The 1948 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1948. Texas voters chose 23 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president.
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As a former Confederate state, Texas had a history of Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement of its African-American and Mexican-American populations, and single-party Democratic rule outside a few Unionist German-American counties (chiefly Gillespie and Kendall) of Central Texas. However, President Harry S. Truman was attempting to launch a civil rights bill, involving desegregation of the military, which led to severe opposition from Southern Democrats, who aimed to have South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond listed as Democratic presidential nominee and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright as the vice-presidential nominee. Thurmond, whose ticket was formally called the States’ Rights Democratic Party and more popularly known as the Dixiecrats, was leading Truman in early polls even in the major metropolitan counties of Dallas and Harris, which suggested he would claim the state.[1] Texas’ large number of electoral votes made it a coveted prize in Thurmond's quest to take the election into the House of Representatives.[2]
At the time of this poll it remained uncertain as to whether Truman or Thurmond would be the official Democratic nominee in Texas.[3] Unlike Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina or Virginia, Texas did not have a major threat from the Republican Party to block local Democratic support for Thurmond,[4] but it had only a third the proportion of blacks found in Mississippi or South Carolina.[5] More critically, Texas’ party hierarchy was dominated by Truman loyalists,[6] most critically Governor Beauford Jester,[2] and by mid-September it was clear that Truman would be the official Democratic nominee in Texas.[6]
Truman campaigned in Texas during late September, ignoring civil rights and focusing entirely upon Dewey.[7] The President's criticism of Dewey was largely focused on improving the transmission of hydroelectric power from dams at lower rates than Dewey had planned.[7]
10% of white voters supported Thurmond.[8]
Polls
edit| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga Daily Times[9] | Certain D | October 15, 1948 |
| The Montgomery Advertiser[10] | Safe D | October 24, 1948 |
| The Miami News[11] | Safe D | October 25, 1948 |
| Mount Vernon Argus[12] | Safe D | November 1, 1948 |
| Oakland Tribune[13] | Certain D | November 1, 1948 |
Results
edit| 1948 United States presidential election in Texas[14] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 824,235 | 65.96% | 23 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 303,467 | 24.29% | 0 | |
| States’ Rights Democratic | Strom Thurmond | 113,776 | 9.11% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 3,920 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Claude Watson | 3,115 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 919 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Other | Write-ins | 145 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Total | 1,249,577 | 100.0% | 23 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age) | 26%[15] | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
James Strom Thurmond States’ Rights Democratic |
Henry Agard Wallace Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 3,242 | 62.37% | 1,199 | 23.07% | 735 | 14.14% | 3 | 0.06% | 19 | 0.37% | 2,043 | 39.30% | 5,198 |
| Andrews | 816 | 85.27% | 101 | 10.55% | 35 | 3.66% | 5 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 715 | 74.72% | 957 |
| Angelina | 4,377 | 69.05% | 1,000 | 15.78% | 928 | 14.64% | 6 | 0.09% | 28 | 0.44% | 3,377 | 53.27% | 6,339 |
| Aransas | 418 | 61.02% | 235 | 34.31% | 26 | 3.80% | 4 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.29% | 183 | 26.71% | 685 |
| Archer | 1,599 | 86.20% | 191 | 10.30% | 58 | 3.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.38% | 1,408 | 75.90% | 1,855 |
| Armstrong | 686 | 84.07% | 97 | 11.89% | 31 | 3.80% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 589 | 72.18% | 816 |
| Atascosa | 1,895 | 69.36% | 704 | 25.77% | 120 | 4.39% | 4 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.33% | 1,191 | 43.59% | 2,732 |
| Austin | 1,252 | 43.70% | 1,260 | 43.98% | 345 | 12.04% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.21% | -8 | -0.28% | 2,865 |
| Bailey | 1,115 | 76.79% | 234 | 16.12% | 93 | 6.40% | 1 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.62% | 881 | 60.67% | 1,452 |
| Bandera | 445 | 39.31% | 570 | 50.35% | 107 | 9.45% | 1 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.80% | -125 | -11.04% | 1,132 |
| Bastrop | 2,518 | 77.79% | 443 | 13.69% | 265 | 8.19% | 5 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,075 | 64.10% | 3,237 |
| Baylor | 1,522 | 90.81% | 101 | 6.03% | 47 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.18% | 1,421 | 84.78% | 1,676 |
| Bee | 1,441 | 60.70% | 801 | 33.74% | 123 | 5.18% | 4 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.21% | 640 | 26.96% | 2,374 |
| Bell | 7,548 | 82.83% | 1,069 | 11.73% | 436 | 4.78% | 41 | 0.45% | 19 | 0.21% | 6,479 | 71.10% | 9,113 |
| Bexar | 35,970 | 54.27% | 26,202 | 39.53% | 3,418 | 5.16% | 384 | 0.58% | 305 | 0.46% | 9,768 | 14.74% | 66,279 |
| Blanco | 1,003 | 63.93% | 497 | 31.68% | 66 | 4.21% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.06% | 506 | 32.25% | 1,569 |
| Borden | 203 | 87.12% | 18 | 7.73% | 9 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 1.29% | 185 | 79.39% | 233 |
| Bosque | 2,303 | 77.91% | 501 | 16.95% | 141 | 4.77% | 6 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,802 | 60.96% | 2,956 |
| Bowie | 7,028 | 67.95% | 1,161 | 11.22% | 2,096 | 20.26% | 34 | 0.33% | 24 | 0.23% | 4,932[a] | 47.69% | 10,343 |
| Brazoria | 4,783 | 57.19% | 2,133 | 25.51% | 1,408 | 16.84% | 15 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.29% | 2,650 | 31.68% | 8,363 |
| Brazos | 3,459 | 62.55% | 1,533 | 27.72% | 522 | 9.44% | 6 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,926 | 34.83% | 5,530 |
| Brewster | 940 | 70.10% | 312 | 23.27% | 82 | 6.11% | 2 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.37% | 628 | 46.83% | 1,341 |
| Briscoe | 692 | 85.75% | 83 | 10.29% | 28 | 3.47% | 1 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.37% | 609 | 75.46% | 807 |
| Brooks | 1,029 | 80.27% | 217 | 16.93% | 30 | 2.34% | 3 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.23% | 812 | 63.34% | 1,282 |
| Brown | 5,059 | 78.06% | 1,071 | 16.53% | 327 | 5.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 21 | 0.32% | 3,988 | 61.53% | 6,481 |
| Burleson | 2,051 | 84.26% | 240 | 9.86% | 135 | 5.55% | 2 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,811 | 74.40% | 2,434 |
| Burnet | 1,955 | 84.12% | 287 | 12.35% | 78 | 3.36% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,668 | 71.77% | 2,324 |
| Caldwell | 2,792 | 77.21% | 623 | 17.23% | 169 | 4.67% | 9 | 0.25% | 23 | 0.64% | 2,169 | 59.98% | 3,616 |
| Calhoun | 589 | 57.18% | 346 | 33.59% | 87 | 8.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.78% | 243 | 23.59% | 1,030 |
| Callahan | 1,844 | 83.40% | 258 | 11.67% | 104 | 4.70% | 1 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.18% | 1,586 | 71.73% | 2,211 |
| Cameron | 6,778 | 57.15% | 4,689 | 39.54% | 342 | 2.88% | 20 | 0.17% | 30 | 0.25% | 2,089 | 17.61% | 11,859 |
| Camp | 923 | 62.03% | 180 | 12.10% | 385 | 25.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 538[a] | 36.16% | 1,488 |
| Carson | 1,301 | 74.17% | 413 | 23.55% | 32 | 1.82% | 5 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.17% | 888 | 50.62% | 1,754 |
| Cass | 2,540 | 65.14% | 457 | 11.72% | 878 | 22.52% | 3 | 0.08% | 21 | 0.54% | 1,662[a] | 42.62% | 3,899 |
| Castro | 1,158 | 84.28% | 189 | 13.76% | 20 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.44% | 969 | 70.52% | 1,374 |
| Chambers | 787 | 56.54% | 302 | 21.70% | 299 | 21.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.29% | 485 | 34.84% | 1,392 |
| Cherokee | 3,079 | 64.07% | 1,154 | 24.01% | 544 | 11.32% | 4 | 0.08% | 25 | 0.52% | 1,925 | 40.06% | 4,806 |
| Childress | 2,415 | 86.22% | 273 | 9.75% | 94 | 3.36% | 4 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.54% | 2,142 | 76.47% | 2,801 |
| Clay | 2,131 | 82.50% | 332 | 12.85% | 107 | 4.14% | 2 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.43% | 1,799 | 69.65% | 2,583 |
| Cochran | 971 | 81.87% | 119 | 10.03% | 94 | 7.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.17% | 852 | 71.84% | 1,186 |
| Coke | 909 | 90.18% | 65 | 6.45% | 30 | 2.98% | 4 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 844 | 83.73% | 1,008 |
| Coleman | 2,695 | 78.59% | 545 | 15.89% | 176 | 5.13% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.32% | 2,150 | 62.70% | 3,429 |
| Collin | 5,516 | 76.08% | 1,155 | 15.93% | 543 | 7.49% | 17 | 0.23% | 19 | 0.26% | 4,361 | 60.15% | 7,250 |
| Collingsworth | 1,779 | 85.16% | 198 | 9.48% | 98 | 4.69% | 5 | 0.24% | 9 | 0.43% | 1,581 | 75.68% | 2,089 |
| Colorado | 1,316 | 41.71% | 900 | 28.53% | 930 | 29.48% | 3 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.19% | 386[a] | 12.23% | 3,155 |
| Comal | 1,212 | 39.43% | 1,752 | 56.99% | 105 | 3.42% | 2 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.10% | -540 | -17.56% | 3,074 |
| Comanche | 2,915 | 83.17% | 408 | 11.64% | 164 | 4.68% | 1 | 0.03% | 17 | 0.49% | 2,507 | 71.53% | 3,505 |
| Concho | 1,156 | 85.88% | 174 | 12.93% | 12 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.07% | 982 | 72.95% | 1,346 |
| Cooke | 3,241 | 64.48% | 1,194 | 23.76% | 564 | 11.22% | 10 | 0.20% | 17 | 0.34% | 2,047 | 40.72% | 5,026 |
| Coryell | 2,350 | 85.11% | 310 | 11.23% | 88 | 3.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.43% | 2,040 | 73.88% | 2,761 |
| Cottle | 1,318 | 90.71% | 102 | 7.02% | 32 | 2.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,216 | 83.69% | 1,453 |
| Crane | 812 | 88.17% | 70 | 7.60% | 37 | 4.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.22% | 742 | 80.57% | 921 |
| Crockett | 400 | 73.39% | 127 | 23.30% | 18 | 3.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 273 | 50.09% | 545 |
| Crosby | 1,731 | 83.66% | 168 | 8.12% | 158 | 7.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 0.58% | 1,563 | 75.54% | 2,069 |
| Culberson | 244 | 79.74% | 38 | 12.42% | 22 | 7.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.65% | 206 | 67.32% | 306 |
| Dallam | 1,504 | 77.41% | 399 | 20.54% | 28 | 1.44% | 3 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.46% | 1,105 | 56.87% | 1,943 |
| Dallas | 47,464 | 50.31% | 35,664 | 37.80% | 10,162 | 10.77% | 536 | 0.57% | 518 | 0.55% | 11,800 | 12.51% | 94,344 |
| Dawson | 2,605 | 82.94% | 393 | 12.51% | 136 | 4.33% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,212 | 70.43% | 3,141 |
| Deaf Smith | 1,496 | 71.61% | 535 | 25.61% | 42 | 2.01% | 1 | 0.05% | 15 | 0.72% | 961 | 46.00% | 2,089 |
| Delta | 1,594 | 83.89% | 146 | 7.68% | 132 | 6.95% | 4 | 0.21% | 24 | 1.26% | 1,448 | 76.21% | 1,900 |
| Denton | 4,549 | 65.42% | 1,531 | 22.02% | 824 | 11.85% | 24 | 0.35% | 25 | 0.36% | 3,018 | 43.40% | 6,953 |
| De Witt | 1,808 | 49.57% | 1,612 | 44.20% | 214 | 5.87% | 5 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.22% | 196 | 5.37% | 3,647 |
| Dickens | 1,492 | 87.76% | 115 | 6.76% | 83 | 4.88% | 1 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.53% | 1,377 | 81.00% | 1,700 |
| Dimmit | 863 | 65.48% | 384 | 29.14% | 60 | 4.55% | 5 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.46% | 479 | 36.34% | 1,318 |
| Donley | 1,372 | 81.09% | 241 | 14.24% | 71 | 4.20% | 3 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,131 | 66.85% | 1,692 |
| Duval | 3,551 | 96.52% | 117 | 3.18% | 11 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,434 | 93.34% | 3,679 |
| Eastland | 5,121 | 76.83% | 1,177 | 17.66% | 329 | 4.94% | 7 | 0.11% | 31 | 0.47% | 3,944 | 59.17% | 6,665 |
| Ector | 4,305 | 75.61% | 1,145 | 20.11% | 231 | 4.06% | 9 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.07% | 3,160 | 55.50% | 5,694 |
| Edwards | 329 | 61.04% | 185 | 34.32% | 21 | 3.90% | 1 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.56% | 144 | 26.72% | 539 |
| Ellis | 5,792 | 75.56% | 1,055 | 13.76% | 782 | 10.20% | 15 | 0.20% | 21 | 0.27% | 4,737 | 61.80% | 7,665 |
| El Paso | 15,341 | 71.53% | 5,544 | 25.85% | 395 | 1.84% | 148 | 0.69% | 20 | 0.09% | 9,797 | 45.68% | 21,448 |
| Erath | 3,172 | 79.26% | 598 | 14.94% | 206 | 5.15% | 6 | 0.15% | 20 | 0.50% | 2,574 | 64.32% | 4,002 |
| Falls | 3,385 | 80.25% | 546 | 12.94% | 271 | 6.42% | 7 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.21% | 2,839 | 67.31% | 4,218 |
| Fannin | 6,132 | 86.79% | 553 | 7.83% | 364 | 5.15% | 5 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.16% | 5,579 | 78.96% | 7,065 |
| Fayette | 3,106 | 58.63% | 1,737 | 32.79% | 429 | 8.10% | 17 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.17% | 1,369 | 25.84% | 5,298 |
| Fisher | 2,063 | 90.28% | 149 | 6.52% | 66 | 2.89% | 3 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.18% | 1,914 | 83.76% | 2,285 |
| Floyd | 2,174 | 81.94% | 344 | 12.97% | 119 | 4.49% | 1 | 0.04% | 15 | 0.57% | 1,830 | 68.97% | 2,653 |
| Foard | 751 | 85.73% | 90 | 10.27% | 32 | 3.65% | 1 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.23% | 661 | 75.46% | 876 |
| Fort Bend | 2,058 | 56.96% | 1,016 | 28.12% | 519 | 14.36% | 15 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,042 | 28.84% | 3,613 |
| Franklin | 1,236 | 80.94% | 146 | 9.56% | 135 | 8.84% | 1 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.59% | 1,090 | 71.38% | 1,527 |
| Freestone | 2,265 | 70.12% | 460 | 14.24% | 483 | 14.95% | 11 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.34% | 1,782[a] | 55.17% | 3,230 |
| Frio | 898 | 66.96% | 345 | 25.73% | 91 | 6.79% | 1 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.45% | 553 | 41.23% | 1,341 |
| Gaines | 1,465 | 81.66% | 207 | 11.54% | 107 | 5.96% | 5 | 0.28% | 10 | 0.56% | 1,258 | 70.12% | 1,794 |
| Galveston | 12,491 | 66.47% | 4,857 | 25.85% | 1,266 | 6.74% | 138 | 0.73% | 40 | 0.21% | 7,634 | 40.62% | 18,792 |
| Garza | 861 | 77.57% | 176 | 15.86% | 63 | 5.68% | 3 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.63% | 685 | 61.71% | 1,110 |
| Gillespie | 593 | 17.37% | 2,741 | 80.31% | 77 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | -2,148 | -62.94% | 3,413 |
| Glasscock | 188 | 67.63% | 69 | 24.82% | 16 | 5.76% | 2 | 0.72% | 3 | 1.08% | 119 | 42.81% | 278 |
| Goliad | 454 | 43.86% | 450 | 43.48% | 127 | 12.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.38% | 1,035 |
| Gonzales | 2,612 | 72.58% | 666 | 18.51% | 305 | 8.47% | 8 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.22% | 1,946 | 54.07% | 3,599 |
| Gray | 3,699 | 64.94% | 1,594 | 27.98% | 384 | 6.74% | 4 | 0.07% | 15 | 0.26% | 2,105 | 36.96% | 5,696 |
| Grayson | 10,991 | 77.69% | 2,174 | 15.37% | 953 | 6.74% | 12 | 0.08% | 18 | 0.13% | 8,817 | 62.32% | 14,148 |
| Gregg | 5,104 | 48.31% | 2,477 | 23.45% | 2,917 | 27.61% | 24 | 0.23% | 43 | 0.41% | 2,187[a] | 20.70% | 10,565 |
| Grimes | 901 | 52.38% | 336 | 19.53% | 476 | 27.67% | 2 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.29% | 425[a] | 24.71% | 1,720 |
| Guadalupe | 2,119 | 43.17% | 2,502 | 50.98% | 259 | 5.28% | 20 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.16% | -383 | -7.81% | 4,908 |
| Hale | 3,995 | 75.24% | 1,013 | 19.08% | 269 | 5.07% | 9 | 0.17% | 24 | 0.45% | 2,982 | 56.16% | 5,310 |
| Hall | 2,122 | 89.31% | 174 | 7.32% | 76 | 3.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,948 | 81.99% | 2,376 |
| Hamilton | 1,725 | 73.75% | 478 | 20.44% | 130 | 5.56% | 4 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,247 | 53.31% | 2,339 |
| Hansford | 895 | 79.34% | 206 | 18.26% | 17 | 1.51% | 9 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.09% | 689 | 61.08% | 1,128 |
| Hardeman | 1,654 | 83.70% | 226 | 11.44% | 86 | 4.35% | 3 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.35% | 1,428 | 72.26% | 1,976 |
| Hardin | 2,233 | 73.38% | 196 | 6.44% | 595 | 19.55% | 9 | 0.30% | 10 | 0.33% | 1,638[a] | 53.83% | 3,043 |
| Harris | 58,488 | 47.70% | 43,117 | 35.16% | 19,934 | 16.26% | 760 | 0.62% | 318 | 0.26% | 15,371 | 12.54% | 122,617 |
| Harrison | 2,504 | 44.81% | 946 | 16.93% | 2,106 | 37.69% | 6 | 0.11% | 26 | 0.47% | 398[a] | 7.12% | 5,588 |
| Hartley | 477 | 84.13% | 83 | 14.64% | 5 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.35% | 394 | 69.49% | 567 |
| Haskell | 2,735 | 91.20% | 181 | 6.04% | 77 | 2.57% | 4 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,554 | 85.16% | 2,999 |
| Hays | 2,239 | 74.96% | 555 | 18.58% | 176 | 5.89% | 9 | 0.30% | 8 | 0.27% | 1,684 | 56.38% | 2,987 |
| Hemphill | 930 | 78.95% | 201 | 17.06% | 34 | 2.89% | 2 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.93% | 729 | 61.89% | 1,178 |
| Henderson | 3,669 | 83.14% | 540 | 12.24% | 197 | 4.46% | 4 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.07% | 3,129 | 70.90% | 4,413 |
| Hidalgo | 9,526 | 59.47% | 6,220 | 38.83% | 181 | 1.13% | 29 | 0.18% | 62 | 0.39% | 3,306 | 20.64% | 16,018 |
| Hill | 4,362 | 80.85% | 657 | 12.18% | 357 | 6.62% | 6 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.24% | 3,705 | 68.67% | 5,395 |
| Hockley | 3,071 | 84.58% | 346 | 9.53% | 199 | 5.48% | 3 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.33% | 2,725 | 75.05% | 3,631 |
| Hood | 1,273 | 84.64% | 169 | 11.24% | 56 | 3.72% | 1 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.33% | 1,104 | 73.40% | 1,504 |
| Hopkins | 3,885 | 83.24% | 479 | 10.26% | 284 | 6.09% | 4 | 0.09% | 15 | 0.32% | 3,406 | 72.98% | 4,667 |
| Houston | 2,014 | 64.88% | 532 | 17.14% | 541 | 17.43% | 5 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.39% | 1,473[a] | 47.45% | 3,104 |
| Howard | 4,179 | 82.72% | 561 | 11.10% | 285 | 5.64% | 15 | 0.30% | 12 | 0.24% | 3,618 | 71.62% | 5,052 |
| Hudspeth | 437 | 87.75% | 49 | 9.84% | 10 | 2.01% | 1 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.20% | 388 | 77.91% | 498 |
| Hunt | 5,082 | 71.91% | 1,195 | 16.91% | 763 | 10.80% | 3 | 0.04% | 24 | 0.34% | 3,887 | 55.00% | 7,067 |
| Hutchinson | 4,527 | 75.34% | 1,382 | 23.00% | 84 | 1.40% | 6 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.17% | 3,145 | 52.34% | 6,009 |
| Irion | 366 | 83.18% | 63 | 14.32% | 9 | 2.05% | 2 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 303 | 68.86% | 440 |
| Jack | 1,426 | 78.48% | 265 | 14.58% | 110 | 6.05% | 1 | 0.06% | 15 | 0.83% | 1,161 | 63.90% | 1,817 |
| Jackson | 1,343 | 68.10% | 488 | 24.75% | 122 | 6.19% | 12 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.35% | 855 | 43.35% | 1,972 |
| Jasper | 1,777 | 70.32% | 284 | 11.24% | 450 | 17.81% | 5 | 0.20% | 11 | 0.44% | 1,327[a] | 52.51% | 2,527 |
| Jeff Davis | 309 | 76.87% | 75 | 18.66% | 17 | 4.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.25% | 234 | 58.21% | 402 |
| Jefferson | 22,475 | 67.06% | 5,749 | 17.15% | 5,108 | 15.24% | 119 | 0.36% | 63 | 0.19% | 16,726 | 49.91% | 33,514 |
| Jim Hogg | 725 | 87.45% | 73 | 8.81% | 29 | 3.50% | 1 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.12% | 652 | 78.64% | 829 |
| Jim Wells | 3,781 | 71.35% | 1,402 | 26.46% | 101 | 1.91% | 1 | 0.02% | 14 | 0.26% | 2,379 | 44.89% | 5,299 |
| Johnson | 4,042 | 77.70% | 707 | 13.59% | 434 | 8.34% | 4 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.29% | 3,335 | 64.11% | 5,202 |
| Jones | 3,599 | 86.16% | 432 | 10.34% | 132 | 3.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.26% | 3,167 | 75.82% | 4,177 |
| Karnes | 2,198 | 73.98% | 592 | 19.93% | 176 | 5.92% | 2 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,606 | 54.05% | 2,971 |
| Kaufman | 3,479 | 71.15% | 764 | 15.62% | 629 | 12.86% | 11 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.14% | 2,715 | 55.53% | 4,890 |
| Kendall | 511 | 28.56% | 1,207 | 67.47% | 65 | 3.63% | 2 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.22% | -696 | -38.91% | 1,789 |
| Kenedy | 45 | 55.56% | 31 | 38.27% | 5 | 6.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 17.29% | 81 |
| Kent | 479 | 89.70% | 33 | 6.18% | 22 | 4.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 446 | 83.52% | 534 |
| Kerr | 1,505 | 46.97% | 1,520 | 47.44% | 162 | 5.06% | 8 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.28% | -15 | -0.47% | 3,204 |
| Kimble | 851 | 68.08% | 303 | 24.24% | 95 | 7.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 548 | 43.84% | 1,250 |
| King | 231 | 95.85% | 6 | 2.49% | 4 | 1.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 93.36% | 241 |
| Kinney | 370 | 64.35% | 175 | 30.43% | 30 | 5.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 33.92% | 575 |
| Kleberg | 2,083 | 72.50% | 697 | 24.26% | 70 | 2.44% | 11 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.42% | 1,386 | 48.24% | 2,873 |
| Knox | 1,792 | 89.24% | 157 | 7.82% | 52 | 2.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.35% | 1,635 | 81.42% | 2,008 |
| Lamar | 6,306 | 75.39% | 1,018 | 12.17% | 1,015 | 12.13% | 2 | 0.02% | 24 | 0.29% | 5,288 | 63.22% | 8,365 |
| Lamb | 3,286 | 83.25% | 475 | 12.03% | 173 | 4.38% | 7 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,811 | 71.22% | 3,947 |
| Lampasas | 1,459 | 80.74% | 276 | 15.27% | 72 | 3.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,183 | 65.47% | 1,807 |
| La Salle | 719 | 78.75% | 135 | 14.79% | 57 | 6.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.22% | 584 | 63.96% | 913 |
| Lavaca | 3,046 | 67.52% | 1,165 | 25.83% | 265 | 5.87% | 18 | 0.40% | 17 | 0.38% | 1,881 | 41.69% | 4,511 |
| Lee | 1,540 | 72.57% | 465 | 21.91% | 109 | 5.14% | 3 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.24% | 1,075 | 50.66% | 2,122 |
| Leon | 1,231 | 72.84% | 184 | 10.89% | 271 | 16.04% | 1 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.18% | 960[a] | 56.80% | 1,690 |
| Liberty | 2,199 | 56.14% | 735 | 18.76% | 931 | 23.77% | 12 | 0.31% | 40 | 1.02% | 1,268[a] | 32.37% | 3,917 |
| Limestone | 3,289 | 72.57% | 688 | 15.18% | 510 | 11.25% | 10 | 0.22% | 35 | 0.77% | 2,601 | 57.39% | 4,532 |
| Lipscomb | 668 | 63.68% | 354 | 33.75% | 18 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.76% | 314 | 29.93% | 1,049 |
| Live Oak | 945 | 60.31% | 479 | 30.57% | 131 | 8.36% | 4 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.51% | 466 | 29.74% | 1,567 |
| Llano | 1,384 | 82.38% | 253 | 15.06% | 39 | 2.32% | 3 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,131 | 67.32% | 1,680 |
| Loving | 62 | 65.26% | 29 | 30.53% | 4 | 4.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 33 | 34.73% | 95 |
| Lubbock | 11,114 | 73.08% | 2,837 | 18.66% | 1,202 | 7.90% | 30 | 0.20% | 24 | 0.16% | 8,277 | 54.42% | 15,207 |
| Lynn | 2,179 | 86.16% | 224 | 8.86% | 120 | 4.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,955 | 77.30% | 2,529 |
| Madison | 801 | 70.63% | 134 | 11.82% | 188 | 16.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.97% | 613[a] | 54.05% | 1,134 |
| Marion | 703 | 64.97% | 200 | 18.48% | 159 | 14.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 1.85% | 503 | 46.49% | 1,082 |
| Martin | 945 | 87.74% | 77 | 7.15% | 52 | 4.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.28% | 868 | 80.59% | 1,077 |
| Mason | 836 | 61.65% | 498 | 36.73% | 14 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.59% | 338 | 24.92% | 1,356 |
| Matagorda | 1,628 | 49.35% | 1,016 | 30.80% | 640 | 19.40% | 8 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.21% | 612 | 18.55% | 3,299 |
| Maverick | 695 | 69.92% | 270 | 27.16% | 22 | 2.21% | 6 | 0.60% | 1 | 0.10% | 425 | 42.76% | 994 |
| McCulloch | 2,166 | 81.92% | 393 | 14.86% | 80 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,773 | 67.06% | 2,644 |
| McLennan | 16,034 | 79.55% | 3,088 | 15.32% | 913 | 4.53% | 81 | 0.40% | 41 | 0.20% | 12,946 | 64.23% | 20,157 |
| McMullen | 222 | 73.51% | 61 | 20.20% | 17 | 5.63% | 1 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.33% | 161 | 53.31% | 302 |
| Medina | 1,875 | 53.27% | 1,492 | 42.39% | 144 | 4.09% | 4 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.14% | 383 | 10.88% | 3,520 |
| Menard | 663 | 66.57% | 283 | 28.41% | 43 | 4.32% | 1 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.60% | 380 | 38.16% | 996 |
| Midland | 2,032 | 53.22% | 1,410 | 36.93% | 370 | 9.69% | 1 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.13% | 622 | 16.29% | 3,818 |
| Milam | 3,261 | 75.98% | 646 | 15.05% | 359 | 8.36% | 15 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.26% | 2,615 | 60.93% | 4,292 |
| Mills | 1,135 | 80.04% | 205 | 14.46% | 69 | 4.87% | 5 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.28% | 930 | 65.58% | 1,418 |
| Mitchell | 2,181 | 87.80% | 230 | 9.26% | 64 | 2.58% | 1 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.32% | 1,951 | 78.54% | 2,484 |
| Montague | 2,872 | 80.74% | 475 | 13.35% | 194 | 5.45% | 2 | 0.06% | 14 | 0.39% | 2,397 | 67.39% | 3,557 |
| Montgomery | 1,795 | 53.77% | 544 | 16.30% | 984 | 29.48% | 3 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.36% | 811[a] | 24.29% | 3,338 |
| Moore | 1,748 | 83.20% | 323 | 15.37% | 27 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,425 | 67.83% | 2,101 |
| Morris | 1,164 | 74.81% | 143 | 9.19% | 247 | 15.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.13% | 917[a] | 58.94% | 1,556 |
| Motley | 774 | 85.90% | 75 | 8.32% | 48 | 5.33% | 1 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.33% | 699 | 77.58% | 901 |
| Nacogdoches | 3,195 | 70.47% | 833 | 18.37% | 467 | 10.30% | 4 | 0.09% | 35 | 0.77% | 2,362 | 52.10% | 4,534 |
| Navarro | 4,679 | 72.05% | 1,188 | 18.29% | 587 | 9.04% | 11 | 0.17% | 29 | 0.45% | 3,491 | 53.76% | 6,494 |
| Newton | 957 | 68.41% | 110 | 7.86% | 316 | 22.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 1.14% | 641[a] | 45.82% | 1,399 |
| Nolan | 3,408 | 83.76% | 552 | 13.57% | 99 | 2.43% | 5 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.12% | 2,856 | 70.19% | 4,069 |
| Nueces | 15,240 | 69.96% | 5,577 | 25.60% | 754 | 3.46% | 103 | 0.47% | 109 | 0.50% | 9,663 | 44.36% | 21,783 |
| Ochiltree | 1,025 | 73.06% | 344 | 24.52% | 30 | 2.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.29% | 681 | 48.54% | 1,403 |
| Oldham | 339 | 74.02% | 100 | 21.83% | 18 | 3.93% | 1 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 239 | 52.19% | 458 |
| Orange | 4,957 | 72.76% | 987 | 14.49% | 851 | 12.49% | 14 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.06% | 3,970 | 58.27% | 6,813 |
| Palo Pinto | 3,736 | 74.05% | 977 | 19.37% | 297 | 5.89% | 10 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.50% | 2,759 | 54.68% | 5,045 |
| Panola | 1,751 | 62.14% | 256 | 9.08% | 792 | 28.11% | 6 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.46% | 959[a] | 34.03% | 2,818 |
| Parker | 3,061 | 75.02% | 806 | 19.75% | 180 | 4.41% | 16 | 0.39% | 17 | 0.42% | 2,255 | 55.27% | 4,080 |
| Parmer | 1,091 | 76.78% | 280 | 19.70% | 45 | 3.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.35% | 811 | 57.08% | 1,421 |
| Pecos | 1,430 | 79.40% | 317 | 17.60% | 51 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,113 | 61.80% | 1,801 |
| Polk | 1,422 | 62.64% | 317 | 13.96% | 518 | 22.82% | 6 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.31% | 904[a] | 39.82% | 2,270 |
| Potter | 9,622 | 67.66% | 4,110 | 28.90% | 414 | 2.91% | 35 | 0.25% | 41 | 0.29% | 5,512 | 38.76% | 14,222 |
| Presidio | 907 | 78.66% | 212 | 18.39% | 25 | 2.17% | 7 | 0.61% | 2 | 0.17% | 695 | 60.27% | 1,153 |
| Rains | 739 | 78.28% | 111 | 11.76% | 90 | 9.53% | 3 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.11% | 628 | 66.52% | 944 |
| Randall | 1,936 | 69.84% | 722 | 26.05% | 98 | 3.54% | 12 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,214 | 43.79% | 2,772 |
| Reagan | 444 | 76.68% | 112 | 19.34% | 21 | 3.63% | 1 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.17% | 332 | 57.34% | 579 |
| Real | 446 | 72.40% | 156 | 25.32% | 12 | 1.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.32% | 290 | 47.08% | 616 |
| Red River | 2,987 | 75.49% | 323 | 8.16% | 637 | 16.10% | 5 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.13% | 2,350[a] | 59.39% | 3,957 |
| Reeves | 1,383 | 77.31% | 309 | 17.27% | 95 | 5.31% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,074 | 60.04% | 1,789 |
| Refugio | 1,637 | 74.44% | 489 | 22.24% | 64 | 2.91% | 4 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.23% | 1,148 | 52.20% | 2,199 |
| Roberts | 317 | 75.84% | 76 | 18.18% | 25 | 5.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 241 | 57.66% | 418 |
| Robertson | 2,147 | 74.11% | 246 | 8.49% | 495 | 17.09% | 1 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,652[a] | 57.02% | 2,897 |
| Rockwall | 947 | 75.64% | 117 | 9.35% | 164 | 13.10% | 3 | 0.24% | 21 | 1.68% | 783[a] | 62.54% | 1,252 |
| Runnels | 2,954 | 81.72% | 526 | 14.55% | 117 | 3.24% | 9 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.25% | 2,428 | 67.17% | 3,615 |
| Rusk | 4,322 | 58.60% | 1,294 | 17.55% | 1,730 | 23.46% | 11 | 0.15% | 18 | 0.24% | 2,592[a] | 35.14% | 7,375 |
| Sabine | 1,078 | 75.28% | 104 | 7.26% | 238 | 16.62% | 3 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.63% | 840[a] | 58.66% | 1,432 |
| San Augustine | 858 | 67.83% | 137 | 10.83% | 249 | 19.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 1.66% | 609[a] | 48.15% | 1,265 |
| San Jacinto | 509 | 65.76% | 106 | 13.70% | 153 | 19.77% | 3 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.39% | 356[a] | 45.99% | 774 |
| San Patricio | 2,649 | 69.29% | 963 | 25.19% | 181 | 4.73% | 15 | 0.39% | 15 | 0.39% | 1,686 | 44.10% | 3,823 |
| San Saba | 2,050 | 89.01% | 184 | 7.99% | 65 | 2.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,866 | 81.02% | 2,303 |
| Schleicher | 495 | 76.74% | 107 | 16.59% | 43 | 6.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 388 | 60.15% | 645 |
| Scurry | 2,040 | 88.39% | 201 | 8.71% | 55 | 2.38% | 3 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.39% | 1,839 | 79.68% | 2,308 |
| Shackelford | 892 | 77.84% | 211 | 18.41% | 43 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 681 | 59.43% | 1,146 |
| Shelby | 3,051 | 75.59% | 307 | 7.61% | 666 | 16.50% | 2 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.25% | 2,385[a] | 59.09% | 4,036 |
| Sherman | 479 | 80.91% | 98 | 16.55% | 10 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.84% | 381 | 64.36% | 592 |
| Smith | 6,473 | 57.24% | 3,181 | 28.13% | 1,600 | 14.15% | 17 | 0.15% | 38 | 0.34% | 3,292 | 29.11% | 11,309 |
| Somervell | 446 | 76.50% | 91 | 15.61% | 46 | 7.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 355 | 60.89% | 583 |
| Starr | 1,996 | 91.22% | 179 | 8.18% | 10 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,817 | 83.04% | 2,188 |
| Stephens | 2,132 | 73.77% | 572 | 19.79% | 164 | 5.67% | 11 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.38% | 1,560 | 53.98% | 2,890 |
| Sterling | 244 | 91.04% | 17 | 6.34% | 7 | 2.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 227 | 84.70% | 268 |
| Stonewall | 968 | 90.98% | 65 | 6.11% | 28 | 2.63% | 1 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.19% | 903 | 84.87% | 1,064 |
| Sutton | 433 | 69.61% | 131 | 21.06% | 58 | 9.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 48.55% | 622 |
| Swisher | 1,670 | 81.78% | 307 | 15.03% | 57 | 2.79% | 2 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.29% | 1,363 | 66.75% | 2,042 |
| Tarrant | 36,325 | 59.81% | 17,157 | 28.25% | 6,932 | 11.41% | 160 | 0.26% | 165 | 0.27% | 19,168 | 31.56% | 60,739 |
| Taylor | 8,184 | 78.90% | 1,658 | 15.98% | 478 | 4.61% | 14 | 0.13% | 39 | 0.38% | 6,526 | 62.92% | 10,373 |
| Terrell | 171 | 64.53% | 78 | 29.43% | 14 | 5.28% | 1 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.38% | 93 | 35.10% | 265 |
| Terry | 2,283 | 85.03% | 236 | 8.79% | 152 | 5.66% | 2 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.45% | 2,047 | 76.24% | 2,685 |
| Throckmorton | 1,026 | 91.61% | 63 | 5.63% | 30 | 2.68% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 963 | 85.98% | 1,120 |
| Titus | 2,339 | 76.56% | 379 | 12.41% | 332 | 10.87% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,960 | 64.15% | 3,055 |
| Tom Green | 6,777 | 74.34% | 1,822 | 19.99% | 481 | 5.28% | 13 | 0.14% | 23 | 0.25% | 4,955 | 54.35% | 9,116 |
| Travis | 19,598 | 72.03% | 5,994 | 22.03% | 1,252 | 4.60% | 203 | 0.75% | 160 | 0.59% | 13,604 | 50.00% | 27,207 |
| Trinity | 905 | 68.82% | 150 | 11.41% | 250 | 19.01% | 3 | 0.23% | 7 | 0.53% | 655[a] | 49.81% | 1,315 |
| Tyler | 895 | 57.70% | 177 | 11.41% | 466 | 30.05% | 2 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.71% | 429[a] | 27.65% | 1,551 |
| Upshur | 2,118 | 66.92% | 555 | 17.54% | 485 | 15.32% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,563 | 49.38% | 3,165 |
| Upton | 811 | 79.20% | 155 | 15.14% | 55 | 5.37% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.20% | 656 | 64.06% | 1,024 |
| Uvalde | 1,550 | 60.90% | 866 | 34.03% | 114 | 4.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.59% | 684 | 26.87% | 2,545 |
| Val Verde | 1,242 | 62.79% | 672 | 33.97% | 63 | 3.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.05% | 570 | 28.82% | 1,978 |
| Van Zandt | 3,264 | 75.03% | 578 | 13.29% | 463 | 10.64% | 11 | 0.25% | 34 | 0.78% | 2,686 | 61.74% | 4,350 |
| Victoria | 2,435 | 60.24% | 1,262 | 31.22% | 328 | 8.11% | 10 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,173 | 29.02% | 4,042 |
| Walker | 1,439 | 56.12% | 570 | 22.23% | 542 | 21.14% | 1 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.47% | 869 | 33.89% | 2,564 |
| Waller | 812 | 49.69% | 448 | 27.42% | 359 | 21.97% | 12 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.18% | 364 | 22.27% | 1,634 |
| Ward | 2,119 | 79.72% | 414 | 15.58% | 118 | 4.44% | 5 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,705 | 64.14% | 2,658 |
| Washington | 1,647 | 44.01% | 1,904 | 50.88% | 190 | 5.08% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -257 | -6.87% | 3,742 |
| Webb | 4,595 | 80.68% | 1,004 | 17.63% | 53 | 0.93% | 39 | 0.68% | 4 | 0.07% | 3,591 | 63.05% | 5,695 |
| Wharton | 2,811 | 60.00% | 1,354 | 28.90% | 484 | 10.33% | 24 | 0.51% | 12 | 0.26% | 1,457 | 31.10% | 4,685 |
| Wheeler | 2,010 | 81.71% | 370 | 15.04% | 67 | 2.72% | 2 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.45% | 1,640 | 66.67% | 2,460 |
| Wichita | 12,235 | 77.11% | 2,887 | 18.20% | 683 | 4.30% | 29 | 0.18% | 32 | 0.20% | 9,348 | 58.91% | 15,866 |
| Wilbarger | 2,963 | 77.97% | 529 | 13.92% | 295 | 7.76% | 6 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.18% | 2,434 | 64.05% | 3,800 |
| Willacy | 1,139 | 59.20% | 676 | 35.14% | 99 | 5.15% | 5 | 0.26% | 5 | 0.26% | 463 | 24.06% | 1,924 |
| Williamson | 5,638 | 80.24% | 1,094 | 15.57% | 258 | 3.67% | 26 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.14% | 4,544 | 64.67% | 7,026 |
| Wilson | 2,313 | 76.59% | 593 | 19.64% | 108 | 3.58% | 5 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,720 | 56.95% | 3,020 |
| Winkler | 1,588 | 80.08% | 296 | 14.93% | 90 | 4.54% | 2 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.35% | 1,292 | 65.15% | 1,983 |
| Wise | 3,064 | 81.10% | 448 | 11.86% | 254 | 6.72% | 3 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.24% | 2,616 | 69.24% | 3,778 |
| Wood | 2,590 | 66.67% | 629 | 16.19% | 642 | 16.53% | 9 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.39% | 1,948[a] | 50.14% | 3,885 |
| Yoakum | 861 | 84.41% | 119 | 11.67% | 32 | 3.14% | 4 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.39% | 742 | 72.74% | 1,020 |
| Young | 3,175 | 81.45% | 516 | 13.24% | 186 | 4.77% | 4 | 0.10% | 17 | 0.44% | 2,659 | 68.21% | 3,898 |
| Zapata | 632 | 60.36% | 414 | 39.54% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 218 | 20.82% | 1,047 |
| Zavala | 618 | 62.68% | 306 | 31.03% | 58 | 5.88% | 3 | 0.30% | 1 | 0.10% | 312 | 31.65% | 986 |
| Totals | 824,235 | 65.96% | 303,467 | 24.29% | 113,921 | 9.12% | 3,913 | 0.31% | 4,041 | 0.32% | 520,768 | 41.67% | 1,249,577 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Unpledged to Republican
editAnalysis
editTexas overwhelmingly voted for incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman, who took 66 percent of the state’s vote, to Republican Thomas E. Dewey’s 25.3 percent. Texas was Truman's strongest state, and one of only four in the country which gave him at least sixty percent of the popular vote. Truman carried 246 out of the state's 254 counties, to Dewey’s eight. South Carolina Governor Storm Thurmond, a segregationist Democrat, ran as the Dixiecrat nominee. Despite dominating in the neighboring Deep South, Thurmond received only nine percent of Texas’ popular vote and failed to carry any counties in the state. including those in East Texas, the region in Texas most closely culturally tied to the Deep South. The Dixiecrat ticket did, nonetheless, run second behind Truman in thirty counties. Dewey’s strongest performance was Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country, which gave him over eighty percent of the vote.
This is one of the last presidential elections in Texas in which the following regions were considered strongholds for the Democratic Party: West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, and the Texas Hill Country. Although several Democratic candidates would win a majority of the counties in these regions in future presidential elections, notably Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, these regions were amongst the first in the state to begin splitting their tickets by voting for Republicans on the national level while continuing to vote Democratic at the state level.
This is the last occasion the Plains counties of Ector, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Ochiltree, Randall, and Roberts have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[17] In the 21st century, these counties typically give over ninety percent of their vote to Republican nominees, while Roberts and Ochiltree have alternated as the nation's most Republican county. Additionally, 1948 constitutes the last election when Gregg County and Smith County in East Texas, plus Edwards County at the western extremity of its namesake plateau, have voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.[17] As a result of Dallas and Harris counties seeing their populations increase as a result of Republican-leaning northern expatriates moving into the state, this would be the last occasion with the exception of Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide win in the state in 1964 that these two counties backed Democratic presidential candidates until Barack Obama won them back in 2008. As of 2024, Dewey remains the last major party nominee to fail to win at least thirty percent of Texas’s popular vote in a presidential election.
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Truman Bad 2d in Texas County Vote". Chicago Tribune. August 29, 1948. p. 1.
- ^ a b Frederickson, Kari (January 14, 2003). The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 158. ISBN 0807875449.
- ^ "Texas Rebels Hail Victory over Truman: Thurmond Wins Nod in 3 Counties". Chicago Tribune. August 30, 1948. p. 3.
- ^ Key, Valdimer Orlando (1949). Southern Politics in State and Nation. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 336.
- ^ Key. Southern Politics, p. 254
- ^ a b Cohodas, Nadine (1994). Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change. Mercer University Press. p. 182. ISBN 0865544468.
- ^ a b "Truman, in Texas, Ducks Civil Rights: President Ignores Challenge From Gov. Thurmond, Attacks GOP on Power Policy". Los Angeles Times. September 26, 1948. p. 8.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
- ^ Gallup, George (October 15, 1948). "Only Four States Go to Dixiecrats". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. p. 6-A.
- ^ Duckworth, Allen (October 24, 1948). "Texas". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. p. 16.
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