1992 United States presidential election in Texas

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1992 United States presidential election in Texas
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  1988 November 3, 1992 1996  
Turnout72.92% (of registered voters) Increase2.svg
47.64% (of voting age population) [1]
  George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg Bill Clinton.jpg RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state Texas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale
Electoral vote3200
Popular vote2,496,0712,281,8151,354,781
Percentage40.56%37.08%22.01%

Texas Presidential Election Results 1992.svg
County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Texas was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.56% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.08%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 22.01% of the popular vote. [2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating Bush. [3] He thereby became the first Democrat to win a presidential election without Texas since its statehood in 1845. [4] Despite Bush's ties to the state, this is the closest since 1976 that Texas has come to voting for a Democratic presidential candidate. It has since become a cornerstone of the Republican electoral coalition. 1992 was the first election in which Texas provided the Republican nominee with his largest raw vote margin in the nation, a distinction the state held in every subsequent election until 2020, when Texas's raw vote margin was exceeded by Tennessee's. While Texas had last voted for a losing candidate in a presidential election in 1968, when it voted for Democrat Hubert Humphrey, it has subsequently gone on to do so by voting for losing Republican nominees Bob Dole in 1996, John McCain in 2008, Mitt Romney in 2012, and Donald Trump in 2020.

Texas was one of the few states in the U.S. where Ross Perot won any counties, namely Irion, Somervell, Grayson, and Loving. Perot was the first non-major party candidate to win any Texas counties since George Wallace in 1968. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last time these four aforementioned counties have not voted Republican, [5] and the last time a non-major party candidate won any of Texas's counties. Loving County, which was the country's least populous in 1992, gave Perot his best performance in the country, earning 46.88% of the vote. In contrast, and more typically in modern American politics, Starr County was Clinton's strongest outside the District of Columbia, and one of only two to give him over 80% of the vote, the other being Macon County, Alabama, while the Panhandle counties of Hansford and Ochiltree were the third and fourth-strongest for Bush nationwide, behind the famous bastions of Jackson County, Kentucky, and Sioux County, Iowa. [6]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time for a Democratic candidate to carry the following counties: Crockett, Concho, McCulloch, Coleman, Mills, Throckmorton, Briscoe, Hill, Freestone, Henderson, Jack, Clay, Montague, Franklin, Lamar, Upshur, Angelina, Hardin, Liberty, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, and Houston. Hays County, which Clinton won in 1992, would not vote Democratic again until 2020. [5]

Bush at the controversial signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), commenced in San Antonio, Texas on December 17, 1992. Signing was a critical international policy decision made by Bush one and a half months following his 1992 electoral defeat. President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas participate in the... - NARA - 186460.jpg
Bush at the controversial signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), commenced in San Antonio, Texas on December 17, 1992. Signing was a critical international policy decision made by Bush one and a half months following his 1992 electoral defeat.

Campaign

Garry Mauro was the chair of Clinton's campaign in Texas. James C. Oberwetter was the chair of Bush's campaign in Texas. [7] The FBI conducted a sting operation against Oberwetter in order to determine the validity of Perot's allegations of the Republicans spying on him. A FBI agent offered to sell an audio tape and documents from Perot's office to Oberwetter for $2,500. [8]

Ross Perot, who had not announced his campaign yet, qualified to appear on the ballot in Texas on May 27, 1992. [9] He remained on the ballot despite dropping out. [10] Polling by the Austin American-Statesman after Perot dropped out showed a majority of his supporters going to Clinton. [11]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
George
Bush
Republican
Bill
Clinton
Democratic
Ross
Perot
Independent
Andre
Marrou
Libertarian
Other /
Undecided
The Dallas Morning News [12] October 19–22, 19921,071 LV±3.5%38%36%20%6%
Houston Chronicle [12] October 20–22, 1992703 RV±4%31%39%15%1%15%

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Texas [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent)2,496,07140.56%32
Democratic Bill Clinton 2,281,81537.08%0
Independent Ross Perot 1,354,78122.01%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 19,6990.32%0
America First James "Bo" Gritz (write-in)5050.01%0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips (write-in)3590.01%0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani (write-in)3010.00%0
Natural Law John Hagelin (write-in)2170.00%0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche (write-in)1690.00%0
Independent J. Quinn Brisben (write-in)780.00%0
Other write-ins230.00%0
Totals6,154,018100.0%32

Results by county

CountyGeorge H.W. Bush
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Anderson 5,59838.70%5,32236.79%3,51924.33%270.19%2761.91%14,466
Andrews 2,26653.60%1,08125.57%87520.70%60.14%1,18528.03%4,228
Angelina 9,72236.99%10,31839.26%6,20423.61%370.14%-596-2.27%26,281
Aransas 2,82641.74%2,24633.18%1,67624.76%220.32%5808.56%6,770
Archer 1,56039.32%1,28432.37%1,10627.88%170.43%2766.95%3,967
Armstrong 56154.57%27827.04%18718.19%20.19%28327.53%1,028
Atascosa 3,80639.41%3,76638.99%2,03521.07%510.53%400.42%9,658
Austin 4,01550.89%2,27828.87%1,58520.09%120.15%1,73722.02%7,890
Bailey 1,30855.31%67728.63%37615.90%40.17%63126.68%2,365
Bandera 2,67450.24%1,05919.90%1,53728.88%520.98%1,137 [lower-alpha 1] 21.36%5,322
Bastrop 4,98034.41%6,25243.19%3,24022.38%20.01%-1,272-8.78%14,474
Baylor 61128.66%99046.44%52924.81%20.09%-379-17.78%2,132
Bee 3,63339.89%4,08344.83%1,36715.01%250.27%-450-4.94%9,108
Bell 24,93645.27%18,68433.92%11,02620.02%4310.78%6,25211.35%55,077
Bexar 168,81640.65%172,51341.54%72,11017.36%1,8370.44%-3,697-0.89%415,276
Blanco 1,37044.07%89128.66%83026.70%180.58%47915.41%3,109
Borden 18448.68%10628.04%8723.02%10.26%7820.64%378
Bosque 2,30035.44%2,17333.49%1,99930.81%170.26%1271.95%6,489
Bowie 11,77638.78%11,82538.94%6,65921.93%1050.35%-49-0.16%30,365
Brazoria 30,38442.51%21,86130.59%18,95426.52%2680.37%8,52311.92%71,467
Brazos 23,94348.53%14,81930.03%10,37221.02%2060.42%9,12418.50%49,340
Brewster 1,12734.71%1,38342.59%71221.93%250.77%-256-7.88%3,247
Briscoe 36037.62%43044.93%16417.14%30.31%-70-7.31%957
Brooks 58515.54%2,85675.86%3188.45%60.16%-2,271-60.32%3,765
Brown 5,31342.07%4,26433.76%3,03424.02%190.15%1,0498.31%12,630
Burleson 2,01335.25%2,51143.97%1,17920.64%80.14%-498-8.72%5,711
Burnet 4,27239.53%3,63833.66%2,86526.51%320.30%6345.87%10,807
Caldwell 2,74932.95%3,79445.47%1,77621.28%250.30%-1,045-12.52%8,344
Calhoun 2,64038.94%2,55037.62%1,57923.29%100.15%901.32%6,779
Callahan 2,13440.38%1,69432.05%1,45227.47%50.09%4408.33%5,285
Cameron 20,12334.07%29,43549.84%9,28615.72%2130.36%-9,312-15.77%59,057
Camp 1,21930.63%1,93848.69%82120.63%20.05%-719-18.06%3,980
Carson 1,64753.88%82526.99%57818.91%70.23%82226.89%3,057
Cass 3,99934.30%5,47646.96%2,16818.59%170.15%-1,477-12.66%11,660
Castro 1,30744.91%1,11338.25%48516.67%50.17%1946.66%2,910
Chambers 3,39840.62%2,83233.85%2,12225.36%140.17%5666.77%8,366
Cherokee 5,84741.36%5,00335.39%3,27323.15%150.11%8445.97%14,138
Childress 1,03344.18%88137.68%42118.01%30.13%1526.50%2,338
Clay 1,58632.30%1,91939.08%1,39728.45%80.16%-333-6.78%4,910
Cochran 75051.33%45431.07%25517.45%20.14%29620.26%1,461
Coke 64039.65%58035.94%39324.35%10.06%603.71%1,614
Coleman 1,46235.33%1,57938.16%1,09526.46%20.05%-117-2.83%4,138
Collin 60,51446.97%24,50819.02%43,28733.60%5240.41%17,227 [lower-alpha 1] 13.37%128,833
Collingsworth 69743.56%63539.69%26516.56%30.19%623.87%1,600
Colorado 3,28645.88%2,44234.10%1,42119.84%130.18%84411.78%7,162
Comal 12,65150.72%6,31225.31%5,84123.42%1370.55%6,33925.41%24,941
Comanche 1,66631.75%2,29643.75%1,28124.41%50.10%-630-12.00%5,248
Concho 41433.50%48939.56%32926.62%40.32%-75-6.06%1,236
Cooke 5,29940.50%3,10523.73%4,65835.60%220.17%641 [lower-alpha 1] 4.90%13,084
Coryell 6,14442.93%4,15729.05%3,97427.77%370.26%1,98713.88%14,312
Cottle 24523.90%54252.88%23522.93%30.29%-297-28.98%1,025
Crane 91849.76%51427.86%41222.33%10.05%40421.90%1,845
Crockett 62337.87%65339.70%36822.37%10.06%-30-1.83%1,645
Crosby 1,00643.08%1,01043.25%31313.40%60.26%-4-0.17%2,335
Culberson 25129.63%42450.06%17120.19%10.12%-173-20.43%847
Dallam 92254.78%43425.79%32519.31%20.12%48828.99%1,683
Dallas 256,00738.72%231,41235.00%170,57125.80%3,2620.49%24,5953.72%661,252
Dawson 2,69155.43%1,63933.76%51810.67%70.14%1,05221.67%4,855
Deaf Smith 3,13756.43%1,64229.54%77213.89%80.14%1,49526.89%5,559
Delta 59929.73%86442.88%55127.34%10.05%-265-13.15%2,015
Denton 48,49241.60%27,89123.93%39,65334.01%5400.46%8,839 [lower-alpha 1] 7.59%116,576
DeWitt 3,23848.11%2,12731.60%1,34620.00%190.28%1,11116.51%6,730
Dickens 37332.16%53646.21%25021.55%10.09%-163-14.05%1,160
Dimmit 84419.27%3,17272.42%3618.24%30.07%-2,328-53.15%4,380
Donley 89351.47%57833.31%26014.99%40.23%31518.16%1,735
Duval 69813.86%4,00679.56%3266.47%50.10%-3,308-65.70%5,035
Eastland 2,83038.87%2,73837.60%1,69823.32%150.21%921.27%7,281
Ector 18,16150.35%11,13030.85%6,66818.48%1140.32%7,03119.50%36,073
Edwards 46051.86%25428.64%17119.28%20.23%20623.22%887
Ellis 13,56440.50%9,53728.47%10,30330.76%910.27%3,261 [lower-alpha 1] 9.74%33,495
El Paso 47,22434.94%67,71550.10%19,73814.60%4860.36%-20,491-15.16%135,163
Erath 3,83536.77%3,53133.85%3,04629.20%190.18%3042.92%10,431
Falls 1,82631.63%2,76147.83%1,18520.53%10.02%-935-16.20%5,773
Fannin 2,51026.11%4,16443.31%2,91930.36%220.23%1,245 [lower-alpha 2] 12.95%9,615
Fayette 3,78942.94%2,92333.13%2,08823.67%230.26%8669.81%8,823
Fisher 53924.22%1,24255.82%44219.87%20.09%-703-31.60%2,225
Floyd 1,67655.70%94731.47%38512.79%10.03%72924.23%3,009
Foard 20726.01%43554.65%15219.10%20.25%-228-28.64%796
Fort Bend 41,03946.62%29,99234.07%16,85319.14%1470.17%11,04712.55%88,031
Franklin 1,05831.66%1,33840.04%94228.19%40.12%-280-8.38%3,342
Freestone 2,31636.39%2,44538.41%1,59625.07%80.13%-129-2.02%6,365
Frio 1,27529.52%2,37755.04%65415.14%130.30%-1,102-25.52%4,319
Gaines 2,13854.36%1,09527.84%69617.70%40.10%1,04326.52%3,933
Galveston 31,30334.69%38,62342.80%20,10322.28%2130.24%-7,320-8.11%90,242
Garza 98252.01%55829.56%34518.27%30.16%42422.45%1,888
Gillespie 4,71256.28%1,60019.11%2,01824.10%420.50%2,694 [lower-alpha 1] 32.18%8,372
Glasscock 37966.03%10017.42%9316.20%20.35%27948.61%574
Goliad 1,23643.66%1,06937.76%52118.40%50.18%1675.90%2,831
Gonzales 2,50245.02%2,00636.10%1,01818.32%310.56%4968.92%5,557
Gray 6,10558.86%2,42623.39%1,81017.45%310.30%3,67935.47%10,372
Grayson 12,32232.15%12,54732.73%13,32734.77%1360.35%-780 [lower-alpha 2] -2.04%38,332
Gregg 20,54249.11%12,79730.59%8,43720.17%530.13%7,74518.52%41,829
Grimes 2,40238.64%2,59441.72%1,21319.51%80.13%-192-3.08%6,217
Guadalupe 10,81846.79%6,56728.40%5,61824.30%1170.51%4,25118.39%23,120
Hale 6,09859.59%2,76126.98%1,35713.26%180.18%3,33732.61%10,234
Hall 63136.81%81947.78%26315.34%10.06%-188-10.97%1,714
Hamilton 1,23237.80%1,10033.75%92128.26%60.18%1324.05%3,259
Hansford 1,66069.08%34514.36%39816.56%00.00%1,262 [lower-alpha 1] 52.52%2,403
Hardeman 61431.71%95449.28%36218.70%60.31%-340-17.57%1,936
Hardin 5,88535.04%6,75340.21%4,12924.59%260.15%-868-5.17%16,793
Harris 406,77843.14%360,17138.20%172,92218.34%3,0760.33%46,6074.94%942,947
Harrison 8,73338.50%9,53842.05%4,37119.27%410.18%-805-3.55%22,683
Hartley 1,08160.16%40622.59%30817.14%20.11%67537.57%1,797
Haskell 85229.86%1,43850.40%56219.70%10.04%-586-20.54%2,853
Hays 10,00836.70%10,84239.76%6,25222.93%1650.61%-834-3.06%27,267
Hemphill 98958.18%47928.18%23213.65%00.00%51030.00%1,700
Henderson 8,36834.49%9,10537.53%6,74627.81%420.17%-737-3.04%24,261
Hidalgo 26,97630.60%51,20558.08%9,75711.07%2220.25%-24,229-27.48%88,160
Hill 3,66935.36%3,92937.87%2,75226.52%260.25%-260-2.51%10,376
Hockley 4,26154.16%2,30129.25%1,29116.41%150.19%1,96024.91%7,868
Hood 5,31337.52%4,35930.78%4,45731.47%330.23%856 [lower-alpha 1] 6.05%14,162
Hopkins 3,39831.93%4,08538.38%3,14729.57%130.12%-687-6.45%10,643
Houston 3,06738.24%3,25040.52%1,69021.07%130.16%-183-2.28%8,020
Howard 5,12947.17%3,73534.35%1,98418.25%250.23%1,39412.82%10,873
Hudspeth 32537.40%36441.89%17820.48%20.23%-39-4.49%869
Hunt 9,73939.51%7,45230.23%7,38729.97%720.29%2,2879.28%24,650
Hutchinson 6,03455.42%2,83326.02%1,99318.30%280.26%3,20129.40%10,888
Irion 28334.06%25630.81%29034.90%20.24%-7 [lower-alpha 1] -0.84%831
Jack 1,04131.10%1,25437.47%1,04531.22%70.21%209 [lower-alpha 2] 6.25%3,347
Jackson 2,45147.57%1,72233.42%97618.94%30.06%72914.15%5,152
Jasper 3,87032.02%5,65846.81%2,53921.01%200.17%-1,788-14.79%12,087
Jeff Davis 36041.10%32136.64%18721.35%80.91%394.46%876
Jefferson 29,62231.00%48,40550.66%17,24218.05%2740.29%-18,783-19.66%95,543
Jim Hogg 47822.65%1,52072.04%1075.07%50.24%-1,042-49.39%2,110
Jim Wells 3,31126.36%7,81262.19%1,41311.25%250.20%-4,501-35.83%12,561
Johnson 13,47336.22%12,03032.34%11,57331.11%1260.34%1,4433.88%37,202
Jones 2,08835.20%2,40040.46%1,43624.21%80.13%-312-5.26%5,932
Karnes 1,99042.34%1,89740.36%80217.06%110.23%931.98%4,700
Kaufman 6,57834.51%6,49834.09%5,91331.02%710.37%800.42%19,060
Kendall 4,16256.60%1,37418.68%1,77324.11%450.61%2,389 [lower-alpha 1] 32.49%7,354
Kenedy 6939.66%8750.00%1810.34%00.00%-18-10.34%174
Kent 17528.69%27144.43%16326.72%10.16%-96-15.74%610
Kerr 8,78753.72%3,70722.66%3,79023.17%740.45%4,997 [lower-alpha 1] 30.55%16,358
Kimble 79048.98%46728.95%35421.95%20.12%32320.03%1,613
King 7941.80%5428.57%5629.63%00.00%23 [lower-alpha 1] 12.17%189
Kinney 63441.20%59838.86%29919.43%80.52%362.34%1,539
Kleberg 3,89736.89%5,10948.36%1,47013.92%880.83%-1,212-11.47%10,564
Knox 52128.71%85447.05%43824.13%20.11%-333-18.34%1,815
Lamar 5,77835.57%6,32838.96%4,09325.20%440.27%-550-3.39%16,243
Lamb 2,99855.01%1,73731.87%70913.01%60.11%1,26123.14%5,450
Lampasas 2,23343.07%1,50829.08%1,43227.62%120.23%72513.99%5,185
La Salle 58625.27%1,52265.63%2119.10%00.00%-936-40.36%2,319
Lavaca 3,36243.24%2,70034.72%1,69621.81%180.23%6628.52%7,776
Lee 2,10841.68%1,84736.52%1,08821.51%150.30%2615.16%5,058
Leon 2,21240.16%2,04237.07%1,25122.71%30.05%1703.09%5,508
Liberty 6,95937.95%7,03638.37%4,31123.51%330.18%-77-0.42%18,339
Limestone 2,35833.40%3,18845.16%1,50521.32%90.13%-830-11.76%7,060
Lipscomb 83957.74%33823.26%27018.58%60.41%50134.48%1,453
Live Oak 1,80545.52%1,34533.92%80620.33%90.23%46011.60%3,965
Llano 3,05641.96%2,40933.08%1,79924.70%190.26%6478.88%7,283
Loving 3132.29%2020.83%4546.88%00.00%-14 [lower-alpha 1] -14.59%96
Lubbock 48,84758.95%22,24026.84%11,61814.02%1530.18%26,60732.11%82,858
Lynn 1,23350.78%90237.15%29111.99%20.08%33113.63%2,428
McCulloch 1,10831.74%1,39339.90%98628.24%40.11%-285-8.16%3,491
McLennan 28,47340.67%25,90337.00%15,50522.14%1350.19%2,5703.67%70,016
McMullen 27461.85%7817.61%8920.09%20.45%185 [lower-alpha 1] 41.76%443
Madison 1,54439.76%1,55339.99%77820.04%80.21%-9-0.23%3,883
Marion 1,24529.03%2,15650.28%88220.57%50.12%-911-21.25%4,288
Martin 98649.60%64132.24%35617.91%50.25%34517.36%1,988
Mason 77645.06%57033.10%36421.14%120.70%20611.96%1,722
Matagorda 5,32840.47%4,75936.15%3,04523.13%330.25%5694.32%13,165
Maverick 2,00227.28%4,54061.86%77110.51%260.35%-2,538-34.58%7,339
Medina 4,91245.54%3,65033.84%2,16720.09%560.52%1,26211.70%10,785
Menard 35427.72%55343.30%36728.74%30.23%186 [lower-alpha 2] 14.56%1,277
Midland 24,14358.39%9,16022.15%7,88019.06%1640.40%14,98336.24%41,347
Milam 2,41432.32%3,54247.43%1,49520.02%170.23%-1,128-15.11%7,468
Mills 70235.28%75337.84%53026.63%50.25%-51-2.56%1,990
Mitchell 1,12836.47%1,35343.74%60419.53%80.26%-225-7.27%3,093
Montague 2,30430.61%2,88538.33%2,33030.96%70.09%555 [lower-alpha 2] 7.37%7,526
Montgomery 39,97651.28%18,55123.80%19,20324.63%2280.29%20,773 [lower-alpha 1] 26.65%77,958
Moore 3,14757.24%1,36124.75%97617.75%140.25%1,78632.49%5,498
Morris 1,40025.14%3,02854.37%1,13820.43%30.05%-1,628-29.23%5,569
Motley 44654.46%25631.26%11714.29%00.00%19023.20%819
Nacogdoches 9,86445.58%6,93732.05%4,80322.19%390.18%2,92713.53%21,643
Navarro 4,89733.27%6,00640.80%3,80025.81%180.12%-1,109-7.53%14,721
Newton 1,21222.00%3,24958.99%1,03218.74%150.27%-2,037-36.99%5,508
Nolan 1,99333.48%2,49041.83%1,45524.45%140.24%-497-8.35%5,952
Nueces 36,78136.49%46,31745.95%17,37417.24%3190.32%-9,536-9.46%100,791
Ochiltree 2,41968.06%55715.67%57616.21%20.06%1,843 [lower-alpha 1] 51.85%3,554
Oldham 58359.07%22522.80%17717.93%20.20%35836.27%987
Orange 9,79330.14%15,30547.11%7,32122.53%710.22%-5,512-16.97%32,490
Palo Pinto 2,85230.75%3,39236.57%3,01032.45%210.23%382 [lower-alpha 2] 4.12%9,275
Panola 3,47337.22%3,95042.33%1,90620.42%30.03%-477-5.11%9,332
Parker 10,32137.54%7,93428.86%9,14833.27%910.33%1,173 [lower-alpha 1] 4.27%27,494
Parmer 1,82960.30%63721.00%56418.60%30.10%1,19239.30%3,033
Pecos 1,83640.59%1,77839.31%89519.79%140.31%581.28%4,523
Polk 5,39037.81%5,94241.69%2,88420.23%380.27%-552-3.88%14,254
Potter 13,51048.64%9,52734.30%4,65516.76%830.30%3,98314.34%27,775
Presidio 40021.15%1,18962.88%29015.34%120.63%-789-41.73%1,891
Rains 97532.69%1,10837.14%89029.84%100.34%-133-4.45%2,983
Randall 24,97161.60%9,11922.50%6,34015.64%1070.26%15,85239.10%40,537
Reagan 65152.08%33726.96%25920.72%30.24%31425.12%1,250
Real 78747.99%46328.23%38623.54%40.24%32419.76%1,640
Red River 1,73530.68%2,68647.50%1,22821.72%60.11%-951-16.82%5,655
Reeves 1,24427.30%2,56956.37%73416.11%100.22%-1,325-29.07%4,557
Refugio 1,46939.36%1,53141.02%71619.19%160.43%-62-1.66%3,732
Roberts 39163.37%12620.42%9916.05%10.16%26542.95%617
Robertson 1,70730.46%2,92752.23%96317.18%70.12%-1,220-21.77%5,604
Rockwall 6,42748.44%2,39718.06%4,39333.11%520.39%2,034 [lower-alpha 1] 15.33%13,269
Runnels 1,65338.09%1,40132.28%1,27929.47%70.16%2525.81%4,340
Rusk 7,56045.61%5,39132.53%3,57521.57%480.29%2,16913.08%16,574
Sabine 1,49031.85%2,28848.91%89419.11%60.13%-798-17.06%4,678
San Augustine 1,24334.06%1,73747.60%66718.28%20.05%-494-13.54%3,649
San Jacinto 2,49435.57%2,84640.59%1,65323.58%180.26%-352-5.02%7,011
San Patricio 7,45639.48%8,20243.43%3,17816.83%510.27%-746-3.95%18,887
San Saba 72334.38%71634.05%66031.38%40.19%70.33%2,103
Schleicher 45236.72%42034.12%35528.84%40.32%322.60%1,231
Scurry 2,67043.62%1,60926.29%1,82629.83%160.26%844 [lower-alpha 1] 13.79%6,121
Shackelford 62340.64%48431.57%42227.53%40.26%1399.07%1,533
Shelby 3,21736.96%3,98645.79%1,48717.08%150.17%-769-8.83%8,705
Sherman 85162.16%26119.07%25618.70%10.07%59043.09%1,369
Smith 27,75347.03%17,51429.68%13,56923.00%1700.29%10,23917.35%59,006
Somervell 87233.96%78230.45%90335.16%110.43%-31 [lower-alpha 1] -1.20%2,568
Starr 1,20913.05%7,66882.80%3453.73%390.42%-6,459-69.75%9,261
Stephens 1,57341.88%1,11529.69%1,06228.27%60.16%45812.19%3,756
Sterling 32250.79%12720.03%18228.71%30.47%140 [lower-alpha 1] 22.08%634
Stonewall 24221.51%56149.87%32228.62%00.00%239 [lower-alpha 2] 21.25%1,125
Sutton 68742.99%52432.79%38724.22%00.00%16310.20%1,598
Swisher 98933.54%1,41347.91%54118.35%60.20%-424-14.37%2,949
Tarrant 183,38738.90%156,23033.14%129,99827.58%1,7810.38%27,1575.76%471,396
Taylor 22,61449.75%12,38227.24%10,33122.73%1270.28%10,23222.51%45,454
Terrell 17627.89%32551.51%12820.29%20.32%-149-23.62%631
Terry 2,30952.54%1,46133.24%61914.08%60.14%84819.30%4,395
Throckmorton 38938.21%40139.39%22822.40%00.00%-12-1.18%1,018
Titus 3,02434.32%3,62541.15%2,14624.36%150.17%-601-6.83%8,810
Tom Green 14,98940.80%11,43731.13%10,24427.88%690.19%3,5529.67%36,739
Travis 88,10531.89%130,54647.26%56,15820.33%1,4260.52%-42,441-15.37%276,235
Trinity 1,98833.64%2,78447.11%1,13319.17%40.07%-796-13.47%5,909
Tyler 2,35732.02%3,46547.08%1,52920.77%90.12%-1,108-15.06%7,360
Upshur 4,51136.95%4,77639.12%2,89623.72%250.20%-265-2.17%12,208
Upton 90851.71%48927.85%31317.82%462.62%41923.86%1,756
Uvalde 3,63542.55%3,48240.76%1,38716.24%390.46%1531.79%8,543
Val Verde 4,10237.30%4,74843.18%2,09319.03%530.48%-646-5.88%10,996
Van Zandt 5,81035.44%5,31032.39%5,23931.95%370.23%5003.05%16,396
Victoria 13,08650.26%7,60429.20%5,13619.73%2110.81%5,48221.06%26,037
Walker 6,66241.84%5,61935.29%3,61922.73%240.15%1,0436.55%15,924
Waller 3,06533.84%4,27047.14%1,69218.68%310.34%-1,205-13.30%9,058
Ward 1,76940.00%1,69538.33%94821.44%100.23%741.67%4,422
Washington 5,81753.60%3,28330.25%1,73816.01%150.14%2,53423.35%10,853
Webb 7,78931.32%14,50958.35%2,51710.12%510.21%-6,720-27.03%24,866
Wharton 5,50343.00%4,64336.28%2,62420.50%270.21%8606.72%12,797
Wheeler 1,45852.69%93833.90%36713.26%40.14%52018.79%2,767
Wichita 17,95638.53%17,02136.52%11,47824.63%1530.33%9352.01%46,608
Wilbarger 1,95936.69%1,92436.03%1,45327.21%40.07%350.66%5,340
Willacy 1,49027.04%3,35960.96%65211.83%90.16%-1,869-33.92%5,510
Williamson 26,20842.79%19,43731.73%15,41525.17%1940.32%6,77111.06%61,254
Wilson 3,76639.13%3,71138.56%2,10521.87%430.45%550.57%9,625
Winkler 1,17343.41%94234.86%58221.54%50.19%2318.55%2,702
Wise 4,55533.57%4,47833.00%4,48533.06%500.37%70 [lower-alpha 1] 0.51%13,568
Wood 4,70838.22%4,08433.15%3,49428.36%320.26%6245.07%12,318
Yoakum 1,48657.71%59523.11%48418.80%100.39%89134.60%2,575
Young 2,89437.71%2,46432.10%2,30229.99%150.20%4305.61%7,675
Zapata 86626.65%2,05263.16%32610.03%50.15%-1,186-36.51%3,249
Zavala 57114.76%3,05879.06%2376.13%20.05%-2,487-64.30%3,868
Totals2,496,07140.56%2,281,81537.08%1,354,78122.01%21,3510.35%214,2563.48%6,154,018

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 In this county where Perot ran ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 In this county where Perot ran ahead of Bush, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote.

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