2012 United States presidential election in Texas

2012 United States presidential election in Texas
Turnout	58.6% (of registered voters) ; 43.7% (of voting age population)
Romney 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%	Obama 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose 38 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

As one of the largest Republican strongholds in the country, Romney won the Lone Star State with 57.17%, over Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.78%. As in past elections, Obama and the Democrats dominated the Rio Grande Valley, winning upwards of 70% or 80% of the vote in most of these counties, with his best performance in Starr County at 86.34% to Romney's 13.02%, a 73.32% margin. Furthermore, he won the major urban centers of Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, but Republicans were able to overwhelm the urban vote by sweeping the vast rural areas and suburbs of Texas by large margins. Romney also came extremely close to carrying Harris County, home to Houston, which Obama carried by only 0.08%, or 971 votes.^[2] In the process, Romney beat George W. Bush's 2004 record of the most votes for a presidential candidate in Texas, a record later surpassed in 2016 by Donald Trump and in 2020 by both Trump and Joe Biden. By receiving 95.86% of the vote in King County,^[3] Romney also recorded the highest proportion of any county's vote cast for one candidate since Barry Goldwater received between 95.92 and 96.59% of the vote in seven Mississippi counties^[a] in Mississippi in 1964 – although this occurred when African-American majorities in these counties had been almost totally disenfranchised for seven-and-a-half decades.

Texas's 38 electoral votes were Romney's largest electoral prize in the election. The state solidified its Republican identity in the Reagan Era and had not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. The oil industry is the driving factor of the state's economy, with numerous oil companies such as ExxonMobil being based in the state,^[4] and consequently the state has rejected the Democratic Party which has increasingly embraced environmentalist policies. In addition, moderate Republicans' popularity among suburban Texans boosted their support. However, although Romney improved on John McCain's 2008 performance, this election solidified the Texan urban areas' move away from the GOP. Dallas and Harris Counties, home to Dallas and Houston, respectively, both of which flipped in 2008, remained blue this year, setting the stage for suburban areas beginning to slip from the Republican Party.

As a result, this is the last time a Republican won Texas by a double-digit margin of victory. Following this election and the loss of the Republican Party's former hold on the vast suburbs of Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, and Houston, it would become a Republican-leaning state,^[5] voting for Donald Trump by only 8.99% in 2016^[6] and 5.58% in 2020.^[7]

As of 2020, this is the last election in which Fort Bend County voted for the Republican nominee and the last time Jefferson County voted for the Democratic nominee. This election is also the last time Texas voted to the right of Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Montana.

Democratic primary[]

The 2012 Texas Democratic Primary was held on May 29, 2012. Incumbent Barack Obama, who was running for the nomination without any major opposition, won the primary with 88.18% of the vote, and was awarded all of Texas' 287 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

2012 Texas Democratic presidential primary^[8]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Barack Obama	520,410	88.18%	287
John Wolfe Jr.	29,879	5.06%	0
Darcy Richardson	25,430	4.31%	0
Bob Ely	14,445	2.45%	0
Total:	590,164	100.0%	287

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

Republican primary[]

Members of Texas' delegation at the 2012 Republican National Convention

The Republican primary was held May 29, 2012.^[9]^[10]

152 delegates were chosen, for a total of 155 delegates to go to the national convention.

The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, March 6.^[11] Due to litigation over the state's redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, it was rescheduled for April 3.^[12]^[13] That date also became uncertain and the primary was expected to be held, at the earliest, in late May 2012, with both May 22^[11] and May 29^[14] being proposed. U.S. District Court judge Xavier Rodriguez, one of the three judges overseeing the litigation, had suggested a June 26 date for the election.^[11] Finally, on March 1, 2012, the court issued an order setting the date of the primary to May 29, 2012.^[9]

2012 Texas Republican presidential primary^[15]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	1,001,387	69%	105
Ron Paul	174,207	12.02%	18
Rick Santorum	115,584	7.97%	12
Newt Gingrich	68,247	4.71%	7
Uncommited	60,659	4.18%	6
Michele Bachmann	12,097	0.83%	1
Jon Huntsman	8,695	0.60%	1
Buddy Roemer	4,714	0.33%	0
L. John Davis Jr.	3,887	0.27%	0
Unpledged delegates:			4
Superdelegates:			3
Total:	1,449,477	100.0%	155

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

General election[]

Candidate ballot access:

Barack Hussein Obama / Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Democratic
Willard Mitt Romney / Paul Davis Ryan, Republican
Gary Earl Johnson / James Polin Gray, Libertarian
Jill Ellen Stein / Cheri Lynn Honkala, Green

Write-in candidate access:

Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. / Jim N. Clymer, Constitution
Ross Carl Anderson / Luis Javier Rodriguez, Justice
Andre Nigel Barnett / Ken Cross, Reform

Results[]

2012 United States presidential election in Texas ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	4,569,843	57.17%	38
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	3,308,124	41.38%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	88,580	1.11%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	24,657	0.31%	0
	Constitution (Write-in)	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	1,287	0.02%	0
	Justice (Write-in)	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	426	0.01%	0
	America's Party (Write-in)	Thomas Hoefling	Jonathan D. Ellis	374	0.00%	0
	Other Write-ins			311	0.00%	0
	Socialist (Write-in)	Stewart Alexander	Alex Mendoza	162	0.00%	0
	Reform (Write-in)	Andre Barnett	Kenneth Cross	87	0.00%	0
Totals				7,993,851	100.00%	38
Voter turnout (Voting age population)						43.73%

By county[]

County	Romney %	Romney #	Obama %	Obama #	Others %	Others #	Total
Anderson	75.64%	12,262	23.52%	3,813	0.85%	137	16,212
Andrews	81.19%	3,639	17.74%	795	1.07%	48	4,482
Angelina	71.47%	20,303	27.58%	7,834	0.95%	269	28,406
Aransas	70.79%	6,830	28.03%	2,704	1.18%	114	9,648
Archer	86.46%	3,600	12.61%	525	0.94%	39	4,164
Armstrong	88.56%	828	10.48%	98	0.96%	9	935
Atascosa	58.65%	7,461	40.35%	5,133	1.00%	127	12,721
Austin	79.53%	9,265	19.33%	2,252	1.13%	132	11,649
Bailey	73.73%	1,339	25.66%	466	0.61%	11	1,816
Bandera	78.60%	7,426	19.73%	1,864	1.67%	158	9,448
Bastrop	57.32%	14,033	40.29%	9,864	2.39%	584	24,481
Baylor	81.47%	1,297	16.77%	267	1.76%	28	1,592
Bee	55.29%	4,356	43.81%	3,452	0.90%	71	7,879
Bell	57.51%	49,574	41.19%	35,512	1.30%	1,120	86,206
Bexar	47.04%	241,617	51.56%	264,856	1.40%	7,208	513,681
Blanco	73.16%	3,638	24.53%	1,220	2.31%	115	4,973
Borden	89.26%	324	8.82%	32	1.93%	7	363
Bosque	80.00%	5,885	18.58%	1,367	1.41%	104	7,356
Bowie	70.24%	24,869	28.80%	10,196	0.96%	339	35,404
Brazoria	66.39%	70,862	32.25%	34,421	1.36%	1,456	106,739
Brazos	66.49%	37,209	31.23%	17,477	2.28%	1,276	55,962
Brewster	51.10%	1,976	45.64%	1,765	3.26%	126	3,867
Briscoe	82.34%	578	16.67%	117	1.00%	7	702
Brooks	21.10%	507	78.49%	1,886	0.42%	10	2,403
Brown	85.29%	11,895	13.65%	1,904	1.06%	148	13,947
Burleson	72.35%	4,671	26.41%	1,705	1.24%	80	6,456
Burnet	76.46%	12,843	21.87%	3,674	1.66%	279	16,796
Caldwell	54.40%	6,021	43.29%	4,791	2.31%	256	11,068
Calhoun	62.33%	4,144	36.25%	2,410	1.41%	94	6,648
Callahan	84.24%	4,378	14.45%	751	1.31%	68	5,197
Cameron	33.94%	26,099	64.99%	49,975	1.07%	821	76,895
Camp	66.46%	2,881	32.94%	1,428	0.60%	26	4,335
Carson	88.23%	2,451	10.51%	292	1.26%	35	2,778
Cass	74.34%	8,763	24.80%	2,924	0.86%	101	11,788
Castro	69.37%	1,470	29.73%	630	0.90%	19	2,119
Chambers	79.99%	11,787	18.93%	2,790	1.07%	158	14,735
Cherokee	75.00%	12,094	24.03%	3,875	0.97%	157	16,126
Childress	83.42%	1,665	16.03%	320	0.55%	11	1,996
Clay	84.36%	4,266	14.63%	740	1.01%	51	5,057
Cochran	70.77%	649	27.92%	256	1.31%	12	917
Coke	86.51%	1,218	12.71%	179	0.78%	11	1,408
Coleman	86.25%	3,012	12.66%	442	1.09%	38	3,492
Collin	65.02%	196,888	33.49%	101,415	1.49%	4,518	302,821
Collingsworth	83.65%	962	15.39%	177	0.96%	11	1,150
Colorado	74.24%	6,026	25.00%	2,029	0.76%	62	8,117
Comal	76.30%	39,318	22.22%	11,450	1.48%	761	51,529
Comanche	80.39%	3,944	18.14%	890	1.47%	72	4,906
Concho	79.22%	793	19.38%	194	1.40%	14	1,001
Cooke	83.28%	11,951	15.65%	2,246	1.07%	154	14,351
Coryell	67.57%	11,220	31.06%	5,158	1.36%	226	16,604
Cottle	74.90%	555	24.29%	180	0.81%	6	741
Crane	76.77%	985	21.43%	275	1.79%	23	1,283
Crockett	65.68%	957	32.94%	480	1.37%	20	1,457
Crosby	63.35%	1,132	35.76%	639	0.90%	16	1,787
Culberson	33.56%	295	64.62%	568	1.82%	16	879
Dallam	81.36%	1,248	16.49%	253	2.15%	33	1,534
Dallas	41.66%	295,813	57.11%	405,571	1.23%	8,733	710,117
Dawson	71.14%	2,591	27.98%	1,019	0.88%	32	3,642
Deaf Smith	70.60%	3,042	28.75%	1,239	0.65%	28	4,309
Delta	75.52%	1,524	22.50%	454	1.98%	40	2,018
Denton	64.91%	157,579	33.35%	80,978	1.74%	4,224	242,781
DeWitt	77.16%	5,122	22.10%	1,467	0.74%	49	6,638
Dickens	77.82%	793	21.20%	216	0.98%	10	1,019
Dimmit	26.12%	762	73.40%	2,141	0.48%	14	2,917
Donley	83.84%	1,287	14.72%	226	1.43%	22	1,535
Duval	22.56%	980	76.68%	3,331	0.76%	33	4,344
Eastland	83.82%	5,444	14.93%	970	1.25%	81	6,495
Ector	73.85%	24,010	24.97%	8,118	1.18%	385	32,513
Edwards	72.62%	642	26.24%	232	1.13%	10	884
Ellis	73.08%	39,574	25.63%	13,881	1.29%	696	54,151
El Paso	33.15%	57,150	65.51%	112,952	1.34%	2,310	172,412
Erath	82.81%	10,329	15.75%	1,965	1.44%	179	12,473
Falls	61.76%	3,356	37.41%	2,033	0.83%	45	5,434
Fannin	75.54%	8,161	23.01%	2,486	1.45%	157	10,804
Fayette	76.83%	8,106	21.94%	2,315	1.23%	130	10,551
Fisher	67.16%	1,094	31.43%	512	1.41%	23	1,629
Floyd	73.05%	1,523	26.43%	551	0.53%	11	2,085
Foard	70.30%	348	28.28%	140	1.41%	7	495
Fort Bend	52.91%	116,126	46.08%	101,144	1.01%	2,219	219,489
Franklin	80.95%	3,446	17.64%	751	1.41%	60	4,257
Freestone	74.58%	5,646	24.44%	1,850	0.98%	74	7,570
Frio	39.29%	1,559	59.88%	2,376	0.83%	33	3,968
Gaines	85.69%	3,484	13.16%	535	1.16%	47	4,066
Galveston	62.74%	69,059	35.89%	39,511	1.37%	1,508	110,078
Garza	80.96%	1,263	17.88%	279	1.15%	18	1,560
Gillespie	82.12%	10,306	16.37%	2,055	1.51%	189	12,550
Glasscock	91.00%	526	7.61%	44	1.38%	8	578
Goliad	66.34%	2,294	32.59%	1,127	1.07%	37	3,458
Gonzales	69.61%	4,216	29.34%	1,777	1.06%	64	6,057
Gray	87.20%	6,443	11.99%	886	0.81%	60	7,389
Grayson	73.20%	30,936	25.25%	10,670	1.56%	658	42,264
Gregg	69.25%	28,742	29.87%	12,398	0.88%	367	41,507
Grimes	71.40%	6,141	27.19%	2,339	1.41%	121	8,601
Guadalupe	66.88%	33,117	31.80%	15,744	1.32%	653	49,514
Hale	73.30%	6,490	25.33%	2,243	1.37%	121	8,854
Hall	75.02%	832	23.90%	265	1.08%	12	1,109
Hamilton	82.15%	2,918	16.64%	591	1.21%	43	3,552
Hansford	91.13%	1,788	8.10%	159	0.76%	15	1,962
Hardeman	78.66%	1,176	20.20%	302	1.14%	17	1,495
Hardin	83.33%	17,746	15.77%	3,359	0.90%	192	21,297
Harris	49.31%	586,073	49.39%	587,044	1.30%	15,468	1,188,585
Harrison	66.92%	17,512	32.31%	8,456	0.77%	202	26,170
Hartley	89.28%	1,708	9.62%	184	1.10%	21	1,913
Haskell	70.74%	1,424	27.47%	553	1.79%	36	2,013
Hays	53.65%	31,661	43.27%	25,537	3.07%	1,813	59,011
Hemphill	86.02%	1,298	12.72%	192	1.26%	19	1,509
Henderson	76.85%	21,231	22.10%	6,106	1.05%	290	27,627
Hidalgo	28.65%	39,865	70.40%	97,969	0.95%	1,325	139,159
Hill	75.82%	9,132	22.85%	2,752	1.34%	161	12,045
Hockley	77.74%	5,546	20.83%	1,486	1.43%	102	7,134
Hood	81.69%	18,409	17.05%	3,843	1.26%	283	22,535
Hopkins	77.13%	9,836	21.78%	2,777	1.10%	140	12,753
Houston	71.59%	5,880	27.57%	2,265	0.84%	69	8,214
Howard	74.22%	6,453	24.27%	2,110	1.52%	132	8,695
Hudspeth	54.58%	471	43.92%	379	1.51%	13	863
Hunt	74.91%	21,011	23.78%	6,671	1.31%	367	28,049
Hutchinson	85.82%	6,804	13.18%	1,045	1.00%	79	7,928
Irion	84.77%	668	14.21%	112	1.02%	8	788
Jack	88.72%	2,580	10.42%	303	0.86%	25	2,908
Jackson	77.73%	3,906	21.29%	1,070	0.98%	49	5,025
Jasper	73.66%	9,957	25.32%	3,423	1.01%	137	13,517
Jeff Davis	60.32%	719	36.91%	440	2.77%	33	1,192
Jefferson	48.79%	43,242	50.40%	44,668	0.81%	717	88,627
Jim Hogg	21.36%	356	78.04%	1,301	0.60%	10	1,667
Jim Wells	41.18%	4,598	58.14%	6,492	0.68%	76	11,166
Johnson	77.11%	37,661	21.49%	10,496	1.39%	681	48,838
Jones	76.56%	4,262	22.02%	1,226	1.42%	79	5,567
Karnes	67.50%	2,825	31.66%	1,325	0.84%	35	4,185
Kaufman	71.66%	24,846	27.32%	9,472	1.02%	352	34,670
Kendall	81.58%	14,508	17.11%	3,043	1.30%	232	17,783
Kenedy	50.30%	84	49.10%	82	0.60%	1	167
Kent	82.72%	335	16.30%	66	0.99%	4	405
Kerr	78.95%	17,274	19.83%	4,338	1.22%	267	21,879
Kimble	88.11%	1,667	11.47%	217	0.42%	8	1,892
King	95.86%	139	3.45%	5	0.69%	1	145
Kinney	61.75%	880	36.63%	522	1.61%	23	1,425
Kleberg	45.56%	4,058	53.37%	4,754	1.07%	95	8,907
Knox	76.82%	1,160	21.99%	332	1.19%	18	1,510
Lamar	74.58%	12,826	24.31%	4,181	1.10%	190	17,197
Lamb	74.75%	3,058	24.40%	998	0.86%	35	4,091
Lampasas	78.03%	5,621	20.53%	1,479	1.44%	104	7,204
LaSalle	40.64%	669	58.63%	965	0.73%	12	1,646
Lavaca	81.94%	6,796	17.22%	1,428	0.84%	70	8,294
Lee	72.45%	4,507	26.23%	1,632	1.32%	82	6,221
Leon	83.71%	5,814	15.29%	1,062	0.99%	69	6,945
Liberty	76.16%	17,323	22.87%	5,202	0.97%	221	22,746
Limestone	69.92%	5,288	29.19%	2,208	0.89%	67	7,563
Lipscomb	89.38%	1,044	10.19%	119	0.43%	5	1,168
Live Oak	76.68%	3,154	22.34%	919	0.97%	40	4,113
Llano	79.62%	7,610	19.06%	1,822	1.32%	126	9,558
Loving	84.38%	54	14.06%	9	1.56%	1	64
Lubbock	69.61%	63,469	28.81%	26,271	1.58%	1,444	91,184
Lynn	73.46%	1,439	25.83%	506	0.71%	14	1,959
Madison	75.17%	3,028	24.01%	967	0.82%	33	4,028
Marion	63.83%	2,733	34.91%	1,495	1.26%	54	4,282
Martin	84.24%	1,368	15.27%	248	0.49%	8	1,624
Mason	79.52%	1,565	19.31%	380	1.17%	23	1,968
Matagorda	66.27%	8,040	32.80%	3,980	0.93%	113	12,133
Maverick	20.55%	2,171	78.60%	8,303	0.84%	89	10,563
McCulloch	80.82%	2,419	17.94%	537	1.24%	37	2,993
Mclennan	64.26%	47,903	34.47%	25,694	1.27%	944	74,541
McMullen	85.69%	431	13.32%	67	0.99%	5	503
Medina	69.03%	11,079	29.81%	4,784	1.16%	186	16,049
Menard	78.33%	665	20.14%	171	1.53%	13	849
Midland	80.03%	35,689	18.58%	8,286	1.39%	622	44,597
Milam	66.60%	5,481	32.03%	2,636	1.37%	113	8,230
Mills	85.51%	1,882	12.68%	279	1.82%	40	2,201
Mitchell	75.82%	1,756	23.23%	538	0.95%	22	2,316
Montague	84.49%	6,549	14.40%	1,116	1.11%	86	7,751
Montgomery	79.70%	137,969	19.02%	32,920	1.28%	2,224	173,113
Moore	79.60%	3,968	19.34%	964	1.06%	53	4,985
Morris	62.89%	3,232	36.15%	1,858	0.95%	49	5,139
Motley	89.67%	538	9.17%	55	1.17%	7	600
Nacogdoches	67.42%	13,925	31.30%	6,465	1.27%	263	20,653
Navarro	70.60%	10,847	28.31%	4,350	1.09%	167	15,364
Newton	70.06%	4,112	28.57%	1,677	1.36%	80	5,869
Nolan	71.74%	3,282	26.58%	1,216	1.68%	77	4,575
Nueces	50.95%	48,966	47.63%	45,772	1.42%	1,366	96,104
Ochiltree	90.85%	2,719	8.45%	253	0.70%	21	2,993
Oldham	90.91%	790	8.17%	71	0.92%	8	869
Orange	76.56%	23,366	22.28%	6,800	1.15%	352	30,518
Palo Pinto	79.18%	7,393	19.40%	1,811	1.42%	133	9,337
Panola	77.71%	7,950	21.61%	2,211	0.67%	69	10,230
Parker	82.28%	39,243	16.47%	7,853	1.25%	598	47,694
Parmer	78.74%	2,011	20.71%	529	0.55%	14	2,554
Pecos	60.53%	2,512	38.34%	1,591	1.13%	47	4,150
Polk	73.54%	14,071	25.39%	4,859	1.07%	204	19,134
Potter	71.52%	18,918	26.94%	7,126	1.53%	406	26,450
Presidio	27.74%	504	70.56%	1,282	1.71%	31	1,817
Rains	80.23%	3,279	18.62%	761	1.15%	47	4,087
Randall	83.40%	41,447	15.24%	7,574	1.36%	675	49,696
Reagan	80.19%	676	18.74%	158	1.07%	9	843
Real	80.52%	1,236	18.05%	277	1.43%	22	1,535
Red River	69.94%	3,549	29.21%	1,482	0.85%	43	5,074
Reeves	41.29%	1,188	57.53%	1,655	1.18%	34	2,877
Refugio	62.12%	1,663	37.28%	998	0.60%	16	2,677
Roberts	92.13%	468	6.50%	33	1.38%	7	508
Robertson	60.64%	4,419	38.40%	2,798	0.96%	70	7,287
Rockwall	75.99%	27,113	22.76%	8,120	1.25%	445	35,678
Runnels	84.62%	3,104	14.15%	519	1.23%	45	3,668
Rusk	75.08%	13,924	24.00%	4,451	0.92%	171	18,546
Sabine	81.41%	3,727	17.63%	807	0.96%	44	4,578
San Augustine	66.91%	2,469	32.33%	1,193	0.76%	28	3,690
San Jacinto	73.91%	7,107	25.06%	2,410	1.03%	99	9,616
San Patricio	59.79%	12,005	39.13%	7,856	1.08%	217	20,078
San Saba	84.33%	1,905	14.30%	323	1.37%	31	2,259
Schleicher	77.38%	787	21.73%	221	0.88%	9	1,017
Scurry	82.04%	4,124	16.67%	838	1.29%	65	5,027
Shackelford	89.36%	1,218	9.61%	131	1.03%	14	1,363
Shelby	74.10%	6,879	25.01%	2,322	0.89%	83	9,284
Sherman	87.48%	908	11.66%	121	0.87%	9	1,038
Smith	72.02%	57,331	26.95%	21,456	1.02%	814	79,601
Somervell	81.15%	2,871	17.33%	613	1.53%	54	3,538
Starr	13.02%	1,547	86.34%	10,260	0.64%	76	11,883
Stephens	84.76%	2,892	13.92%	475	1.32%	45	3,412
Sterling	92.91%	459	6.28%	31	0.81%	4	494
Stonewall	75.11%	507	23.70%	160	1.19%	8	675
Sutton	74.55%	1,110	24.78%	369	0.67%	10	1,489
Swisher	72.91%	1,655	25.51%	579	1.59%	36	2,270
Tarrant	57.12%	348,920	41.43%	253,071	1.46%	8,899	610,890
Taylor	76.06%	32,904	22.54%	9,750	1.41%	609	43,263
Terrell	64.50%	358	33.15%	184	2.34%	13	555
Terry	70.15%	2,602	28.55%	1,059	1.29%	48	3,709
Throckmorton	86.10%	700	13.41%	109	0.49%	4	813
Titus	68.71%	6,084	29.91%	2,648	1.38%	122	8,854
Tom Green	73.20%	26,878	25.31%	9,294	1.49%	548	36,720
Travis	36.21%	140,152	60.14%	232,788	3.65%	14,117	387,057
Trinity	72.77%	4,537	25.89%	1,614	1.35%	84	6,235
Tyler	77.21%	5,910	21.79%	1,668	0.99%	76	7,654
Upshur	79.37%	12,015	19.63%	2,971	1.00%	152	15,138
Upton	73.31%	953	25.62%	333	1.08%	14	1,300
Uvalde	53.69%	4,529	45.35%	3,825	0.96%	81	8,435
Val Verde	46.64%	5,635	52.02%	6,285	1.33%	161	12,081
Van Zandt	82.69%	15,794	16.15%	3,084	1.16%	222	19,100
Victoria	68.25%	19,692	30.51%	8,802	1.24%	359	28,853
Walker	64.97%	12,140	33.46%	6,252	1.57%	293	18,685
Waller	58.13%	9,244	40.96%	6,514	0.91%	144	15,902
Ward	72.91%	2,366	25.92%	841	1.17%	38	3,245
Washington	75.41%	10,857	23.48%	3,381	1.10%	159	14,397
Webb	22.56%	11,078	76.56%	37,597	0.89%	435	49,110
Wharton	69.21%	9,750	30.06%	4,235	0.72%	102	14,087
Wheeler	88.25%	1,878	10.90%	232	0.85%	18	2,128
Wichita	72.68%	29,812	25.66%	10,525	1.66%	681	41,018
Wilbarger	74.27%	2,956	24.40%	971	1.33%	53	3,980
Willacy	27.96%	1,416	71.09%	3,600	0.95%	48	5,064
Williamson	59.41%	97,006	37.90%	61,875	2.69%	4,390	163,271
Wilson	71.01%	12,218	28.02%	4,821	0.96%	166	17,205
Winkler	76.00%	1,311	23.07%	398	0.93%	16	1,725
Wise	82.95%	17,207	15.53%	3,221	1.53%	317	20,745
Wood	81.63%	14,351	17.38%	3,056	0.99%	174	17,581
Yoakum	79.79%	1,698	19.22%	409	0.99%	21	2,128
Young	85.09%	6,225	13.56%	992	1.35%	99	7,316
Zapata	28.14%	997	71.32%	2,527	0.54%	19	3,543
Zavala	15.71%	574	83.27%	3,042	1.01%	37	3,653

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[]

Brewster (largest city: Alpine)
Kenedy (largest community: Sarita)

Notes[]

^ Counties where Goldwater exceeded Romney's King County proportion were Amite, Franklin, Grenada, Holmes, Leake, Noxubee and Yazoo.

References[]

^ "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)".
^ "Texas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
^ See Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2012 Presidential Election Statistics (and earlier years)
^ "Fortune 500 2011: States: Texas Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
^ Savicki, Drew (September 21, 2020). "The Road to 270: Texas". 270toWin. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ "Texas Election Results 2016". The New York Times. 2017-08-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
^ "Texas Election Results". The New York Times. 2020-11-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
^ "2012 Democratic Party Primary Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Fernandez, Manny (March 2, 2012). "Texas: Primary Election Set for May 29". New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
^ Perez, et al. v. Texas, no. 11-CV-360 (March 1, 2012 W.D. Texas), order, page 8
^ ^a ^b ^c Weber, Paul J. (February 15, 2012). "Unsettled Texas primary may slip into May or later". Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved February 22, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ "Judge in Texas redistricting case tells Republican state officials to plan for May 29 primary". Washington Post. Associated Press. February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
^ "2012 Republican Party Primary Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^ "2012 General Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 18, 2016.

External links[]

The Green Papers for Texas
The Green Papers major state elections in chronological order

[4] Counties where Goldwater exceeded Romney's King County proportion were Amite, Franklin, Grenada, Holmes, Leake, Noxubee and Yazoo.

[1] "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)".

[2] "Texas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[3] See Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2012 Presidential Election Statistics (and earlier years)

[5] "Fortune 500 2011: States: Texas Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[6] Savicki, Drew (September 21, 2020). "The Road to 270: Texas". 270toWin. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

[7] "Texas Election Results 2016". The New York Times. 2017-08-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[8] "Texas Election Results". The New York Times. 2020-11-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[9] "2012 Democratic Party Primary Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 17, 2016.

[NYT-2012-03-02-10] Fernandez, Manny (March 2, 2012). "Texas: Primary Election Set for May 29". New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2012.

[11] Perez, et al. v. Texas, no. 11-CV-360 (March 1, 2012 W.D. Texas), order, page 8

[AP-2012-02-15-12] Weber, Paul J. (February 15, 2012). "Unsettled Texas primary may slip into May or later". Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved February 22, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[14] "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[15] "Judge in Texas redistricting case tells Republican state officials to plan for May 29 primary". Washington Post. Associated Press. February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

[16] "2012 Republican Party Primary Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 17, 2016.

[17] "2012 General Election, Texas Secretary of State". Retrieved November 18, 2016.

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