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2012 presidential election in Texas

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Texas in 2012, 57.2% to 41.4%, a margin of 15.8 points and 1,261,719 votes.

Texas voted 19.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 228 of the 254 counties and Democrats in 26. The largest, Harris, cast 1,188,585 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.1 points. The closest was Kenedy, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mitt Romney won Republican 4,569,843 57.2%
Barack Obama Democratic 3,308,124 41.4%
All other candidates 115,884 1.4%
Total7,993,851

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 587,044 49.4% 586,073 49.3% 15,468 1,188,585 D+0.1
Dallas 405,571 57.1% 295,813 41.7% 8,733 710,117 D+15.5
Tarrant 253,071 41.4% 348,920 57.1% 8,899 610,890 R+15.7
Bexar 264,856 51.6% 241,617 47.0% 7,208 513,681 D+4.5
Travis 232,788 60.1% 140,152 36.2% 14,117 387,057 D+23.9
Collin 101,415 33.5% 196,888 65.0% 4,518 302,821 R+31.5
Denton 80,978 33.4% 157,579 64.9% 4,224 242,781 R+31.6
Fort Bend 101,144 46.1% 116,126 52.9% 2,219 219,489 R+6.8
Montgomery 32,920 19.0% 137,969 79.7% 2,224 173,113 R+60.7
El Paso 112,952 65.5% 57,150 33.1% 2,310 172,412 D+32.4
Williamson 61,875 37.9% 97,006 59.4% 4,390 163,271 R+21.5
Hidalgo 97,969 70.4% 39,865 28.6% 1,325 139,159 D+41.8
Galveston 39,511 35.9% 69,059 62.7% 1,508 110,078 R+26.8
Brazoria 34,421 32.2% 70,862 66.4% 1,456 106,739 R+34.1
Nueces 45,772 47.6% 48,966 51.0% 1,366 96,104 R+3.3
Lubbock 26,271 28.8% 63,469 69.6% 1,444 91,184 R+40.8
Jefferson 44,668 50.4% 43,242 48.8% 717 88,627 D+1.6
Bell 35,512 41.2% 49,574 57.5% 1,120 86,206 R+16.3
Smith 21,456 27.0% 57,331 72.0% 814 79,601 R+45.1
Cameron 49,975 65.0% 26,099 33.9% 821 76,895 D+31.1
McLennan 25,694 34.5% 47,903 64.3% 944 74,541 R+29.8
Hays 25,537 43.3% 31,661 53.7% 1,813 59,011 R+10.4
Brazos 17,477 31.2% 37,209 66.5% 1,276 55,962 R+35.3
Ellis 13,881 25.6% 39,574 73.1% 696 54,151 R+47.4
Comal 11,450 22.2% 39,318 76.3% 761 51,529 R+54.1
Randall 7,574 15.2% 41,447 83.4% 675 49,696 R+68.2
Guadalupe 15,744 31.8% 33,117 66.9% 653 49,514 R+35.1
Webb 37,597 76.6% 11,078 22.6% 435 49,110 D+54.0
Johnson 10,496 21.5% 37,661 77.1% 681 48,838 R+55.6
Parker 7,853 16.5% 39,243 82.3% 598 47,694 R+65.8
Midland 8,286 18.6% 35,689 80.0% 622 44,597 R+61.4
Taylor 9,750 22.5% 32,904 76.1% 609 43,263 R+53.5
Grayson 10,670 25.2% 30,936 73.2% 658 42,264 R+48.0
Gregg 12,398 29.9% 28,742 69.2% 367 41,507 R+39.4
Wichita 10,525 25.7% 29,812 72.7% 681 41,018 R+47.0
Tom Green 9,294 25.3% 26,878 73.2% 548 36,720 R+47.9
Rockwall 8,120 22.8% 27,113 76.0% 445 35,678 R+53.2
Bowie 10,196 28.8% 24,869 70.2% 339 35,404 R+41.4
Kaufman 9,472 27.3% 24,846 71.7% 352 34,670 R+44.3
Ector 8,118 25.0% 24,010 73.8% 385 32,513 R+48.9
Orange 6,800 22.3% 23,366 76.6% 352 30,518 R+54.3
Victoria 8,802 30.5% 19,692 68.2% 359 28,853 R+37.7
Angelina 7,834 27.6% 20,303 71.5% 269 28,406 R+43.9
Hunt 6,671 23.8% 21,011 74.9% 367 28,049 R+51.1
Henderson 6,106 22.1% 21,231 76.8% 290 27,627 R+54.7
Potter 7,126 26.9% 18,918 71.5% 406 26,450 R+44.6
Harrison 8,456 32.3% 17,512 66.9% 202 26,170 R+34.6
Bastrop 9,864 40.3% 14,033 57.3% 584 24,481 R+17.0
Liberty 5,202 22.9% 17,323 76.2% 221 22,746 R+53.3
Hood 3,843 17.1% 18,409 81.7% 283 22,535 R+64.6
Kerr 4,338 19.8% 17,274 79.0% 267 21,879 R+59.1
Hardin 3,359 15.8% 17,746 83.3% 192 21,297 R+67.6
Wise 3,221 15.5% 17,207 82.9% 317 20,745 R+67.4
Nacogdoches 6,465 31.3% 13,925 67.4% 263 20,653 R+36.1
San Patricio 7,856 39.1% 12,005 59.8% 217 20,078 R+20.7
Polk 4,859 25.4% 14,071 73.5% 204 19,134 R+48.1
Van Zandt 3,084 16.1% 15,794 82.7% 222 19,100 R+66.5
Walker 6,252 33.5% 12,140 65.0% 293 18,685 R+31.5
Rusk 4,451 24.0% 13,924 75.1% 171 18,546 R+51.1
Kendall 3,043 17.1% 14,508 81.6% 232 17,783 R+64.5
Wood 3,056 17.4% 14,351 81.6% 174 17,581 R+64.2
Wilson 4,821 28.0% 12,218 71.0% 166 17,205 R+43.0
Lamar 4,181 24.3% 12,826 74.6% 190 17,197 R+50.3
Burnet 3,674 21.9% 12,843 76.5% 279 16,796 R+54.6
Coryell 5,158 31.1% 11,220 67.6% 226 16,604 R+36.5
Anderson 3,813 23.5% 12,262 75.6% 137 16,212 R+52.1
Cherokee 3,875 24.0% 12,094 75.0% 157 16,126 R+51.0
Medina 4,784 29.8% 11,079 69.0% 186 16,049 R+39.2
Waller 6,514 41.0% 9,244 58.1% 144 15,902 R+17.2
Navarro 4,350 28.3% 10,847 70.6% 167 15,364 R+42.3
Upshur 2,971 19.6% 12,015 79.4% 152 15,138 R+59.7
Chambers 2,790 18.9% 11,787 80.0% 158 14,735 R+61.1
Washington 3,381 23.5% 10,857 75.4% 159 14,397 R+51.9
Cooke 2,246 15.7% 11,951 83.3% 154 14,351 R+67.6
Wharton 4,235 30.1% 9,750 69.2% 102 14,087 R+39.1
Brown 1,904 13.7% 11,895 85.3% 148 13,947 R+71.6
Jasper 3,423 25.3% 9,957 73.7% 137 13,517 R+48.3
Hopkins 2,777 21.8% 9,836 77.1% 140 12,753 R+55.4
Atascosa 5,133 40.4% 7,461 58.7% 127 12,721 R+18.3
Gillespie 2,055 16.4% 10,306 82.1% 189 12,550 R+65.7
Erath 1,965 15.8% 10,329 82.8% 179 12,473 R+67.1
Matagorda 3,980 32.8% 8,040 66.3% 113 12,133 R+33.5
Val Verde 6,285 52.0% 5,635 46.6% 161 12,081 D+5.4
Hill 2,752 22.8% 9,132 75.8% 161 12,045 R+53.0
Starr 10,260 86.3% 1,547 13.0% 76 11,883 D+73.3
Cass 2,924 24.8% 8,763 74.3% 101 11,788 R+49.5
Austin 2,252 19.3% 9,265 79.5% 132 11,649 R+60.2
Jim Wells 6,492 58.1% 4,598 41.2% 76 11,166 D+17.0
Caldwell 4,791 43.3% 6,021 54.4% 256 11,068 R+11.1
Fannin 2,486 23.0% 8,161 75.5% 157 10,804 R+52.5
Maverick 8,303 78.6% 2,171 20.6% 89 10,563 D+58.1
Fayette 2,315 21.9% 8,106 76.8% 130 10,551 R+54.9
Panola 2,211 21.6% 7,950 77.7% 69 10,230 R+56.1
Aransas 2,704 28.0% 6,830 70.8% 114 9,648 R+42.8
San Jacinto 2,410 25.1% 7,107 73.9% 99 9,616 R+48.8
Llano 1,822 19.1% 7,610 79.6% 126 9,558 R+60.6
Bandera 1,864 19.7% 7,426 78.6% 158 9,448 R+58.9
Palo Pinto 1,811 19.4% 7,393 79.2% 133 9,337 R+59.8
Shelby 2,322 25.0% 6,879 74.1% 83 9,284 R+49.1
Kleberg 4,754 53.4% 4,058 45.6% 95 8,907 D+7.8
Hale 2,243 25.3% 6,490 73.3% 121 8,854 R+48.0
Titus 2,648 29.9% 6,084 68.7% 122 8,854 R+38.8
Howard 2,110 24.3% 6,453 74.2% 132 8,695 R+49.9
Grimes 2,339 27.2% 6,141 71.4% 121 8,601 R+44.2
Uvalde 3,825 45.3% 4,529 53.7% 81 8,435 R+8.3
Lavaca 1,428 17.2% 6,796 81.9% 70 8,294 R+64.7
Milam 2,636 32.0% 5,481 66.6% 113 8,230 R+34.6
Houston 2,265 27.6% 5,880 71.6% 69 8,214 R+44.0
Colorado 2,029 25.0% 6,026 74.2% 62 8,117 R+49.2
Hutchinson 1,045 13.2% 6,804 85.8% 79 7,928 R+72.6
Bee 3,452 43.8% 4,356 55.3% 71 7,879 R+11.5
Montague 1,116 14.4% 6,549 84.5% 86 7,751 R+70.1
Tyler 1,668 21.8% 5,910 77.2% 76 7,654 R+55.4
Freestone 1,850 24.4% 5,646 74.6% 74 7,570 R+50.1
Limestone 2,208 29.2% 5,288 69.9% 67 7,563 R+40.7
Gray 886 12.0% 6,443 87.2% 60 7,389 R+75.2
Bosque 1,367 18.6% 5,885 80.0% 104 7,356 R+61.4
Young 992 13.6% 6,225 85.1% 99 7,316 R+71.5
Robertson 2,798 38.4% 4,419 60.6% 70 7,287 R+22.2
Lampasas 1,479 20.5% 5,621 78.0% 104 7,204 R+57.5
Hockley 1,486 20.8% 5,546 77.7% 102 7,134 R+56.9
Leon 1,062 15.3% 5,814 83.7% 69 6,945 R+68.4
Calhoun 2,410 36.3% 4,144 62.3% 94 6,648 R+26.1
Dewitt 1,467 22.1% 5,122 77.2% 49 6,638 R+55.1
Eastland 970 14.9% 5,444 83.8% 81 6,495 R+68.9
Burleson 1,705 26.4% 4,671 72.4% 80 6,456 R+45.9
Trinity 1,614 25.9% 4,537 72.8% 84 6,235 R+46.9
Lee 1,632 26.2% 4,507 72.4% 82 6,221 R+46.2
Gonzales 1,777 29.3% 4,216 69.6% 64 6,057 R+40.3
Newton 1,677 28.6% 4,112 70.1% 80 5,869 R+41.5
Jones 1,226 22.0% 4,262 76.6% 79 5,567 R+54.5
Falls 2,033 37.4% 3,356 61.8% 45 5,434 R+24.3
Callahan 751 14.5% 4,378 84.2% 68 5,197 R+69.8
Morris 1,858 36.2% 3,232 62.9% 49 5,139 R+26.7
Red River 1,482 29.2% 3,549 69.9% 43 5,074 R+40.7
Willacy 3,600 71.1% 1,416 28.0% 48 5,064 D+43.1
Clay 740 14.6% 4,266 84.4% 51 5,057 R+69.7
Scurry 838 16.7% 4,124 82.0% 65 5,027 R+65.4
Jackson 1,070 21.3% 3,906 77.7% 49 5,025 R+56.4
Moore 964 19.3% 3,968 79.6% 53 4,985 R+60.3
Blanco 1,220 24.5% 3,638 73.2% 115 4,973 R+48.6
Comanche 890 18.1% 3,944 80.4% 72 4,906 R+62.3
Sabine 807 17.6% 3,727 81.4% 44 4,578 R+63.8
Nolan 1,216 26.6% 3,282 71.7% 77 4,575 R+45.2
Andrews 795 17.7% 3,639 81.2% 48 4,482 R+63.5
Duval 3,331 76.7% 980 22.6% 33 4,344 D+54.1
Camp 1,428 32.9% 2,881 66.5% 26 4,335 R+33.5
Deaf Smith 1,239 28.8% 3,042 70.6% 28 4,309 R+41.8
Marion 1,495 34.9% 2,733 63.8% 54 4,282 R+28.9
Franklin 751 17.6% 3,446 80.9% 60 4,257 R+63.3
Karnes 1,325 31.7% 2,825 67.5% 35 4,185 R+35.8
Archer 525 12.6% 3,600 86.5% 39 4,164 R+73.8
Pecos 1,591 38.3% 2,512 60.5% 47 4,150 R+22.2
Live Oak 919 22.3% 3,154 76.7% 40 4,113 R+54.3
Lamb 998 24.4% 3,058 74.7% 35 4,091 R+50.4
Rains 761 18.6% 3,279 80.2% 47 4,087 R+61.6
Gaines 535 13.2% 3,484 85.7% 47 4,066 R+72.5
Madison 967 24.0% 3,028 75.2% 33 4,028 R+51.2
Wilbarger 971 24.4% 2,956 74.3% 53 3,980 R+49.9
Frio 2,376 59.9% 1,559 39.3% 33 3,968 D+20.6
Brewster 1,765 45.6% 1,976 51.1% 126 3,867 R+5.5
Terry 1,059 28.6% 2,602 70.2% 48 3,709 R+41.6
San Augustine 1,193 32.3% 2,469 66.9% 28 3,690 R+34.6
Runnels 519 14.1% 3,104 84.6% 45 3,668 R+70.5
Zavala 3,042 83.3% 574 15.7% 37 3,653 D+67.6
Dawson 1,019 28.0% 2,591 71.1% 32 3,642 R+43.2
Hamilton 591 16.6% 2,918 82.2% 43 3,552 R+65.5
Zapata 2,527 71.3% 997 28.1% 19 3,543 D+43.2
Somervell 613 17.3% 2,871 81.1% 54 3,538 R+63.8
Coleman 442 12.7% 3,012 86.3% 38 3,492 R+73.6
Goliad 1,127 32.6% 2,294 66.3% 37 3,458 R+33.7
Stephens 475 13.9% 2,892 84.8% 45 3,412 R+70.8
Ward 841 25.9% 2,366 72.9% 38 3,245 R+47.0
McCulloch 537 17.9% 2,419 80.8% 37 2,993 R+62.9
Ochiltree 253 8.5% 2,719 90.8% 21 2,993 R+82.4
Dimmit 2,141 73.4% 762 26.1% 14 2,917 D+47.3
Jack 303 10.4% 2,580 88.7% 25 2,908 R+78.3
Reeves 1,655 57.5% 1,188 41.3% 34 2,877 D+16.2
Carson 292 10.5% 2,451 88.2% 35 2,778 R+77.7
Refugio 998 37.3% 1,663 62.1% 16 2,677 R+24.8
Parmer 529 20.7% 2,011 78.7% 14 2,554 R+58.0
Brooks 1,886 78.5% 507 21.1% 10 2,403 D+57.4
Mitchell 538 23.2% 1,756 75.8% 22 2,316 R+52.6
Swisher 579 25.5% 1,655 72.9% 36 2,270 R+47.4
San Saba 323 14.3% 1,905 84.3% 31 2,259 R+70.0
Mills 279 12.7% 1,882 85.5% 40 2,201 R+72.8
Wheeler 232 10.9% 1,878 88.3% 18 2,128 R+77.3
Yoakum 409 19.2% 1,698 79.8% 21 2,128 R+60.6
Castro 630 29.7% 1,470 69.4% 19 2,119 R+39.6
Floyd 551 26.4% 1,523 73.0% 11 2,085 R+46.6
Delta 454 22.5% 1,524 75.5% 40 2,018 R+53.0
Haskell 553 27.5% 1,424 70.7% 36 2,013 R+43.3
Childress 320 16.0% 1,665 83.4% 11 1,996 R+67.4
Mason 380 19.3% 1,565 79.5% 23 1,968 R+60.2
Hansford 159 8.1% 1,788 91.1% 15 1,962 R+83.0
Lynn 506 25.8% 1,439 73.5% 14 1,959 R+47.6
Hartley 184 9.6% 1,708 89.3% 21 1,913 R+79.7
Kimble 217 11.5% 1,667 88.1% 8 1,892 R+76.6
Presidio 1,282 70.6% 504 27.7% 31 1,817 D+42.8
Bailey 466 25.7% 1,339 73.7% 11 1,816 R+48.1
Crosby 639 35.8% 1,132 63.3% 16 1,787 R+27.6
Winkler 398 23.1% 1,311 76.0% 16 1,725 R+52.9
Jim Hogg 1,301 78.0% 356 21.4% 10 1,667 D+56.7
La Salle 965 58.6% 669 40.6% 12 1,646 D+18.0
Fisher 512 31.4% 1,094 67.2% 23 1,629 R+35.7
Martin 248 15.3% 1,368 84.2% 8 1,624 R+69.0
Baylor 267 16.8% 1,297 81.5% 28 1,592 R+64.7
Garza 279 17.9% 1,263 81.0% 18 1,560 R+63.1
Donley 226 14.7% 1,287 83.8% 22 1,535 R+69.1
Real 277 18.0% 1,236 80.5% 22 1,535 R+62.5
Dallam 253 16.5% 1,248 81.4% 33 1,534 R+64.9
Knox 332 22.0% 1,160 76.8% 18 1,510 R+54.8
Hemphill 192 12.7% 1,298 86.0% 19 1,509 R+73.3
Hardeman 302 20.2% 1,176 78.7% 17 1,495 R+58.5
Sutton 369 24.8% 1,110 74.5% 10 1,489 R+49.8
Crockett 480 32.9% 957 65.7% 20 1,457 R+32.7
Kinney 522 36.6% 880 61.8% 23 1,425 R+25.1
Coke 179 12.7% 1,218 86.5% 11 1,408 R+73.8
Shackelford 131 9.6% 1,218 89.4% 14 1,363 R+79.8
Upton 333 25.6% 953 73.3% 14 1,300 R+47.7
Crane 275 21.4% 985 76.8% 23 1,283 R+55.3
Jeff Davis 440 36.9% 719 60.3% 33 1,192 R+23.4
Lipscomb 119 10.2% 1,044 89.4% 5 1,168 R+79.2
Collingsworth 177 15.4% 962 83.7% 11 1,150 R+68.3
Hall 265 23.9% 832 75.0% 12 1,109 R+51.1
Sherman 121 11.7% 908 87.5% 9 1,038 R+75.8
Dickens 216 21.2% 793 77.8% 10 1,019 R+56.6
Schleicher 221 21.7% 787 77.4% 9 1,017 R+55.7
Concho 194 19.4% 793 79.2% 14 1,001 R+59.8
Armstrong 98 10.5% 828 88.6% 9 935 R+78.1
Cochran 256 27.9% 649 70.8% 12 917 R+42.9
Edwards 232 26.2% 642 72.6% 10 884 R+46.4
Culberson 568 64.6% 295 33.6% 16 879 D+31.1
Oldham 71 8.2% 790 90.9% 8 869 R+82.7
Hudspeth 379 43.9% 471 54.6% 13 863 R+10.7
Menard 171 20.1% 665 78.3% 13 849 R+58.2
Reagan 158 18.7% 676 80.2% 9 843 R+61.4
Throckmorton 109 13.4% 700 86.1% 4 813 R+72.7
Irion 112 14.2% 668 84.8% 8 788 R+70.6
Cottle 180 24.3% 555 74.9% 6 741 R+50.6
Briscoe 117 16.7% 578 82.3% 7 702 R+65.7
Stonewall 160 23.7% 507 75.1% 8 675 R+51.4
Motley 55 9.2% 538 89.7% 7 600 R+80.5
Glasscock 44 7.6% 526 91.0% 8 578 R+83.4
Terrell 184 33.2% 358 64.5% 13 555 R+31.4
Roberts 33 6.5% 468 92.1% 7 508 R+85.6
McMullen 67 13.3% 431 85.7% 5 503 R+72.4
Foard 140 28.3% 348 70.3% 7 495 R+42.0
Sterling 31 6.3% 459 92.9% 4 494 R+86.6
Kent 66 16.3% 335 82.7% 4 405 R+66.4
Borden 32 8.8% 324 89.3% 7 363 R+80.4
Kenedy 82 49.1% 84 50.3% 1 167 R+1.2
King 5 3.4% 139 95.9% 1 145 R+92.4
Loving 9 14.1% 54 84.4% 1 64 R+70.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)