 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 48% | 49% | 1% | 0% | – | 2% |
| Siena College/NYT Upshot[43] | Oct 20–25, 2020 | 802 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 47% | 43% | 3% | 0% | 2%[l] | 5%[m] |
| Univision/University of Houston/Latino Decisions/North Star Opinion Research[44] | Oct 17–25, 2020 | 758 (RV) | ± 3.56% | 49% | 46% | – | – | 3%[n] | 2% |
| Citizen Data[45] | Oct 17–20, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3% | 45% | 49% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 4% |
| YouGov/University of Houston[46] | Oct 13–20, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 50% | 45% | 2% | 0% | – | 3% |
| University of Texas at Tyler/Dallas Morning News[47] | Oct 13–20, 2020 | 925 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 47%[f] | 49% | 3% | 1% | – | 1% |
| Morning Consult[36] | Oct 11–20, 2020 | 3,347 (LV) | ± 1.7% | 47% | 48% | – | – | – | – |
| Quinnipiac University[48] | Oct 16–19, 2020 | 1,145 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 47% | 47% | – | – | 1%[o] | 5% |
| Data for Progress (D)[49] | Oct 15–18, 2020 | 933 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 46%[f] | 47% | 2% | 1% | – | 5% |
| Morning Consult[50][1] | Oct 2–11, 2020 | 3,455 (LV) | ± 1.7% | 49% | 47% | – | – | – | 3% |
| Public Policy Polling/Texas Democrats[51][A] | Oct 7–8, 2020 | 721 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 48% | – | – | – | 1% |
| YouGov/CCES[52] | Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2020 | 2,947 (LV) | – | 49% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[53] | Sep 28 – Oct 7, 2020 | ~2,700 (LV) | ± 2% | 49% | 46% | – | – | – | – |
| Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports/Crosswind PR[54] | Oct 5–6, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3% | 51% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Civiqs/Daily Kos[55] | Oct 3–6, 2020 | 895 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 48% | 48% | – | – | 2%[g] | 1% |
| Data For Progress (D)[56] | Sep 30 – Oct 5, 2020 | 1,949 (LV) | ± 2.2% | 45% | 47% | 2% | 1% | – | 5% |
| YouGov/University of Texas/Texas Tribune[57] | Sep 25 – Oct 4, 2020 | 908 (LV) | ± 3.25% | 50% | 45% | 2% | 2% | 1%[o] | – |
| EMC Research/Blue Texas PAC[58][B] | Sep 27 – Oct 2, 2020 | 848 (LV) | – | 49% | 49% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[31] | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 13,395 (LV) | – | 52% | 46% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Hart Research Associates/Human Rights Campaign[59][C] | Sep 24–27, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 49% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[53] | Sep 18–27, 2020 | ~2,700 (LV) | ± 2% | 48% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Public Policy Polling/Texas Democrats[60][2]Archived October 8, 2020, at theWayback Machine[D] | Sep 25–26, 2020 | 612 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 48% | – | – | – | 4% |
| YouGov/UMass Lowell[61] | Sep 18–25, 2020 | 882 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 49%[p] | 46% | 2% | 1% | 1%[q] | 1% |
| 50%[r] | 46% | – | – | 2%[s] | 2% | ||||
| Data For Progress[62][E] | Sep 18–22, 2020 | 726 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 47% | 45% | – | – | – | 9% |
| Siena College/NYT Upshot[63] | Sep 16–22, 2020 | 653 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 46% | 43% | 1% | 1% | 0%[t] | 9%[m] |
| Quinnipiac University[64] | Sep 17–21, 2020 | 1,078 (LV) | ± 3% | 50% | 45% | – | – | No voters | 4% |
| YouGov/CBS[65] | Sep 15–18, 2020 | 1,129 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 46% | – | – | 2%[u] | 4% |
| Morning Consult[53] | Sep 8–17, 2020 | ~2,700 (LV) | ± 2% | 47% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[66] | Aug 29 – Sep 7, 2020 | 2,829 (LV) | ± 2% | 46%[v] | 46% | – | – | – | – |
| Public Policy Polling/Giffords[67][F] | Sep 1–2, 2020 | 743 (V) | – | 48% | 47% | – | – | – | 5% |
| University of Texas at Tyler/Dallas Morning News[68] | Aug 28 – Sep 2, 2020 | 901 (LV) | ± 3.26% | 49%[f] | 47% | 1% | 1% | 1% | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[31] | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 12,607 (LV) | – | 52% | 46% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Morning Consult[69] | Aug 21–30, 2020 | 2,632 (LV) | ± 2% | 48%[v] | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Tyson Group/Consumer Energy Alliance[70][G] | Aug 20–25, 2020 | 906 (LV) | ± 3% | 44% | 48% | 0% | – | 0%[w] | 5% |
| Data for Progress/Texas Youth Power Alliance[71] | Aug 20–25, 2020 | 2,295 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 45% | 48% | – | – | – | 8% |
| Public Policy Polling/Texas Democrats[72][3][H] | Aug 21–22, 2020 | 764 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 47% | 48% | – | – | – | 5% |
| Morning Consult[53] | Aug 13–22, 2020 | ~2,700 (LV) | ± 2% | 48% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[69] | Aug 7–16, 2020 | 2,559 (LV) | ± 2% | 47%[x] | 46% | – | – | – | – |
| Global Strategy Group/Chrysta for Texas[73][I] | Aug 11–13, 2020 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 45% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| YouGov/Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation/Rice University's Baker Institute[74] | Aug 4–13, 2020 | 846 (RV) | – | 48% | 41% | 1% | 1% | – | 10.2% |
| – (LV)[J] | 50% | 44% | 1% | 0% | – | 5% | |||
| Trafalgar Group (R)[75] | Aug 1–5, 2020 | 1,015 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 49% | 43% | 2% | – | 2%[y] | 3% |
| Morning Consult[53] | Aug 3–12, 2020 | ~2,700 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 47% | 46% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[76] | Jul 24 – Aug 2, 2020 | 2,576 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 46%[v] | 47% | – | – | 2%[g] | 5% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[31] | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 13,721 (LV) | – | 52% | 46% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Morning Consult[77] | Jul 17–26, 2020 | 2,685 (LV) | ± 1.9% | 45%[x] | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[77][4] | Jul 16–25, 2020 | ≈2,700 (LV)[z] | ± 2.0% | 45% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Spry Strategies/American Principles Project[78][K] | Jul 16–20, 2020 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 49% | 45% | – | – | – | 6% |
| Quinnipiac University[79] | Jul 16–20, 2020 | 880 (RV) | ± 3.3% | 44% | 45% | – | – | 7%[aa] | 4% |
| Morning Consult[77] | Jul 6–15, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 46% | 46% | – | – | – | – |
| YouGov/CBS[80] | Jul 7–10, 2020 | 1,185 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 46% | 45% | – | – | 4%[ab] | 6% |
| Gravis Marketing/OANN[81] | Jul 7, 2020 | 591 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 46% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler[82] | Jun 29 – Jul 7, 2020 | 1,677 (LV) | ± 2.4% | 43% | 48% | – | – | 4% | 5% |
| Morning Consult[77] | Jun 26 – Jul 5, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 46% | 45% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[31] | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 6,669 (LV) | – | 51% | 46% | – | – | – | 2% |
| YouGov/University of Texas/Texas Politics Project[83] | Jun 19–29, 2020 | 1,200 (RV) | ± 2.89% | 48% | 44% | – | – | – | 8% |
| Public Policy Polling[84][5] | Jun 24–25, 2020 | 729 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 46% | 48% | – | – | – | 5% |
| Morning Consult[77] | Jun 16–25, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 47% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Fox News[85] | Jun 20–23, 2020 | 1,001 (RV) | ± 3% | 44% | 45% | – | – | 5%[ac] | 5% |
| Public Policy Polling/Progress Texas[86][6][L] | Jun 18–19, 2020 | 907 (V) | ± 3% | 48% | 46% | – | – | – | 6% |
| Morning Consult[77] | Jun 6–15, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 48% | 45% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[77] | May 27 – Jun 5, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 48% | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| Public Policy Polling/Texas Democrats[87][M] | Jun 2–3, 2020 | 683 (V) | – | 48% | 48% | – | – | – | 4% |
| Quinnipiac[88] | May 28 – Jun 1, 2020 | 1,166 (RV) | ± 2.9% | 44% | 43% | – | – | 6%[ad] | 7% |
| Morning Consult[77] | May 17–26, 2020 | 2,551 (LV) | – | 50%[v] | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[77] | May 16–25, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 50% | 42% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[77] | May 6–15, 2020 | – (LV)[z] | – | 49% | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| Emerson College[89] | May 8–10, 2020 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 52%[ae] | 48% | – | – | – | – |
| Public Policy Polling[90] | Apr 27–28, 2020 | 1,032 (V) | – | 46% | 47% | – | – | – | 7% |
| Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler[91] | Apr 18–27, 2020 | 1,183 (RV) | ± 2.85% | 43% | 43% | – | – | 5% | 9% |
| University of Texas/Texas Tribune[92] | Apr 10–19, 2020 | 1,200 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 49% | 44% | – | – | – | 7% |
| AtlasIntel[93] | Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2020 | 1,100 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 47% | 43% | – | – | 11% | – |
| NBC News/Marist College[94] | Feb 23–27, 2020 | 2,409 (RV) | ± 2.5% | 49% | 45% | – | – | 1% | 5% |
| CNN/SSRS[95] | Feb 22–26, 2020 | 1,003 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 47% | 48% | – | – | 3%[af] | 2% |
| Univision[96] | Feb 21–26, 2020 | 1,004 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 43% | 46% | – | – | – | 11% |
| Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler[97] | Feb 17–26, 2020 | 1,221 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 45% | 44% | – | – | 11% | – |
| YouGov/University of Texas/Texas Tribune[98] | Jan 31 – Feb 9, 2020 | 1,200 (RV) | ± 2.83% | 47% | 44% | – | – | – | 10% |
| University of Texas at Tyler/Dallas News[99] | Jan 21–30, 2020 | 910 (LV) | ± 3.24% | 46% | 44% | – | – | 10%[ag] | – |
| Data For Progress[100][N] | Jan 16–21, 2020 | 1,486 (LV) | – | 54% | 40% | – | – | 3%[ah] | 3% |
| Texas Lyceum[101] | Jan 10–19, 2020 | 520 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 51% | 46% | – | – | – | 3% |
| CNN/SSRS[102] | Dec 4–9, 2019 | 1,003 (RV) | – | 48% | 47% | – | – | 2%[ai] | 3% |
| Beacon Research (R)[103] | Nov 9–21, 2019 | 1,601 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 45% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| University of Texas at Tyler[104] | Nov 5–14, 2019 | 1,093 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 45% | 39% | – | – | – | 16% |
| University of Texas/Texas Tribune[105] | Oct 18–27, 2019 | 1,200 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 46% | 39% | – | – | 9%[aj] | 6% |
| University of Texas at Tyler[106] | Sep 13–15, 2019 | 1,199 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 38% | 40% | – | – | 13% | 9% |
| Univision[107] | Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2019 | 1,004 (RV) | – | 43% | 47% | – | – | – | 10% |
| Climate Nexus[108] | Aug 20–25, 2019 | 1,660 (RV) | ± 2.4% | 43% | 43% | – | – | – | 9% |
| University of Texas at Tyler[109] | Aug 1–4, 2019 | 1,261 (RV) | ± 2.8% | 37% | 41% | – | – | 14% | 8% |
| Emerson[110] | Aug 1–3, 2019 | 1,033 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 49% | 51% | – | – | – | – |
| University of Texas at Tyler[111] | Jul 24–27, 2019 | 1,414 (RV) | ± 2.6% | 37% | 37% | – | – | 12% | 14% |
| Quinnipiac University[112] | May 29 – Jun 4, 2019 | 1,159 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 44% | 48% | – | – | 1% | 4% |
| WPA Intelligence[113] | Apr 27–30, 2019 | 200 (LV) | ± 6.9% | 49% | 42% | – | – | – | 7% |
| Emerson College[114] | Apr 25–28, 2019 | 799 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 50%[ae] | 51% | – | – | – | – |
| Quinnipiac University[115] | Feb 20–25, 2019 | 1,222 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 47% | 46% | – | – | 1% | 5% |
| Public Policy Polling (D)[116][O] | Feb 13–14, 2019 | 743 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 49% | 46% | – | – | – | 5% |
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Matters of election administration and ease of voting during an ongoing pandemic were heavily litigated in Texas in 2020. Harris County, the most populous one in Texas, spearheaded a number of innovative approaches and was the focal point of several legal challenges.
For the 2020 elections, Harris County Commissioners approved a budget of $33 million, higher than the $4 million budget for the2016 United States presidential election.Chris Hollins, the interim Harris County Clerk and Texas Democratic Party finance vice chairperson, created a 23-point voting access expansion program, which included promotion of voting by mail, expansion of early voting accessibility, and drive-through voting, an innovation to facilitate voting while at the same time mitigating infection risks during the COVID-19 pandemic.[135] On October 29 several voting locations in Harris County were available for 24 hours to accommodate voters whose work shifts or other responsibilities overlapped with regular voting hours.[136]
Local Republican activists and officials challenged the voter-friendly measures in multiple legal actions, with mixed success. Several lawsuits complained about early voting and about Harris County providing multiple drop-off locations for absentee ballots. Responding to pressure from within his own party, Governor Abbott then restricted the number of drop-offs to a single one per county regardless of population and size, forcing Harris County to close eleven sites at county clerk branch offices called annexes.[137]
When a legal action challenging drive-through voting was dismissed,[135] the Republican Party in Texas sought relief in theTexas Supreme Court (SCOTX), which denied the petition because the case had not been brought promptly.[138] The first lawsuit was filed on October 15 even though Harris County had obtained prior clearance from the Office of theTexas Secretary of State (which is led by a Republican appointed by Republican Governor Abbott) and had tested drive-in voting in the primary runoff elections in July without complaint.[139][140] SCOTX denied the petition and drive-thru voting continued.[141] On October 29 another action was filed seeking to invalidate drive-thru ballots based on the contention that this was a form of curbside voting that the Texas Election Code authorized only for voters with disabilities.[142] In an order issued on Sunday, November 1, the Texas Supreme Court denied the petition challenging the legality of drive-through voting, but did not resolve the legal argument one way or the other.[143][144] The next day, U.S. District JudgeAndrew Hanen heard an almost identical case by the same group of plaintiff, which included Republican candidates, on an emergency basis.Slate described the judge as "one of the most notoriously partisan conservatives in the federal judiciary."[140] Hanen ruled against the plaintiffs, dismissing their action for lack of standing, with the result that drive-in voting remained in effect. The Plaintiffs, which includedSteve Toth,[145] immediately sought emergency relief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, but were unsuccessful.[146] Hollins nevertheless cancelled drive-thru voting in tent structures on the eve of Election Day.[147] He reversed himself out of concern that ballots cast there might be declared invalid, should the Fifth Circuit disagree with Judge Hanen on the standing issue and agree with Judge Hanen that tents were not permissible polling places on Election Day.[148]
Some counties also set up an online system that allowed voters to check for wait times at early voting centers and make their voting plans accordingly.[149]
On October 5, Texas GovernorGreg Abbott issued a proclamation under the Texas Disaster Act limiting each county to a single drop-off location for mail ballots.[150] Federal judgeRobert Pitman blocked Abbott's order on October 9.[151] The next day, Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton appealed to theFifth Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of Pitman's ruling, which a three-judge motion panel temporarily granted on an interim basis, pending consideration of the appeal on the merits.[152] A Texas state judge also blocked Abbott's order on October 15, and a state appeals court upheld that decision on October 23. Paxton then sought emergency relief from the Texas Supreme Court, which backed the Governor and lifted the temporary injunction in an October 27 decision with no dissent.[153][154][155]
Voter registration in Texas ended on October 5, and the Secretary of State reported a registration total of 16,955,519 voters, an increase of 1,854,432 since the 2016 elections, and 1.2 million of which had occurred after the 2018 midterm elections.
Early voting began on October 13. Over one million ballots were received on that day,[156] and by October 15 fewer than two million ballots were counted.[157] The following day the count was 2.6 million, which meant 15.51% of the state's registered voters had already voted.[158]
For the whole early voting period, votes in the age 18-29 range were higher than the total of that age group of 2016, with 1.3 million votes.[159]
On October 13, Dallas County recorded 59,905 ballots and Tarrant County recorded 42,428 ballots, with the former setting a record for that county and the latter below the 2016 count on the first day of early voting.[160]
On October 13, Harris County had an unofficial tally of 128,186 ballots received, the highest ever first day early voting count and over 5% of the county's registered voters.[161] By the second day, the count was 287,931, 11% of the county's registered voters.[162] On the third day, over 100,000 ballots were counted, and in those three days 387,000 ballots were counted, with 44,000 of them issued through the mail.[163] On the fourth day, a similar number of ballots were cast, which meant the number of ballots cast total was about 500,000.[164] On October 23, there were 1 million ballots cast from Harris County.[165]
On October 13, Travis County received 35,873 ballots,[166] while it received 38,119 the following day,[167] and by 3 P.M. on Thursday over 26,000.[168] When voting closed on Thursday the percentage of Travis County voters who had already voted was 16.44%. On Friday 41,328 additional votes were counted.[158] Williamson County by the third day had a 64,891 votes out of 376,931 people registered to vote, which meant its turnout was already 17.25%.[169]
On October 13, Bexar County recorded 78,000 votes, with over 45,000 by mail and the remainder in person.[156]
On October 13, El Paso County recorded fewer than 34,000 votes.[156]
By October 19, Texas voters cast 50% of the votes cast in the 2016 presidential election in Texas. By October 22, 65.5% of 2016 votes were cast (or 34.65% of registered voters). By October 25, over 80% of 2016 votes were cast (or 43% of registered voters),[170] and by October 29, 50% of registered voters had cast ballots by early in-person and absentee ballot. By October 30, statewide voter turnout, as well as turnout in Harris County, had already surpassed the total of 2016.[171]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence | 5,890,347 | 52.06% | −0.17% | |
| Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 5,259,126 | 46.48% | +3.24% | |
| Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen | 126,243 | 1.12% | −2.04% | |
| Green | Howie Hawkins Angela Walker | 33,396 | 0.30% | −0.50% | |
| Write-in | 5,944 | 0.04% | -0.53% | ||
| Total votes | 11,315,056 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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| County | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total[173] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 15,110 | 78.59% | 3,955 | 20.57% | 162 | 0.84% | 11,155 | 58.02% | 19,227 |
| Andrews | 4,943 | 84.31% | 850 | 14.50% | 70 | 1.19% | 4,093 | 69.81% | 5,863 |
| Angelina | 25,076 | 72.40% | 9,143 | 26.40% | 416 | 1.20% | 15,933 | 46.00% | 34,635 |
| Aransas | 9,239 | 75.17% | 2,916 | 23.73% | 135 | 1.10% | 6,323 | 51.44% | 12,290 |
| Archer | 4,300 | 89.66% | 446 | 9.30% | 50 | 1.04% | 3,854 | 80.36% | 4,796 |
| Armstrong | 1,035 | 93.08% | 75 | 6.74% | 2 | 0.18% | 960 | 86.34% | 1,112 |
| Atascosa | 12,039 | 66.37% | 5,876 | 32.40% | 223 | 1.23% | 6,163 | 33.97% | 18,138 |
| Austin | 11,447 | 78.48% | 2,951 | 20.23% | 188 | 1.29% | 8,496 | 58.25% | 14,586 |
| Bailey | 1,434 | 77.10% | 409 | 21.99% | 17 | 0.91% | 1,025 | 55.11% | 1,860 |
| Bandera | 10,057 | 79.03% | 2,505 | 19.68% | 164 | 1.29% | 7,552 | 59.35% | 12,726 |
| Bastrop | 20,516 | 55.81% | 15,474 | 42.09% | 772 | 2.10% | 5,042 | 13.72% | 36,762 |
| Baylor | 1,494 | 87.78% | 183 | 10.75% | 25 | 1.47% | 1,311 | 77.03% | 1,702 |
| Bee | 6,006 | 63.72% | 3,288 | 34.88% | 132 | 1.40% | 2,718 | 28.84% | 9,426 |
| Bell | 67,893 | 53.17% | 57,014 | 44.65% | 2,783 | 2.18% | 10,879 | 8.52% | 127,690 |
| Bexar | 308,618 | 40.05% | 448,452 | 58.20% | 13,501 | 1.75% | -139,834 | -18.15% | 770,571 |
| Blanco | 5,443 | 72.97% | 1,911 | 25.62% | 105 | 1.41% | 3,532 | 47.35% | 7,459 |
| Borden | 397 | 95.43% | 16 | 3.85% | 3 | 0.72% | 381 | 91.58% | 416 |
| Bosque | 7,469 | 81.84% | 1,561 | 17.10% | 96 | 1.06% | 5,908 | 64.74% | 9,126 |
| Bowie | 27,116 | 70.87% | 10,747 | 28.09% | 398 | 1.04% | 16,369 | 42.78% | 38,261 |
| Brazoria | 90,433 | 58.35% | 62,228 | 40.15% | 2,323 | 1.50% | 28,205 | 18.20% | 154,984 |
| Brazos | 47,530 | 55.71% | 35,349 | 41.43% | 2,434 | 2.86% | 12,181 | 14.28% | 85,313 |
| Brewster | 2,461 | 51.04% | 2,258 | 46.83% | 103 | 2.13% | 203 | 4.21% | 4,822 |
| Briscoe | 639 | 88.14% | 78 | 10.76% | 8 | 1.10% | 561 | 77.38% | 725 |
| Brooks | 998 | 40.18% | 1,470 | 59.18% | 16 | 0.64% | -472 | -19.00% | 2,484 |
| Brown | 13,698 | 85.78% | 2,107 | 13.19% | 164 | 1.03% | 11,591 | 72.59% | 15,969 |
| Burleson | 6,743 | 78.33% | 1,788 | 20.77% | 78 | 0.90% | 4,955 | 57.56% | 8,609 |
| Burnet | 18,767 | 75.93% | 5,639 | 22.81% | 311 | 1.26% | 13,128 | 53.12% | 24,717 |
| Caldwell | 8,031 | 53.64% | 6,672 | 44.56% | 270 | 1.80% | 1,359 | 9.08% | 14,973 |
| Calhoun | 5,641 | 71.80% | 2,148 | 27.34% | 67 | 0.86% | 3,493 | 44.46% | 7,856 |
| Callahan | 6,012 | 87.92% | 734 | 10.73% | 92 | 1.35% | 5,278 | 77.19% | 6,838 |
| Cameron | 49,032 | 42.89% | 64,063 | 56.04% | 1,231 | 1.07% | -15,031 | -13.15% | 114,326 |
| Camp | 3,626 | 71.66% | 1,394 | 27.55% | 40 | 0.79% | 2,232 | 44.11% | 5,060 |
| Carson | 2,779 | 89.01% | 297 | 9.51% | 46 | 1.48% | 2,482 | 79.50% | 3,122 |
| Cass | 11,033 | 79.22% | 2,795 | 20.07% | 99 | 0.71% | 8,238 | 59.15% | 13,927 |
| Castro | 1,602 | 76.91% | 466 | 22.37% | 15 | 0.72% | 1,136 | 54.54% | 2,083 |
| Chambers | 17,353 | 80.15% | 3,997 | 18.46% | 302 | 1.39% | 13,356 | 61.69% | 21,652 |
| Cherokee | 15,101 | 77.41% | 4,210 | 21.58% | 197 | 1.01% | 10,891 | 55.83% | 19,508 |
| Childress | 1,943 | 85.26% | 310 | 13.60% | 26 | 1.14% | 1,633 | 71.66% | 2,279 |
| Clay | 5,069 | 88.25% | 614 | 10.69% | 61 | 1.06% | 4,455 | 77.56% | 5,744 |
| Cochran | 809 | 80.90% | 177 | 17.70% | 14 | 1.40% | 632 | 63.20% | 1,000 |
| Coke | 1,586 | 89.15% | 178 | 10.01% | 15 | 0.84% | 1,408 | 79.14% | 1,779 |
| Coleman | 3,641 | 88.18% | 451 | 10.92% | 37 | 0.90% | 3,190 | 77.26% | 4,129 |
| Collin | 252,318 | 51.26% | 230,945 | 46.92% | 8,953 | 1.82% | 21,373 | 4.34% | 492,216 |
| Collingsworth | 1,048 | 86.04% | 155 | 12.73% | 15 | 1.23% | 893 | 73.31% | 1,218 |
| Colorado | 7,472 | 74.91% | 2,420 | 24.26% | 83 | 0.83% | 5,052 | 50.65% | 9,975 |
| Comal | 62,740 | 70.58% | 24,826 | 27.93% | 1,326 | 1.49% | 37,914 | 42.65% | 88,892 |
| Comanche | 5,177 | 85.06% | 853 | 14.02% | 56 | 0.92% | 4,324 | 71.04% | 6,086 |
| Concho | 1,058 | 83.44% | 197 | 15.54% | 13 | 1.02% | 861 | 67.90% | 1,268 |
| Cooke | 15,596 | 81.98% | 3,210 | 16.87% | 219 | 1.15% | 12,386 | 65.11% | 19,025 |
| Coryell | 15,438 | 65.71% | 7,565 | 32.20% | 490 | 2.09% | 7,873 | 33.51% | 23,493 |
| Cottle | 540 | 81.57% | 113 | 17.07% | 9 | 1.36% | 427 | 64.50% | 662 |
| Crane | 1,247 | 82.97% | 241 | 16.03% | 15 | 1.00% | 1,006 | 66.94% | 1,503 |
| Crockett | 1,220 | 77.51% | 344 | 21.86% | 10 | 0.63% | 876 | 55.65% | 1,574 |
| Crosby | 1,396 | 71.48% | 527 | 26.98% | 30 | 1.54% | 869 | 44.50% | 1,953 |
| Culberson | 415 | 48.03% | 438 | 50.69% | 11 | 1.28% | -23 | -2.66% | 864 |
| Dallam | 1,389 | 86.33% | 197 | 12.24% | 23 | 1.43% | 1,192 | 74.09% | 1,609 |
| Dallas | 307,076 | 33.29% | 598,576 | 64.89% | 16,861 | 1.82% | -291,500 | -31.60% | 922,513 |
| Dawson | 2,951 | 77.88% | 808 | 21.32% | 30 | 0.80% | 2,143 | 56.56% | 3,789 |
| Deaf Smith | 3,294 | 71.45% | 1,264 | 27.42% | 52 | 1.13% | 2,030 | 64.03% | 4,610 |
| Delta | 2,162 | 83.41% | 403 | 15.55% | 27 | 1.04% | 1,759 | 67.86% | 2,592 |
| Denton | 222,480 | 53.23% | 188,695 | 45.15% | 6,789 | 1.62% | 33,785 | 8.08% | 417,964 |
| DeWitt | 6,567 | 80.89% | 1,494 | 18.40% | 57 | 0.71% | 5,073 | 62.49% | 8,118 |
| Dickens | 853 | 86.34% | 130 | 13.16% | 5 | 0.50% | 723 | 73.18% | 988 |
| Dimmit | 1,384 | 37.75% | 2,264 | 61.76% | 18 | 0.49% | -880 | -24.01% | 3,666 |
| Donley | 1,438 | 87.26% | 198 | 12.01% | 12 | 0.73% | 1,240 | 75.25% | 1,648 |
| Duval | 2,443 | 48.35% | 2,575 | 50.96% | 35 | 0.69% | -132 | -2.61% | 5,053 |
| Eastland | 7,237 | 87.27% | 983 | 11.85% | 73 | 0.88% | 6,254 | 75.42% | 8,293 |
| Ector | 32,697 | 73.33% | 11,367 | 25.49% | 527 | 1.18% | 21,330 | 47.84% | 44,591 |
| Edwards | 893 | 83.77% | 168 | 15.76% | 5 | 0.47% | 725 | 68.01% | 1,066 |
| El Paso | 84,331 | 31.56% | 178,126 | 66.66% | 4,758 | 1.78% | -93,795 | -35.10% | 267,215 |
| Ellis | 56,717 | 66.19% | 27,565 | 32.17% | 1,406 | 1.64% | 29,152 | 34.02% | 85,688 |
| Erath | 13,684 | 81.08% | 2,916 | 17.28% | 277 | 1.64% | 10,768 | 63.80% | 16,877 |
| Falls | 4,177 | 68.11% | 1,899 | 30.96% | 57 | 0.93% | 2,278 | 37.15% | 6,133 |
| Fannin | 12,171 | 81.10% | 2,655 | 17.69% | 181 | 1.21% | 9,516 | 63.41% | 15,007 |
| Fayette | 10,171 | 78.60% | 2,661 | 20.56% | 109 | 0.84% | 7,510 | 58.04% | 12,941 |
| Fisher | 1,448 | 79.30% | 352 | 19.28% | 26 | 1.42% | 1,096 | 60.02% | 1,826 |
| Floyd | 1,584 | 77.69% | 438 | 21.48% | 17 | 0.83% | 1,146 | 56.21% | 2,039 |
| Foard | 445 | 80.76% | 99 | 17.97% | 7 | 1.27% | 346 | 62.79% | 551 |
| Fort Bend | 157,718 | 44.01% | 195,552 | 54.57% | 5,063 | 1.42% | -37,834 | -10.56% | 358,333 |
| Franklin | 4,161 | 83.07% | 804 | 16.05% | 44 | 0.88% | 3,357 | 67.02% | 5,009 |
| Freestone | 6,991 | 80.25% | 1,635 | 18.77% | 85 | 0.98% | 5,356 | 61.48% | 8,711 |
| Frio | 2,823 | 53.48% | 2,422 | 45.88% | 34 | 0.64% | 401 | 7.60% | 5,279 |
| Gaines | 5,355 | 89.31% | 576 | 9.61% | 65 | 1.08% | 4,779 | 79.70% | 5,996 |
| Galveston | 93,911 | 60.56% | 58,842 | 37.95% | 2,307 | 1.49% | 35,069 | 22.61% | 155,060 |
| Garza | 1,413 | 85.48% | 231 | 13.97% | 9 | 0.55% | 1,182 | 71.51% | 1,653 |
| Gillespie | 12,514 | 78.95% | 3,176 | 20.04% | 160 | 1.01% | 9,338 | 58.91% | 15,850 |
| Glasscock | 611 | 93.57% | 39 | 5.97% | 3 | 0.46% | 572 | 87.60% | 653 |
| Goliad | 3,085 | 77.22% | 877 | 21.95% | 33 | 0.83% | 2,208 | 55.27% | 3,995 |
| Gonzales | 5,627 | 73.57% | 1,948 | 25.47% | 73 | 0.96% | 3,679 | 48.10% | 7,648 |
| Gray | 6,840 | 87.90% | 829 | 10.65% | 113 | 1.45% | 6,011 | 77.25% | 7,782 |
| Grayson | 44,163 | 74.26% | 14,506 | 24.39% | 805 | 1.35% | 29,657 | 49.87% | 59,474 |
| Gregg | 32,493 | 67.72% | 14,796 | 30.84% | 693 | 1.44% | 17,697 | 36.88% | 47,982 |
| Grimes | 9,432 | 75.98% | 2,833 | 22.82% | 149 | 1.20% | 6,599 | 53.16% | 12,414 |
| Guadalupe | 47,553 | 61.16% | 28,805 | 37.04% | 1,400 | 1.80% | 18,748 | 24.12% | 77,758 |
| Hale | 7,177 | 74.87% | 2,279 | 23.77% | 130 | 1.36% | 4,898 | 51.10% | 9,586 |
| Hall | 995 | 85.12% | 168 | 14.37% | 6 | 0.51% | 827 | 70.75% | 1,169 |
| Hamilton | 3,616 | 83.11% | 641 | 14.73% | 94 | 2.16% | 2,975 | 68.38% | 4,351 |
| Hansford | 1,849 | 90.33% | 166 | 8.11% | 32 | 1.56% | 1,683 | 82.22% | 2,047 |
| Hardeman | 1,330 | 84.18% | 241 | 15.25% | 9 | 0.57% | 1,089 | 68.93% | 1,580 |
| Hardin | 23,858 | 86.33% | 3,474 | 12.57% | 303 | 1.10% | 20,384 | 73.76% | 27,635 |
| Harris | 700,630 | 42.69% | 918,193 | 55.94% | 22,434 | 1.37% | -217,563 | -13.25% | 1,641,257 |
| Harrison | 21,466 | 72.23% | 7,908 | 26.61% | 343 | 1.16% | 13,558 | 45.62% | 29,717 |
| Hartley | 1,868 | 89.89% | 195 | 9.38% | 15 | 0.73% | 1,673 | 80.51% | 2,078 |
| Haskell | 1,840 | 83.11% | 353 | 15.94% | 21 | 0.95% | 1,487 | 67.17% | 2,214 |
| Hays | 47,680 | 43.59% | 59,524 | 54.41% | 2,191 | 2.00% | -11,844 | -10.82% | 109,395 |
| Hemphill | 1,486 | 86.40% | 206 | 11.98% | 28 | 1.62% | 1,280 | 74.42% | 1,720 |
| Henderson | 28,911 | 79.61% | 7,060 | 19.44% | 346 | 0.95% | 21,851 | 60.17% | 36,317 |
| Hidalgo | 90,527 | 40.98% | 128,199 | 58.04% | 2,158 | 0.98% | -37,672 | -17.06% | 220,884 |
| Hill | 11,926 | 79.87% | 2,860 | 19.15% | 145 | 0.98% | 9,066 | 60.82% | 14,931 |
| Hockley | 6,536 | 80.69% | 1,482 | 18.30% | 82 | 1.01% | 5,054 | 62.39% | 8,100 |
| Hood | 26,496 | 81.42% | 5,648 | 17.36% | 397 | 1.22% | 20,848 | 64.06% | 32,541 |
| Hopkins | 12,719 | 79.79% | 3,046 | 19.11% | 176 | 1.10% | 9,673 | 60.68% | 15,941 |
| Houston | 7,060 | 74.80% | 2,314 | 24.52% | 64 | 0.68% | 4,746 | 50.28% | 9,438 |
| Howard | 8,054 | 78.64% | 2,069 | 20.20% | 118 | 1.16% | 5,985 | 58.44% | 10,241 |
| Hudspeth | 779 | 66.87% | 371 | 31.85% | 15 | 1.28% | 408 | 35.02% | 1,165 |
| Hunt | 29,163 | 75.56% | 8,906 | 23.07% | 528 | 1.37% | 20,257 | 52.49% | 38,597 |
| Hutchinson | 7,681 | 87.55% | 965 | 11.00% | 127 | 1.45% | 6,716 | 76.55% | 8,773 |
| Irion | 759 | 85.38% | 120 | 13.50% | 10 | 1.12% | 639 | 71.88% | 889 |
| Jack | 3,418 | 90.38% | 331 | 8.75% | 33 | 0.87% | 3,087 | 81.63% | 3,782 |
| Jackson | 5,231 | 82.34% | 1,033 | 16.26% | 89 | 1.40% | 4,198 | 66.08% | 6,353 |
| Jasper | 12,542 | 80.34% | 2,954 | 18.92% | 115 | 0.74% | 9,588 | 61.42% | 15,611 |
| Jeff Davis | 784 | 60.08% | 501 | 38.39% | 20 | 1.53% | 283 | 21.69% | 1,305 |
| Jefferson | 47,570 | 50.20% | 46,073 | 48.62% | 1,116 | 1.18% | 1,497 | 1.58% | 94,759 |
| Jim Hogg | 833 | 40.91% | 1,197 | 58.79% | 6 | 0.30% | -364 | -17.88% | 2,036 |
| Jim Wells | 7,453 | 54.52% | 6,119 | 44.77% | 97 | 0.71% | 1,334 | 9.75% | 13,669 |
| Johnson | 54,628 | 75.85% | 16,464 | 22.86% | 928 | 1.29% | 38,164 | 52.99% | 72,020 |
| Jones | 5,660 | 83.96% | 999 | 14.82% | 82 | 1.22% | 4,661 | 69.14% | 6,741 |
| Karnes | 3,968 | 75.55% | 1,234 | 23.50% | 50 | 0.95% | 2,734 | 52.05% | 5,252 |
| Kaufman | 37,624 | 66.34% | 18,405 | 32.45% | 689 | 1.21% | 19,219 | 33.89% | 56,718 |
| Kendall | 20,083 | 75.92% | 6,020 | 22.76% | 349 | 1.32% | 14,063 | 53.16% | 26,452 |
| Kenedy | 127 | 65.46% | 65 | 33.51% | 2 | 1.03% | 62 | 31.95% | 194 |
| Kent | 411 | 88.96% | 47 | 10.17% | 4 | 0.87% | 364 | 78.79% | 462 |
| Kerr | 20,879 | 75.25% | 6,524 | 23.51% | 342 | 1.24% | 14,355 | 51.74% | 27,745 |
| Kimble | 1,987 | 86.69% | 284 | 12.39% | 21 | 0.92% | 1,703 | 74.30% | 2,292 |
| King | 151 | 94.97% | 8 | 5.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 143 | 89.94% | 159 |
| Kinney | 1,144 | 71.37% | 446 | 27.82% | 13 | 0.81% | 698 | 43.55% | 1,603 |
| Kleberg | 5,504 | 50.29% | 5,314 | 48.56% | 126 | 1.15% | 190 | 1.73% | 10,944 |
| Knox | 1,180 | 81.04% | 265 | 18.20% | 11 | 0.76% | 915 | 62.84% | 1,456 |
| Lamar | 16,760 | 78.16% | 4,458 | 20.79% | 224 | 1.05% | 12,302 | 57.37% | 21,442 |
| Lamb | 3,521 | 79.84% | 840 | 19.05% | 49 | 1.11% | 2,681 | 60.79% | 4,410 |
| Lampasas | 8,086 | 77.76% | 2,144 | 20.62% | 169 | 1.62% | 5,942 | 57.14% | 10,399 |
| La Salle | 1,335 | 55.49% | 1,052 | 43.72% | 19 | 0.79% | 283 | 11.77% | 2,406 |
| Lavaca | 8,804 | 86.34% | 1,333 | 13.07% | 60 | 0.59% | 7,471 | 73.27% | 10,197 |
| Lee | 6,255 | 77.22% | 1,750 | 21.60% | 95 | 1.18% | 4,505 | 55.62% | 8,100 |
| Leon | 7,523 | 86.62% | 1,072 | 12.34% | 90 | 1.04% | 6,451 | 74.28% | 8,685 |
| Liberty | 23,302 | 79.44% | 5,785 | 19.72% | 247 | 0.84% | 17,517 | 59.72% | 29,334 |
| Limestone | 6,789 | 74.65% | 2,213 | 24.33% | 93 | 1.02% | 4,576 | 50.32% | 9,095 |
| Lipscomb | 1,205 | 89.06% | 131 | 9.68% | 17 | 1.26% | 1,074 | 79.38% | 1,353 |
| Live Oak | 4,199 | 83.08% | 819 | 16.20% | 36 | 0.72% | 3,380 | 66.88% | 5,054 |
| Llano | 10,079 | 79.61% | 2,465 | 19.47% | 116 | 0.92% | 7,614 | 60.14% | 12,660 |
| Loving | 60 | 90.91% | 4 | 6.06% | 2 | 3.03% | 56 | 84.85% | 66 |
| Lubbock | 78,861 | 65.27% | 40,017 | 33.12% | 1,939 | 1.61% | 38,844 | 32.15% | 120,817 |
| Lynn | 1,853 | 80.81% | 428 | 18.67% | 12 | 0.52% | 1,425 | 64.14% | 2,293 |
| Madison | 4,169 | 78.69% | 1,088 | 20.54% | 41 | 0.77% | 3,081 | 58.15% | 5,298 |
| Marion | 3,470 | 71.34% | 1,339 | 27.53% | 55 | 1.13% | 2,131 | 43.81% | 4,864 |
| Martin | 1,857 | 85.97% | 288 | 13.33% | 15 | 0.70% | 1,569 | 72.64% | 2,160 |
| Mason | 1,991 | 80.48% | 457 | 18.47% | 26 | 1.05% | 1,534 | 62.01% | 2,474 |
| Matagorda | 9,845 | 71.72% | 3,733 | 27.19% | 149 | 1.09% | 6,112 | 44.53% | 13,727 |
| Maverick | 6,881 | 44.84% | 8,332 | 54.29% | 133 | 0.87% | -1,451 | -9.45% | 15,346 |
| McCulloch | 2,904 | 84.52% | 490 | 14.26% | 42 | 1.22% | 2,414 | 70.26% | 3,436 |
| McLennan | 59,543 | 60.84% | 36,688 | 37.49% | 1,641 | 1.67% | 22,855 | 23.35% | 97,872 |
| McMullen | 460 | 89.15% | 53 | 10.27% | 3 | 0.58% | 407 | 78.88% | 516 |
| Medina | 15,642 | 69.04% | 6,773 | 29.89% | 242 | 1.07% | 8,869 | 39.15% | 22,657 |
| Menard | 823 | 80.06% | 197 | 19.16% | 8 | 0.78% | 626 | 60.90% | 1,028 |
| Midland | 45,624 | 77.34% | 12,329 | 20.90% | 1,035 | 1.76% | 33,295 | 56.44% | 58,988 |
| Milam | 7,984 | 75.48% | 2,496 | 23.60% | 98 | 0.92% | 5,488 | 51.88% | 10,578 |
| Mills | 2,217 | 88.50% | 271 | 10.82% | 17 | 0.68% | 1,946 | 77.68% | 2,505 |
| Mitchell | 2,170 | 84.14% | 397 | 15.39% | 12 | 0.47% | 1,773 | 68.75% | 2,579 |
| Montague | 8,615 | 87.74% | 1,097 | 11.17% | 107 | 1.09% | 7,518 | 76.57% | 9,819 |
| Montgomery | 193,382 | 71.22% | 74,377 | 27.39% | 3,784 | 1.39% | 119,005 | 43.83% | 271,543 |
| Moore | 4,359 | 79.14% | 1,062 | 19.28% | 87 | 1.58% | 3,297 | 59.86% | 5,508 |
| Morris | 3,872 | 69.30% | 1,669 | 29.87% | 46 | 0.83% | 2,203 | 39.43% | 5,587 |
| Motley | 604 | 92.64% | 46 | 7.06% | 2 | 0.30% | 558 | 85.58% | 652 |
| Nacogdoches | 17,378 | 64.88% | 9,000 | 33.60% | 407 | 1.52% | 8,378 | 31.28% | 26,785 |
| Navarro | 13,800 | 72.16% | 5,101 | 26.67% | 222 | 1.17% | 8,699 | 45.49% | 19,123 |
| Newton | 4,882 | 80.11% | 1,173 | 19.25% | 39 | 0.64% | 3,709 | 60.86% | 6,094 |
| Nolan | 4,131 | 77.11% | 1,162 | 21.69% | 64 | 1.20% | 2,969 | 55.42% | 5,357 |
| Nueces | 64,617 | 50.75% | 60,925 | 47.85% | 1,780 | 1.40% | 3,692 | 2.90% | 127,322 |
| Ochiltree | 2,812 | 89.10% | 302 | 9.57% | 42 | 1.33% | 2,510 | 79.53% | 3,156 |
| Oldham | 917 | 90.88% | 81 | 8.03% | 11 | 1.09% | 836 | 82.85% | 1,009 |
| Orange | 29,186 | 81.09% | 6,357 | 17.66% | 451 | 1.25% | 22,829 | 63.43% | 35,994 |
| Palo Pinto | 10,179 | 81.50% | 2,178 | 17.44% | 132 | 1.06% | 8,001 | 64.06% | 12,489 |
| Panola | 9,326 | 81.44% | 2,057 | 17.96% | 68 | 0.60% | 7,269 | 63.48% | 11,451 |
| Parker | 62,045 | 81.50% | 13,017 | 17.10% | 1,066 | 1.40% | 49,028 | 64.40% | 76,128 |
| Parmer | 2,135 | 80.57% | 488 | 18.42% | 27 | 1.01% | 1,627 | 62.15% | 2,650 |
| Pecos | 3,215 | 68.87% | 1,382 | 29.61% | 71 | 1.52% | 1,833 | 39.26% | 4,668 |
| Polk | 18,573 | 76.79% | 5,387 | 22.27% | 226 | 0.94% | 13,186 | 54.52% | 24,186 |
| Potter | 22,820 | 68.45% | 9,921 | 29.76% | 596 | 1.79% | 12,899 | 38.69% | 33,337 |
| Presidio | 721 | 32.52% | 1,463 | 65.99% | 33 | 1.49% | -742 | -33.47% | 2,217 |
| Rains | 5,155 | 85.16% | 842 | 13.91% | 56 | 0.93% | 4,313 | 71.25% | 6,053 |
| Randall | 50,796 | 78.54% | 12,802 | 19.79% | 1,076 | 1.67% | 37,994 | 58.75% | 64,674 |
| Reagan | 942 | 83.81% | 172 | 15.30% | 10 | 0.89% | 770 | 68.51% | 1,124 |
| Real | 1,643 | 82.90% | 320 | 16.15% | 19 | 0.95% | 1,323 | 66.75% | 1,982 |
| Red River | 4,517 | 77.80% | 1,246 | 21.46% | 43 | 0.74% | 3,271 | 56.34% | 5,806 |
| Reeves | 2,254 | 61.10% | 1,395 | 37.82% | 40 | 1.08% | 859 | 23.28% | 3,689 |
| Refugio | 2,210 | 65.66% | 1,108 | 32.92% | 48 | 1.42% | 1,102 | 32.74% | 3,366 |
| Roberts | 529 | 96.18% | 17 | 3.09% | 4 | 0.73% | 512 | 93.09% | 550 |
| Robertson | 5,646 | 69.71% | 2,374 | 29.31% | 79 | 0.98% | 3,272 | 40.40% | 8,099 |
| Rockwall | 36,726 | 68.15% | 16,412 | 30.45% | 753 | 1.40% | 20,314 | 37.70% | 53,891 |
| Runnels | 3,807 | 86.35% | 552 | 12.52% | 50 | 1.13% | 3,255 | 73.83% | 4,409 |
| Rusk | 16,534 | 77.34% | 4,629 | 21.65% | 214 | 1.01% | 11,905 | 55.69% | 21,377 |
| Sabine | 4,784 | 87.12% | 669 | 12.18% | 38 | 0.70% | 4,115 | 74.94% | 5,491 |
| San Augustine | 3,007 | 75.14% | 980 | 24.49% | 15 | 0.37% | 2,027 | 50.65% | 4,002 |
| San Jacinto | 10,161 | 80.39% | 2,337 | 18.49% | 142 | 1.12% | 7,824 | 61.90% | 12,640 |
| San Patricio | 16,516 | 63.79% | 8,988 | 34.71% | 387 | 1.50% | 7,528 | 29.08% | 25,891 |
| San Saba | 2,308 | 88.70% | 287 | 11.03% | 7 | 0.27% | 2,021 | 77.67% | 2,602 |
| Schleicher | 940 | 81.10% | 211 | 18.21% | 8 | 0.69% | 729 | 62.89% | 1,159 |
| Scurry | 4,983 | 84.89% | 818 | 13.94% | 69 | 1.17% | 4,165 | 70.95% | 5,870 |
| Shackelford | 1,484 | 91.15% | 130 | 7.99% | 14 | 0.86% | 1,354 | 83.16% | 1,628 |
| Shelby | 7,975 | 79.06% | 2,068 | 20.50% | 44 | 0.44% | 5,907 | 58.56% | 10,087 |
| Sherman | 886 | 89.31% | 91 | 9.17% | 15 | 1.52% | 795 | 80.14% | 992 |
| Smith | 69,080 | 68.85% | 29,615 | 29.52% | 1,639 | 1.63% | 39,465 | 39.33% | 100,334 |
| Somervell | 4,105 | 82.98% | 768 | 15.52% | 74 | 1.50% | 3,337 | 67.46% | 4,947 |
| Starr | 8,247 | 47.06% | 9,123 | 52.06% | 155 | 0.88% | -876 | -5.00% | 17,525 |
| Stephens | 3,385 | 88.96% | 397 | 10.43% | 23 | 0.61% | 2,988 | 78.53% | 3,805 |
| Sterling | 584 | 91.39% | 51 | 7.98% | 4 | 0.63% | 533 | 83.41% | 639 |
| Stonewall | 615 | 83.56% | 116 | 15.76% | 5 | 0.68% | 499 | 67.80% | 736 |
| Sutton | 1,222 | 78.48% | 322 | 20.68% | 13 | 0.84% | 900 | 57.80% | 1,557 |
| Swisher | 1,845 | 78.34% | 478 | 20.30% | 32 | 1.36% | 1,367 | 58.04% | 2,355 |
| Tarrant | 409,741 | 49.09% | 411,567 | 49.31% | 13,389 | 1.60% | -1,826 | -0.22% | 834,697 |
| Taylor | 39,547 | 71.73% | 14,588 | 26.46% | 1,000 | 1.81% | 24,959 | 45.27% | 55,135 |
| Terrell | 334 | 72.93% | 119 | 25.98% | 5 | 1.09% | 215 | 46.95% | 458 |
| Terry | 2,812 | 77.85% | 757 | 20.96% | 43 | 1.19% | 2,055 | 56.89% | 3,612 |
| Throckmorton | 806 | 90.16% | 82 | 9.17% | 6 | 0.67% | 724 | 80.99% | 894 |
| Titus | 7,570 | 71.81% | 2,856 | 27.09% | 115 | 1.10% | 4,714 | 44.72% | 10,541 |
| Tom Green | 32,313 | 71.47% | 12,239 | 27.07% | 658 | 1.46% | 20,074 | 44.40% | 45,210 |
| Travis | 161,337 | 26.43% | 435,860 | 71.41% | 13,152 | 2.16% | -274,523 | -44.98% | 610,349 |
| Trinity | 5,579 | 80.41% | 1,323 | 19.07% | 36 | 0.52% | 4,256 | 61.34% | 6,938 |
| Tyler | 8,194 | 84.82% | 1,403 | 14.52% | 63 | 0.66% | 6,791 | 70.30% | 9,660 |
| Upshur | 15,809 | 83.56% | 2,877 | 15.21% | 233 | 1.23% | 12,932 | 68.35% | 18,919 |
| Upton | 1,178 | 86.11% | 170 | 12.43% | 20 | 1.46% | 1,008 | 73.68% | 1,368 |
| Uvalde | 6,174 | 59.69% | 4,073 | 39.38% | 97 | 0.93% | 2,101 | 20.31% | 10,344 |
| Val Verde | 8,284 | 54.21% | 6,771 | 44.31% | 225 | 1.48% | 1,513 | 9.90% | 15,280 |
| Van Zandt | 22,270 | 85.56% | 3,516 | 13.51% | 243 | 0.93% | 18,754 | 72.05% | 26,029 |
| Victoria | 23,358 | 68.25% | 10,380 | 30.33% | 488 | 1.42% | 12,978 | 37.92% | 34,226 |
| Walker | 15,375 | 65.12% | 7,884 | 33.39% | 353 | 1.49% | 7,491 | 31.73% | 23,612 |
| Waller | 14,260 | 62.73% | 8,191 | 36.03% | 283 | 1.24% | 6,069 | 26.70% | 22,734 |
| Ward | 3,241 | 79.83% | 764 | 18.82% | 55 | 1.35% | 2,477 | 61.01% | 4,060 |
| Washington | 12,959 | 74.27% | 4,261 | 24.42% | 229 | 1.31% | 8,698 | 49.85% | 17,449 |
| Webb | 25,898 | 37.80% | 41,820 | 61.05% | 788 | 1.15% | -15,922 | -23.25% | 68,506 |
| Wharton | 11,926 | 71.15% | 4,694 | 28.01% | 141 | 0.84% | 7,232 | 43.14% | 16,761 |
| Wheeler | 2,159 | 92.38% | 168 | 7.19% | 10 | 0.43% | 1,991 | 85.19% | 2,337 |
| Wichita | 32,069 | 69.65% | 13,161 | 28.59% | 810 | 1.76% | 18,908 | 41.06% | 46,040 |
| Wilbarger | 3,524 | 77.90% | 956 | 21.13% | 44 | 0.97% | 2,568 | 56.77% | 4,524 |
| Willacy | 2,441 | 43.99% | 3,108 | 56.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -667 | -12.02% | 5,549 |
| Williamson | 139,729 | 48.15% | 143,795 | 49.56% | 6,644 | 2.29% | -4,066 | -1.41% | 290,168 |
| Wilson | 18,463 | 73.76% | 6,350 | 25.37% | 219 | 0.87% | 12,113 | 48.39% | 25,032 |
| Winkler | 1,753 | 82.46% | 358 | 16.84% | 15 | 0.70% | 1,395 | 65.62% | 2,126 |
| Wise | 27,032 | 83.52% | 4,973 | 15.37% | 360 | 1.11% | 22,059 | 67.15% | 32,365 |
| Wood | 19,049 | 83.63% | 3,509 | 15.40% | 221 | 0.97% | 15,540 | 68.23% | 22,779 |
| Yoakum | 2,174 | 82.63% | 420 | 15.96% | 37 | 1.41% | 1,754 | 66.67% | 2,631 |
| Young | 7,110 | 86.30% | 1,034 | 12.55% | 95 | 1.15% | 6,076 | 73.75% | 8,239 |
| Zapata | 2,033 | 52.48% | 1,826 | 47.13% | 15 | 0.39% | 207 | 5.35% | 3,874 |
| Zavala | 1,490 | 34.03% | 2,864 | 65.40% | 25 | 0.57% | -1,374 | -31.37% | 4,379 |
| Totals | 5,890,347 | 52.01% | 5,259,126 | 46.44% | 175,813 | 1.55% | 631,221 | 5.57% | 11,325,286 |
Swing by county
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County flipsDemocratic Hold Flip | Republican Hold Flip
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Trump won 22 out of the 36 congressional districts in Texas, while Biden won 14, including one held by a Republican.[175]
| District | Trump | Biden | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 72% | 27% | Louie Gohmert |
| 2nd | 50% | 49% | Dan Crenshaw |
| 3rd | 50% | 49% | Van Taylor |
| 4th | 74% | 24% | Vacant |
| Pat Fallon | |||
| 5th | 61% | 38% | Lance Gooden |
| 6th | 51% | 48% | Ron Wright |
| 7th | 45% | 54% | Lizzie Fletcher |
| 8th | 71% | 28% | Kevin Brady |
| 9th | 23% | 76% | Al Green |
| 10th | 50% | 48% | Michael McCaul |
| 11th | 79% | 20% | Mike Conaway |
| August Pfluger | |||
| 12th | 60% | 38% | Kay Granger |
| 13th | 79% | 19% | Mac Thornberry |
| Ronny Jackson | |||
| 14th | 59% | 40% | Randy Weber |
| 15th | 49% | 50% | Vicente Gonzalez |
| 16th | 32% | 66% | Veronica Escobar |
| 17th | 55% | 44% | Bill Flores |
| Pete Sessions | |||
| 18th | 23% | 76% | Sheila Jackson Lee |
| 19th | 72% | 26% | Jodey Arrington |
| 20th | 35% | 64% | Joaquín Castro |
| 21st | 51% | 48% | Chip Roy |
| 22nd | 50% | 49% | Pete Olson |
| Troy Nehls | |||
| 23rd | 50% | 49% | Will Hurd |
| Tony Gonzales | |||
| 24th | 47% | 52% | Kenny Marchant |
| Beth Van Duyne | |||
| 25th | 54% | 44% | Roger Williams |
| 26th | 56% | 42% | Michael Burgess |
| 27th | 61% | 37% | Michael Cloud |
| 28th | 47% | 52% | Henry Cuellar |
| 29th | 33% | 66% | Sylvia Garcia |
| 30th | 19% | 80% | Eddie Bernice Johnson |
| 31st | 50% | 47% | John Carter |
| 32nd | 44% | 54% | Colin Allred |
| 33rd | 26% | 73% | Marc Veasey |
| 34th | 48% | 52% | Filemon Vela Jr. |
| 35th | 31% | 68% | Lloyd Doggett |
| 36th | 72% | 27% | Brian Babin |
While Biden still wonLatino voters in Texas with 58%[176] and Latinos ofMexican heritage with 63%,[177] Trump significantly improved his numbers amongHispanic voters in the state, particularly in theRio Grande Valley.[178] Trump flippedJim Wells County andLa Salle County which had not voted Republican since1972. He also flippedFrio County,Kleberg County,Reeves County,Val Verde County, andKenedy County; the first 4 having last voted Republican in2004 and the last having last voted Republican in2012. He also became the first Republican to winZapata County sinceWarren G. Harding in1920, flipping it by five points after losing it by 33 points in 2016. Trump's total of eight counties flipped in South Texas was the most flipped by any candidate in any state in 2020, and he flipped more counties in South Texas than he did in the rest of the nation combined. While Biden's lead in the Rio Grande Valley shrunk significantly compared toHillary Clinton's in2016, he overwhelmingly won the Latino vote in the state's urban areas.[179]
Biden significantly outperformedClinton inGreater Austin, which contributed to Trump's relatively weak performance statewide. He flippedHays County andWilliamson County, both of them suburban counties located outside of thestate capital that a Democrat had not won since1992 and1976, respectively. This is also the first election since1956 when the latter voted for the statewide loser.[180] Biden also became the first Democratic candidate to garner at least 50,000 votes inBell County, a county just outside of Greater Austin and had the center of Texas population within it in the 2010 census. At 44.76%, he outperformed Obama's record for the highest percentage of votes a Democratic presidential nominee received in Bell County since 1976, the last time the county voted for a Democrat.
Also, Biden became the first Democrat to ever win the White House withoutJefferson County.[181] Biden also became the first Democrat to win withoutFrio County since it was formed in 1871, the first to win withoutLa Salle County since it was formed in 1880, the first to win withoutReeves County since it was formed in 1883, the first to win withoutVal Verde County since it was formed in 1885, the first to win withoutJim Wells County since it was founded in 1911, the first to win withoutKleberg County since it was founded in 1913, and the first Democrat to win the White House without winning Zapata County sinceWoodrow Wilson in1916.[182] Because of Trump's substantial gains in heavily Hispanic areas, Biden's best performance in Texas came not from the southern border region, butTravis County, encompassing the college-educated, cosmopolitan, liberal bastion of Austin, home to theUniversity of Texas at Austin, where he won the highest percentage for a Democrat sinceHarry S. Truman in1948.
Biden also improved throughout the three most significant metropolitan areas in Texas. While not significantly outperforming Clinton inHarris andBexar counties, he did make considerable inroads into their surrounding suburbs, thus eking out narrow wins inGreater Houston andGreater San Antonio,[183][184] the first time a Democratic presidential nominee had accomplished such a feat in the 21st century. However, in the former, gains were incredibly mixed. Trump saw substantial growth in Houston's north and east, home to large concentrations of Latinos. He also improved in diverseAlief, along Harris County's southwest border, which is heavily Hispanic, Filipino, and Vietnamese. On the other hand, Biden continued Clinton's gains in the wealthy college-educated "Houston Arrow" suburbs in the city's west, though his improvements were significantly more minor.[185]
Perhaps the biggest reason for Biden narrowing the Lone Star State's margin of victory was the surge of Democratic support in theDallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the largest metropolitan area in the state, which he also narrowly won. He scored nearly 65% of the vote inDallas County, the highest percentage won by a Democrat since1940. Additionally, Biden narrowly flippedTarrant County, winning by fewer than 2,000 votes. Tarrant County is home to the fifth-largest city in Texas,Fort Worth, and had not been won by a Democrat since1964, whenfavorite sonLyndon B. Johnson carried it. His growth in the heavily Republican Fort Worth suburbs, which historically kept Democratic candidates from capturing Tarrant, was a critical factor in winning the county and the Metroplex as a whole. Biden improved substantially in the large DFW suburbs ofCollin County andDenton County, which have rapidly grown and diversified in the past decade, narrowing Trump's victory margins from 16.57% and 20% in 2016, down to 4.37% and 8.08%, respectively. Both of their county seats (the two suburban cities ofMcKinney andDenton, respectively) have trended leftward since2016 due to the influx of younger professionals and families in the past decade, which shifted to the Democrats in this election. Biden also won the city ofPlano, the largest city in Collin County, and narrowly won the city ofAllen.[186][187]
In 2021, Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton stated onSteve Bannon's podcastWar Room that without blocking Harris County from sending out applications for mail-in ballots to registered voters, Trump would have lost the state.[188]
| 2020 presidential election in Texas by demographic subgroup (Edison exit polling)[189][190] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic subgroup | Biden | Trump | % of total vote |
| Total vote | 46.48 | 52.06 | 100 |
| Ideology | |||
| Liberals | 88 | 11 | 17 |
| Moderates | 66 | 32 | 38 |
| Conservatives | 13 | 86 | 45 |
| Party | |||
| Democrats | 96 | 4 | 30 |
| Republicans | 5 | 94 | 41 |
| Independents | 51 | 45 | 29 |
| Gender | |||
| Men | 40 | 57 | 45 |
| Women | 51 | 48 | 55 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 33 | 66 | 60 |
| Black | 90 | 9 | 12 |
| Latino | 58 | 41 | 23 |
| Asian | 63 | 30 | 3 |
| Other | 42 | 56 | 2 |
| Age | |||
| 18–24 years old | 58 | 38 | 8 |
| 25–29 years old | 55 | 42 | 6 |
| 30–39 years old | 50 | 47 | 14 |
| 40–49 years old | 47 | 51 | 15 |
| 50–64 years old | 43 | 56 | 30 |
| 65 and older | 41 | 58 | 26 |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| LGBT | 72 | 27 | 5 |
| Not LGBT | 43 | 56 | 95 |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 40 | 59 | 17 |
| Somecollege education | 42 | 57 | 28 |
| Associate degree | 51 | 47 | 16 |
| Bachelor's degree | 48 | 50 | 24 |
| Postgraduate degree | 54 | 44 | 15 |
| Income | |||
| Under $30,000 | 52 | 47 | 12 |
| $30,000–49,999 | 63 | 35 | 16 |
| $50,000–99,999 | 44 | 55 | 35 |
| $100,000–199,999 | 43 | 56 | 26 |
| Over $200,000 | 54 | 42 | 10 |
| Issue regarded as most important | |||
| Racial inequality | 93 | 5 | 18 |
| Coronavirus | 88 | 10 | 14 |
| Economy | 15 | 84 | 40 |
| Crime and safety | 16 | 83 | 10 |
| Health care | 78 | 21 | 11 |
| Region | |||
| East | 26 | 72 | 14 |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth | 54 | 45 | 24 |
| Houston area | 53 | 46 | 21 |
| South Central | 51 | 48 | 15 |
| West | 22 | 76 | 11 |
| Southwest | 57 | 42 | 16 |
| Area type | |||
| Urban | 56 | 42 | 42 |
| Suburban | 41 | 57 | 51 |
| Rural | 25 | 74 | 7 |
| Family's financial situation today | |||
| Better than four years ago | 22 | 76 | 46 |
| Worse than four years ago | 89 | 11 | 18 |
| About the same | 70 | 29 | 35 |
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