| Number of elections | 43 |
|---|---|
| Voted Democratic | 27 |
| Voted Republican | 16 |
| Voted for winning candidate | 26 |
| Voted for losing candidate | 17 |
Following is a table ofUnited 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 the1864 election during theAmerican Civil War, when the state had seceded to join theConfederacy, and the1868 election, when the state was undergoingReconstruction.
In its first century, Texas was aDemocratic bastion in the mold of the "Solid South", only voting for another party once–– in1928, whenanti-Catholic sentiment against Democrat nomineeAl Smith drove Texas' largely-Protestant electorate to backRepublicanHerbert Hoover. A gradual trend towards increasing social liberalism in the Democratic Party, however, has turned the state into generally a Republican stronghold. Since 1980, Texas has voted for the Republican nominee in every presidential election.
Winners of the state are inbold. The shading refers to thestate winner, and not the national winner.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[a] | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes | Margin of victory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[1] | Donald Trump | 6,393,597 | 56.14 | Kamala Harris | 4,835,250 | 42.46 | — | 40 | 1,558,347 | ||
| 2020[2] | Joe Biden | 5,259,126 | 46.48 | Donald Trump | 5,890,347 | 52.06 | — | 38 | 631,221 | ||
| 2016[3] | Donald Trump[b] | 4,685,047 | 52.23 | Hillary Clinton | 3,877,868 | 43.24 | — | 38[c] | 807,179 | ||
| 2012[4] | Barack Obama | 3,308,124 | 41.38 | Mitt Romney | 4,569,843 | 57.17 | — | 38 | 1,261,719 | ||
| 2008[5] | Barack Obama | 3,528,633 | 43.68 | John McCain | 4,479,328 | 55.45 | — | 34 | 950,695 | ||
| 2004[6] | George W. Bush | 4,526,917 | 61.09 | John Kerry | 2,832,704 | 38.22 | — | 34 | 1,694,213 | ||
| 2000[7] | George W. Bush[b] | 3,799,639 | 59.30 | Al Gore | 2,433,746 | 37.98 | — | 32 | 1,365,893 | ||
| 1996[8] | Bill Clinton | 2,459,683 | 43.83 | Bob Dole | 2,736,167 | 48.76 | Ross Perot | 378,537 | 6.75 | 32 | 276,484 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | 2,281,815 | 37.08 | George H. W. Bush | 2,496,071 | 40.56 | Ross Perot | 1,354,781 | 22.01 | 32 | 214,256 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 3,036,829 | 55.95 | Michael Dukakis | 2,352,748 | 43.35 | — | 29 | 684,081 | ||
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 3,433,428 | 63.61 | Walter Mondale | 1,949,276 | 36.11 | — | 29 | 1,484,152 | ||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 2,510,705 | 55.28 | Jimmy Carter | 1,881,147 | 41.42 | John B. Anderson | 111,613 | 2.46 | 26 | 629,558 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | 2,082,319 | 51.14 | Gerald Ford | 1,953,300 | 47.97 | — | 26 | 129,019 | ||
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | 2,298,896 | 66.20 | George McGovern | 1,154,291 | 33.24 | — | 26 | 1,144,605 | ||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | 1,227,844 | 39.87 | Hubert Humphrey | 1,266,804 | 41.14 | George Wallace | 584,269 | 18.97 | 25 | 38,960 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1,663,185 | 63.32 | Barry Goldwater | 958,566 | 36.49 | — | 25 | 704,619 | ||
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | 1,167,567 | 50.52 | Richard Nixon | 1,121,310 | 48.52 | — | 24 | 46,257 | ||
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1,080,619 | 55.26 | Adlai Stevenson II | 859,958 | 43.98 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[d] | 14,591 | 0.75 | 24 | 220,661 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1,102,878 | 53.13 | Adlai Stevenson II | 969,228 | 46.69 | — | 24 | 133,650 | ||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | 824,235 | 65.96 | Thomas E. Dewey | 303,467 | 24.29 | Strom Thurmond | 113,776 | 9.11 | 23 | 520,768 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 821,605 | 71.42 | Thomas E. Dewey | 191,425 | 16.64 | — | 23 | 630,180 | ||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 909,974 | 80.92 | Wendell Willkie | 212,692 | 18.91 | — | 23 | 697,282 | ||
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 734,485 | 87.08 | Alf Landon | 103,874 | 12.31 | — | 23 | 630,611 | ||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 760,348 | 88.06 | Herbert Hoover | 97,959 | 11.35 | — | 23 | 662,389 | ||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 367,036 | 51.77 | Al Smith | 341,032 | 48.10 | — | 20 | 26,004 | ||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 130,023 | 19.78 | John W. Davis | 484,605 | 73.70 | Robert M. La Follette | 42,881 | 6.52 | 20 | 354,582 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | 114,538 | 23.54 | James M. Cox | 288,767 | 59.34 | Parley P. Christensen | — | — | 20 | 174,229 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 286,514 | 76.92 | Charles E. Hughes | 64,999 | 17.45 | — | 20 | 221,515 | ||
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 221,589 | 72.62 | Theodore Roosevelt | 28,853 | 9.46 | William H. Taft | 26,755 | 8.77 | 20 | 192,736 |
| 1908 | William H. Taft | 65,666 | 22.35 | William Jennings Bryan | 217,302 | 73.97 | — | 18 | 151,636 | ||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 51,242 | 21.9 | Alton B. Parker | 167,200 | 71.45 | — | 18 | 115,958 | ||
| 1900 | William McKinley | 130,641 | 30.83 | William Jennings Bryan | 267,432 | 63.12 | — | 15 | 136,791 | ||
| 1896 | William McKinley | 167,520 | 30.75 | William Jennings Bryan | 370,434 | 68.00 | — | 15 | 202,914 | ||
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | 239,148 | 56.65 | Benjamin Harrison | 81,144 | 19.22 | James B. Weaver | 99,688 | 23.61 | 15 | 158,004 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison[b] | 88,422 | 24.73 | Grover Cleveland | 234,883 | 65.7 | — | 13 | 146,461 | ||
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | 225,309 | 69.26 | James G. Blaine | 93,141 | 28.63 | — | 13 | 132,168 | ||
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | 57,893 | 23.95 | Winfield S. Hancock | 156,428 | 64.71 | James B. Weaver | 27,405 | 11.34 | 8 | 98,535 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes[b] | 44,800 | 29.96 | Samuel J. Tilden | 104,755 | 70.04 | — | 8 | 59,955 | ||
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 47,468 | 40.71 | Horace Greeley | 66,546 | 57.07 | — | 8 | 19,078 | ||
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | No vote due to status of Reconstruction. | Horatio Seymour | — | |||||||
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | No vote due to secession. | George B. McClellan | — | |||||||
| Bolded: Won Texas. | |||||||||||
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 ofslavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about theAmerican 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. | |||||||||||||
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[a] | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 31,169 | 66.59 | John C. Frémont | no ballots | Millard Fillmore | 15,639 | 33.41 | 4 | |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 13,552 | 73.07 | Winfield Scott | 4,995 | 26.93 | John P. Hale | no ballots | 4 | |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 4,509 | 29.71 | Lewis Cass | 10,668 | 70.29 | Martin Van Buren | no ballots | 4 | |
| Bolded: Won Texas. | ||||||||||