1976 United States presidential election in Texas

Summary

The 1976 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Texas was won by former governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia with 51.14% of the vote,[2] giving him 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas about 1% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. He also beat the incumbent President Gerald Ford in the general election. To date, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas, and the last time Texas voted more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

1976 United States presidential election in Texas

← 1972 November 2, 1976 1980 →
Turnout64.83% (of registered voters) Decrease
46.14% (of voting age population)[1]
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 26 0
Popular vote 2,082,319 1,953,300
Percentage 51.14% 47.97%


President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Carter's southern roots as a former governor of Georgia struck a chord with many voters in Texas, along with strong anti-Republican sentiment following Watergate. Still, this was a relatively weak performance for a victorious Democratic candidate in Texas, and two factors can be identified. One was Carter's underwhelming performance in the more rural counties, and the second being President Ford's strong performances in Dallas and Harris counties, and some of their surrounding suburbs. The rise of the Republican Party in these areas would result in Ronald Reagan's win in the state four years later.

Carter won 191 of the state's 254 counties, including 74 which have never voted Democratic in any presidential race since: Martin, Grayson, Chambers, Motley, Gaines, Live Oak, Mason, Sherman, Colorado, Stephens, Lamb, Oldham, Floyd, Real, Fayette, Terry, Donley, Parmer, Dallam, Moore, Hale, Wheeler, Bailey, Armstrong, Hamilton, Goliad, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Wilbarger, Wilson, Castro, Eastland, Gonzales, Parker, Hood, Johnson, Anderson, Brazoria, Matagorda, Kinney, Medina, Wharton, Lavaca, Archer, Bosque, Aransas, Bell, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Cochran, Coryell, Walker, Shackelford, King, Jeff Davis, Wichita, McLennan, Llano, Hockley, Garza, Hunt, Young, Wood, Jackson, Lynn, Howard, Ellis, and Lampasas.[3]

53% of white voters supported Ford while 46% supported Carter.[4][5]

Primaries

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Democratic primaries

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Republican primaries

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Results

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Gerald Ford (right) watching election returns with Joe Garagiola on election night in 1976. Garagiola is reacting to television reports that Ford had just been projected as having lost Texas to Carter.
1976 United States presidential election in Texas
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter 2,082,319 51.14% 26
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 1,953,300 47.97% 0
Independent Eugene McCarthy 20,118 0.49% 0
American Independent Thomas Anderson 11,442 0.28% 0
- Other 4,705 0.12% 0
Totals 4,071,884 100.0% 26

Results by county

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County Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Anderson 5,499 56.60% 4,172 42.94% 44 0.45% 1,327 13.66% 9,715
Andrews 1,777 45.14% 2,127 54.03% 33 0.84% -350 -8.89% 3,937
Angelina 9,750 56.98% 7,223 42.21% 139 0.81% 2,527 14.77% 17,112
Aransas 2,136 51.09% 1,985 47.48% 60 1.44% 151 3.61% 4,181
Archer 1,577 61.58% 966 37.72% 18 0.70% 611 23.86% 2,561
Armstrong 513 49.95% 506 49.27% 8 0.78% 7 0.68% 1,027
Atascosa 4,565 64.55% 2,415 34.15% 92 1.30% 2,150 30.40% 7,072
Austin 2,313 45.96% 2,686 53.37% 34 0.68% -373 -7.41% 5,033
Bailey 1,356 51.62% 1,255 47.77% 16 0.61% 101 3.85% 2,627
Bandera 1,183 42.77% 1,554 56.18% 29 1.05% -371 -13.41% 2,766
Bastrop 4,788 66.46% 2,383 33.08% 33 0.46% 2,405 33.38% 7,204
Baylor 1,335 62.68% 783 36.76% 12 0.56% 552 25.92% 2,130
Bee 3,690 54.89% 2,953 43.93% 79 1.18% 737 10.96% 6,722
Bell 17,499 53.17% 15,126 45.96% 287 0.87% 2,373 7.21% 32,912
Bexar 146,581 54.00% 121,176 44.64% 3,673 1.35% 25,405 9.36% 271,430
Blanco 923 47.19% 1,015 51.89% 18 0.92% -92 -4.70% 1,956
Borden 234 60.00% 150 38.46% 6 1.54% 84 21.54% 390
Bosque 2,954 60.50% 1,912 39.16% 17 0.35% 1,042 21.34% 4,883
Bowie 12,445 56.02% 9,590 43.17% 179 0.81% 2,855 12.85% 22,214
Brazoria 21,711 52.01% 19,475 46.65% 558 1.34% 2,236 5.36% 41,744
Brazos 10,628 39.81% 15,685 58.75% 387 1.45% -5,057 -18.94% 26,700
Brewster 1,227 46.76% 1,368 52.13% 29 1.11% -141 -5.37% 2,624
Briscoe 823 73.55% 285 25.47% 11 0.98% 538 48.08% 1,119
Brooks 2,782 81.13% 641 18.69% 6 0.17% 2,141 62.44% 3,429
Brown 5,577 55.25% 4,483 44.41% 35 0.35% 1,094 10.84% 10,095
Burleson 2,924 71.65% 1,142 27.98% 15 0.37% 1,782 43.67% 4,081
Burnet 3,818 57.53% 2,777 41.85% 41 0.62% 1,041 15.68% 6,636
Caldwell 3,647 61.59% 2,235 37.75% 39 0.66% 1,412 23.84% 5,921
Calhoun 3,642 60.09% 2,377 39.22% 42 0.69% 1,265 20.87% 6,061
Callahan 2,241 58.00% 1,581 40.92% 42 1.09% 660 17.08% 3,864
Cameron 25,310 60.10% 16,448 39.06% 353 0.84% 8,862 21.04% 42,111
Camp 2,146 65.33% 1,133 34.49% 6 0.18% 1,013 30.84% 3,285
Carson 1,542 54.60% 1,269 44.94% 13 0.46% 273 9.66% 2,824
Cass 5,134 57.85% 3,712 41.83% 29 0.33% 1,422 16.02% 8,875
Castro 2,033 66.09% 1,007 32.74% 36 1.17% 1,026 33.35% 3,076
Chambers 2,927 60.33% 1,835 37.82% 90 1.85% 1,092 22.51% 4,852
Cherokee 6,509 62.20% 3,921 37.47% 35 0.33% 2,588 24.73% 10,465
Childress 1,578 60.09% 1,043 39.72% 5 0.19% 535 20.37% 2,626
Clay 2,568 67.88% 1,200 31.72% 15 0.40% 1,368 36.16% 3,783
Cochran 1,031 59.29% 701 40.31% 7 0.40% 330 18.98% 1,739
Coke 844 61.29% 517 37.55% 16 1.16% 327 23.74% 1,377
Coleman 2,264 57.24% 1,669 42.20% 22 0.56% 595 15.04% 3,955
Collin 14,039 39.00% 21,608 60.02% 353 0.98% -7,569 -21.02% 36,000
Collingsworth 1,169 64.80% 629 34.87% 6 0.33% 540 29.93% 1,804
Colorado 3,028 49.84% 2,991 49.23% 56 0.92% 37 0.61% 6,075
Comal 4,068 38.54% 6,377 60.42% 109 1.03% -2,309 -21.88% 10,554
Comanche 3,414 72.16% 1,297 27.41% 20 0.42% 2,117 44.75% 4,731
Concho 715 59.83% 474 39.67% 6 0.50% 241 20.16% 1,195
Cooke 4,483 48.05% 4,804 51.50% 42 0.45% -321 -3.45% 9,329
Coryell 4,710 52.75% 4,140 46.37% 79 0.88% 570 6.38% 8,929
Cottle 1,047 76.93% 311 22.85% 3 0.22% 736 54.08% 1,361
Crane 664 39.52% 963 57.32% 53 3.15% -299 -17.80% 1,680
Crockett 804 50.00% 802 49.88% 2 0.12% 2 0.12% 1,608
Crosby 2,176 70.38% 897 29.01% 19 0.61% 1,279 41.37% 3,092
Culberson 407 51.72% 373 47.40% 7 0.89% 34 4.32% 787
Dallam 1,029 51.27% 936 46.64% 42 2.09% 93 4.63% 2,007
Dallas 196,303 42.27% 263,081 56.65% 5,001 1.08% -66,778 -14.38% 464,385
Dawson 2,162 46.46% 2,474 53.17% 17 0.37% -312 -6.71% 4,653
Deaf Smith 2,613 48.08% 2,776 51.08% 46 0.85% -163 -3.00% 5,435
Delta 1,563 78.50% 421 21.15% 7 0.35% 1,142 57.35% 1,991
Denton 18,887 47.58% 20,440 51.50% 365 0.92% -1,553 -3.92% 39,692
DeWitt 2,540 47.68% 2,754 51.70% 33 0.62% -214 -4.02% 5,327
Dickens 1,222 77.78% 343 21.83% 6 0.38% 879 55.95% 1,571
Dimmit 1,721 65.59% 890 33.92% 13 0.50% 831 31.67% 2,624
Donley 1,095 60.70% 704 39.02% 5 0.28% 391 21.68% 1,804
Duval 4,267 86.36% 661 13.38% 13 0.26% 3,606 72.98% 4,941
Eastland 4,320 64.53% 2,340 34.95% 35 0.52% 1,980 29.58% 6,695
Ector 10,802 35.62% 18,973 62.56% 553 1.82% -8,171 -26.94% 30,328
Edwards 258 38.39% 412 61.31% 2 0.30% -154 -22.92% 672
Ellis 9,991 58.58% 6,996 41.02% 68 0.40% 2,995 17.56% 17,055
El Paso 45,477 50.83% 42,697 47.72% 1,291 1.44% 2,780 3.11% 89,465
Erath 4,821 61.89% 2,925 37.55% 44 0.56% 1,896 24.34% 7,790
Falls 4,277 65.13% 2,261 34.43% 29 0.44% 2,016 30.70% 6,567
Fannin 5,845 73.20% 2,102 26.32% 38 0.48% 3,743 46.88% 7,985
Fayette 3,428 52.80% 3,030 46.67% 35 0.54% 398 6.13% 6,493
Fisher 1,993 77.37% 573 22.24% 10 0.39% 1,420 55.13% 2,576
Floyd 1,991 58.32% 1,402 41.07% 21 0.62% 589 17.25% 3,414
Foard 706 74.32% 240 25.26% 4 0.42% 466 49.06% 950
Fort Bend 11,264 39.13% 17,354 60.28% 169 0.59% -6,090 -21.15% 28,787
Franklin 1,636 68.05% 758 31.53% 10 0.42% 878 36.52% 2,404
Freestone 2,679 61.43% 1,674 38.39% 8 0.18% 1,005 23.04% 4,361
Frio 2,598 66.48% 1,280 32.75% 30 0.77% 1,318 33.73% 3,908
Gaines 1,880 53.05% 1,643 46.36% 21 0.59% 237 6.69% 3,544
Galveston 37,873 59.42% 25,251 39.62% 611 0.96% 12,622 19.80% 63,735
Garza 957 55.48% 755 43.77% 13 0.75% 202 11.71% 1,725
Gillespie 1,260 25.79% 3,541 72.49% 84 1.72% -2,281 -46.70% 4,885
Glasscock 190 46.00% 218 52.78% 5 1.21% -28 -6.78% 413
Goliad 875 50.55% 846 48.87% 10 0.58% 29 1.68% 1,731
Gonzales 3,219 64.05% 1,789 35.59% 18 0.36% 1,430 28.46% 5,026
Gray 3,872 38.87% 6,010 60.33% 80 0.80% -2,138 -21.46% 9,962
Grayson 17,015 58.48% 11,981 41.18% 99 0.34% 5,034 17.30% 29,095
Gregg 9,827 35.59% 17,582 63.68% 203 0.74% -7,755 -28.09% 27,612
Grimes 2,656 64.03% 1,473 35.51% 19 0.46% 1,183 28.52% 4,148
Guadalupe 6,054 46.80% 6,766 52.31% 115 0.89% -712 -5.51% 12,935
Hale 5,580 50.70% 5,390 48.97% 37 0.34% 190 1.73% 11,007
Hall 1,633 70.57% 671 29.00% 10 0.43% 962 41.57% 2,314
Hamilton 1,981 62.12% 1,176 36.88% 32 1.00% 805 25.24% 3,189
Hansford 983 40.86% 1,401 58.23% 22 0.91% -418 -17.37% 2,406
Hardeman 1,403 63.06% 805 36.18% 17 0.76% 598 26.88% 2,225
Hardin 6,558 61.36% 4,046 37.86% 84 0.79% 2,512 23.50% 10,688
Harris 321,897 46.97% 357,536 52.17% 5,831 0.85% -35,639 -5.20% 685,264
Harrison 7,796 49.85% 7,787 49.79% 56 0.36% 9 0.06% 15,639
Hartley 774 48.47% 811 50.78% 12 0.75% -37 -2.31% 1,597
Haskell 2,512 74.78% 838 24.95% 9 0.27% 1,674 49.83% 3,359
Hays 7,005 54.41% 5,714 44.38% 156 1.21% 1,291 10.03% 12,875
Hemphill 707 44.80% 858 54.37% 13 0.82% -151 -9.57% 1,578
Henderson 8,245 63.73% 4,658 36.01% 34 0.26% 3,587 27.72% 12,937
Hidalgo 35,021 64.15% 19,199 35.17% 373 0.68% 15,822 28.98% 54,593
Hill 5,327 66.32% 2,680 33.37% 25 0.31% 2,647 32.95% 8,032
Hockley 3,949 55.39% 3,137 44.00% 44 0.62% 812 11.39% 7,130
Hood 3,181 62.85% 1,857 36.69% 23 0.45% 1,324 26.16% 5,061
Hopkins 4,992 65.75% 2,556 33.67% 44 0.58% 2,436 32.08% 7,592
Houston 3,179 58.64% 2,229 41.12% 13 0.24% 950 17.52% 5,421
Howard 6,984 58.34% 4,899 40.92% 89 0.74% 2,085 17.42% 11,972
Hudspeth 479 54.37% 395 44.84% 7 0.79% 84 9.53% 881
Hunt 8,543 55.79% 6,676 43.59% 95 0.62% 1,867 12.20% 15,314
Hutchinson 3,691 37.16% 6,137 61.78% 105 1.06% -2,446 -24.62% 9,933
Irion 297 49.17% 302 50.00% 5 0.83% -5 -0.83% 604
Jack 1,814 63.18% 1,049 36.54% 8 0.28% 765 26.64% 2,871
Jackson 2,524 56.94% 1,884 42.50% 25 0.56% 640 14.44% 4,433
Jasper 5,422 63.00% 3,167 36.80% 18 0.21% 2,255 26.20% 8,607
Jeff Davis 309 50.91% 288 47.45% 10 1.65% 21 3.46% 607
Jefferson 47,581 59.07% 32,451 40.29% 514 0.64% 15,130 18.78% 80,546
Jim Hogg 1,645 79.32% 429 20.68% 0 0.00% 1,216 58.64% 2,074
Jim Wells 7,961 68.93% 3,547 30.71% 42 0.36% 4,414 38.22% 11,550
Johnson 10,864 59.93% 7,194 39.69% 69 0.38% 3,670 20.24% 18,127
Jones 3,318 61.26% 2,072 38.26% 26 0.48% 1,246 23.00% 5,416
Karnes 2,996 63.50% 1,675 35.50% 47 1.00% 1,321 28.00% 4,718
Kaufman 6,302 61.76% 3,867 37.90% 35 0.34% 2,435 23.86% 10,204
Kendall 1,190 31.37% 2,543 67.04% 60 1.58% -1,353 -35.67% 3,793
Kenedy 139 67.80% 65 31.71% 1 0.49% 74 36.09% 205
Kent 474 73.26% 171 26.43% 2 0.31% 303 46.83% 647
Kerr 3,767 37.75% 6,021 60.34% 190 1.90% -2,254 -22.59% 9,978
Kimble 759 46.51% 846 51.84% 27 1.65% -87 -5.33% 1,632
King 100 50.76% 96 48.73% 1 0.51% 4 2.03% 197
Kinney 516 61.21% 318 37.72% 9 1.07% 198 23.49% 843
Kleberg 5,803 60.15% 3,771 39.09% 73 0.76% 2,032 21.06% 9,647
Knox 1,498 72.72% 551 26.75% 11 0.53% 947 45.97% 2,060
Lamar 8,601 65.78% 4,443 33.98% 32 0.24% 4,158 31.80% 13,076
Lamb 3,374 58.02% 2,413 41.50% 28 0.48% 961 16.52% 5,815
Lampasas 2,376 59.67% 1,563 39.25% 43 1.08% 813 20.42% 3,982
La Salle 1,294 65.25% 677 34.14% 12 0.61% 617 31.11% 1,983
Lavaca 3,458 57.98% 2,466 41.35% 40 0.67% 992 16.63% 5,964
Lee 1,937 58.64% 1,348 40.81% 18 0.54% 589 17.83% 3,303
Leon 2,085 63.94% 1,161 35.60% 15 0.46% 924 28.34% 3,261
Liberty 7,086 60.54% 4,552 38.89% 66 0.56% 2,534 21.65% 11,704
Limestone 3,825 64.83% 2,045 34.66% 30 0.51% 1,780 30.17% 5,900
Lipscomb 644 41.05% 911 58.06% 14 0.89% -267 -17.01% 1,569
Live Oak 1,656 55.93% 1,287 43.47% 18 0.61% 369 12.46% 2,961
Llano 2,361 54.60% 1,947 45.03% 16 0.37% 414 9.57% 4,324
Loving 35 40.70% 47 54.65% 4 4.65% -12 -13.95% 86
Lubbock 24,797 38.92% 38,478 60.40% 432 0.68% -13,681 -21.48% 63,707
Lynn 1,575 57.13% 1,166 42.29% 16 0.58% 409 14.84% 2,757
McCulloch 1,888 58.87% 1,300 40.54% 19 0.59% 588 18.33% 3,207
McLennan 30,091 53.76% 25,370 45.33% 509 0.91% 4,721 8.43% 55,970
McMullen 194 47.20% 217 52.80% 0 0.00% -23 -5.60% 411
Madison 1,885 63.66% 1,062 35.87% 14 0.47% 823 27.79% 2,961
Marion 1,860 58.73% 1,291 40.76% 16 0.51% 569 17.97% 3,167
Martin 907 56.06% 698 43.14% 13 0.80% 209 12.92% 1,618
Mason 814 49.63% 805 49.09% 21 1.28% 9 0.54% 1,640
Matagorda 4,971 56.94% 3,679 42.14% 81 0.93% 1,292 14.80% 8,731
Maverick 2,840 74.70% 924 24.30% 38 1.00% 1,916 50.40% 3,802
Medina 3,681 52.68% 3,252 46.54% 55 0.79% 429 6.14% 6,988
Menard 543 54.30% 441 44.10% 16 1.60% 102 10.20% 1,000
Midland 7,725 28.41% 19,178 70.52% 292 1.07% -11,453 -42.11% 27,195
Milam 4,871 66.59% 2,404 32.86% 40 0.55% 2,467 33.73% 7,315
Mills 1,012 59.18% 684 40.00% 14 0.82% 328 19.18% 1,710
Mitchell 1,730 61.70% 1,058 37.73% 16 0.57% 672 23.97% 2,804
Montague 4,087 64.93% 2,182 34.67% 25 0.40% 1,905 30.26% 6,294
Montgomery 13,718 46.25% 15,739 53.07% 202 0.68% -2,021 -6.82% 29,659
Moore 2,767 49.63% 2,759 49.49% 49 0.88% 8 0.14% 5,575
Morris 3,071 62.28% 1,843 37.38% 17 0.34% 1,228 24.90% 4,931
Motley 522 54.32% 428 44.54% 11 1.14% 94 9.78% 961
Nacogdoches 6,697 47.36% 7,315 51.73% 129 0.91% -618 -4.37% 14,141
Navarro 6,995 63.20% 4,012 36.25% 61 0.55% 2,983 26.95% 11,068
Newton 3,468 77.03% 1,011 22.46% 23 0.51% 2,457 54.57% 4,502
Nolan 3,094 55.80% 2,431 43.84% 20 0.36% 663 11.96% 5,545
Nueces 52,755 61.11% 32,797 37.99% 773 0.90% 19,958 23.12% 86,325
Ochiltree 1,084 30.22% 2,471 68.89% 32 0.89% -1,387 -38.67% 3,587
Oldham 554 60.81% 354 38.86% 3 0.33% 200 21.95% 911
Orange 15,177 61.99% 9,147 37.36% 160 0.65% 6,030 24.63% 24,484
Palo Pinto 5,170 65.40% 2,684 33.95% 51 0.65% 2,486 31.45% 7,905
Panola 3,731 53.48% 3,218 46.12% 28 0.40% 513 7.36% 6,977
Parker 8,186 63.12% 4,692 36.18% 91 0.70% 3,494 26.94% 12,969
Parmer 1,914 56.01% 1,487 43.52% 16 0.47% 427 12.49% 3,417
Pecos 1,971 46.56% 2,234 52.78% 28 0.66% -263 -6.22% 4,233
Polk 4,384 62.93% 2,529 36.30% 54 0.78% 1,855 26.63% 6,967
Potter 11,917 45.77% 13,819 53.08% 300 1.15% -1,902 -7.31% 26,036
Presidio 1,232 63.64% 687 35.49% 17 0.88% 545 28.15% 1,936
Rains 1,339 72.18% 510 27.49% 6 0.32% 829 44.69% 1,855
Randall 9,074 34.21% 17,115 64.53% 335 1.26% -8,041 -30.32% 26,524
Reagan 563 45.62% 666 53.97% 5 0.41% -103 -8.35% 1,234
Real 510 52.63% 448 46.23% 11 1.14% 62 6.40% 969
Red River 3,670 66.33% 1,852 33.47% 11 0.20% 1,818 32.86% 5,533
Reeves 2,613 60.18% 1,711 39.41% 18 0.41% 902 20.77% 4,342
Refugio 2,218 58.91% 1,537 40.82% 10 0.27% 681 18.09% 3,765
Roberts 202 35.94% 350 62.28% 10 1.78% -148 -26.34% 562
Robertson 3,741 74.88% 1,244 24.90% 11 0.22% 2,497 49.98% 4,996
Rockwall 1,828 46.44% 2,087 53.02% 21 0.53% -259 -6.58% 3,936
Runnels 2,068 48.30% 2,203 51.45% 11 0.26% -135 -3.15% 4,282
Rusk 6,063 46.95% 6,800 52.65% 52 0.40% -737 -5.70% 12,915
Sabine 2,391 72.54% 904 27.43% 1 0.03% 1,487 45.11% 3,296
San Augustine 1,817 63.31% 1,047 36.48% 6 0.21% 770 26.83% 2,870
San Jacinto 2,406 68.18% 1,094 31.00% 29 0.82% 1,312 37.18% 3,529
San Patricio 9,469 61.51% 5,853 38.02% 73 0.47% 3,616 23.49% 15,395
San Saba 1,408 70.22% 582 29.03% 15 0.75% 826 41.19% 2,005
Schleicher 468 47.13% 516 51.96% 9 0.91% -48 -4.83% 993
Scurry 2,639 48.34% 2,797 51.24% 23 0.42% -158 -2.90% 5,459
Shackelford 764 50.33% 748 49.28% 6 0.40% 16 1.05% 1,518
Shelby 4,680 63.35% 2,695 36.48% 12 0.16% 1,985 26.87% 7,387
Sherman 718 50.71% 679 47.95% 19 1.34% 39 2.76% 1,416
Smith 16,856 42.92% 22,238 56.62% 181 0.46% -5,382 -13.70% 39,275
Somervell 1,054 75.77% 332 23.87% 5 0.36% 722 51.90% 1,391
Starr 4,646 87.25% 664 12.47% 15 0.28% 3,982 74.78% 5,325
Stephens 1,796 52.38% 1,621 47.27% 12 0.35% 175 5.11% 3,429
Sterling 174 45.67% 202 53.02% 5 1.31% -28 -7.35% 381
Stonewall 812 75.89% 252 23.55% 6 0.56% 560 52.34% 1,070
Sutton 768 47.73% 831 51.65% 10 0.62% -63 -3.92% 1,609
Swisher 2,811 78.59% 753 21.05% 13 0.36% 2,058 57.54% 3,577
Tarrant 122,287 49.18% 124,433 50.05% 1,911 0.77% -2,146 -0.87% 248,631
Taylor 14,453 41.84% 19,822 57.38% 268 0.78% -5,369 -15.54% 34,543
Terrell 321 50.00% 317 49.38% 4 0.62% 4 0.62% 642
Terry 2,859 57.17% 2,113 42.25% 29 0.58% 746 14.92% 5,001
Throckmorton 658 64.76% 356 35.04% 2 0.20% 302 29.72% 1,016
Titus 4,205 61.64% 2,603 38.16% 14 0.21% 1,602 23.48% 6,822
Tom Green 11,064 46.97% 12,316 52.29% 174 0.74% -1,252 -5.32% 23,554
Travis 78,585 51.63% 71,031 46.67% 2,597 1.71% 7,554 4.96% 152,213
Trinity 2,100 66.58% 1,042 33.04% 12 0.38% 1,058 33.54% 3,154
Tyler 3,322 62.47% 1,965 36.95% 31 0.58% 1,357 25.52% 5,318
Upshur 4,902 59.70% 3,272 39.85% 37 0.45% 1,630 19.85% 8,211
Upton 686 43.95% 869 55.67% 6 0.38% -183 -11.72% 1,561
Uvalde 2,299 42.19% 3,103 56.95% 47 0.86% -804 -14.76% 5,449
Val Verde 4,603 56.46% 3,476 42.64% 73 0.90% 1,127 13.82% 8,152
Van Zandt 6,449 65.15% 3,385 34.20% 64 0.65% 3,064 30.95% 9,898
Victoria 7,326 43.02% 9,594 56.34% 108 0.63% -2,268 -13.32% 17,028
Walker 5,105 50.19% 4,974 48.90% 92 0.90% 131 1.29% 10,171
Waller 2,828 58.17% 1,992 40.97% 42 0.86% 836 17.20% 4,862
Ward 2,046 48.51% 2,123 50.33% 49 1.16% -77 -1.82% 4,218
Washington 2,635 40.54% 3,820 58.77% 45 0.69% -1,185 -18.23% 6,500
Webb 10,362 70.50% 4,222 28.72% 114 0.78% 6,140 41.78% 14,698
Wharton 5,914 55.56% 4,682 43.99% 48 0.45% 1,232 11.57% 10,644
Wheeler 1,598 55.33% 1,273 44.08% 17 0.59% 325 11.25% 2,888
Wichita 22,017 53.35% 19,024 46.10% 225 0.55% 2,993 7.25% 41,266
Wilbarger 3,280 59.90% 2,145 39.17% 51 0.93% 1,135 20.73% 5,476
Willacy 2,984 65.48% 1,542 33.84% 31 0.68% 1,442 31.64% 4,557
Williamson 9,355 55.00% 7,481 43.98% 174 1.02% 1,874 11.02% 17,010
Wilson 3,973 67.32% 1,926 32.63% 3 0.05% 2,047 34.69% 5,902
Winkler 1,382 42.31% 1,842 56.40% 42 1.29% -460 -14.09% 3,266
Wise 5,133 64.06% 2,856 35.64% 24 0.30% 2,277 28.42% 8,013
Wood 4,107 56.84% 3,076 42.57% 43 0.60% 1,031 14.27% 7,226
Yoakum 1,181 44.07% 1,477 55.11% 22 0.82% -296 -11.04% 2,680
Young 3,473 56.33% 2,652 43.01% 41 0.66% 821 13.32% 6,166
Zapata 1,216 72.29% 462 27.47% 4 0.24% 754 44.82% 1,682
Zavala 1,822 70.67% 735 28.51% 21 0.81% 1,087 42.16% 2,578
Totals 2,082,319 51.14% 1,953,300 47.97% 36,265 0.89% 129,019 3.17% 4,071,884

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)".
  2. ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Texas". Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  3. ^ ‘Counties Voting for the Same Party Since 1980'; in Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  5. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

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