- Lead
- 12,478
- Total
- 18,351
- vs nation
- R+66.5
Stephenville, TX
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 10,768
- Total
- 16,877
- vs nation
- R+68.3
- Lead
- 9,050
- Total
- 13,893
- vs nation
- R+67.2
- Lead
- 8,364
- Total
- 12,473
- vs nation
- R+70.9
- Lead
- 7,640
- Total
- 14,019
- vs nation
- R+61.8
- Lead
- 6,796
- Total
- 12,281
- vs nation
- R+52.9
- Lead
- 5,322
- Total
- 11,115
- vs nation
- R+48.4
- Lead
- 1,086
- Total
- 9,598
- vs nation
- R+19.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,7942024 5-year
- Population density
- 40 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,083 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,1152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.0 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cornelia, GA · twin score 94.0
presidential history
Party record book
Stephenville, TX · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
91.5%
3,319 votes · D+83.6
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 89.9%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
83.6%
15,349 votes · R+68.0
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 82.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
4,821votes
61.9% of the vote · D+24.3
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 4,156 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
15,349votes
83.6% of the vote · R+68.0
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,684 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+100.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+75.6 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +82.9 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+70.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+67.1 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +68.3 pts
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 21,535 |
| 2018 | 22,534 |
| 2020 | 23,935 |
| 2022 | 24,860 |
| 2024 | 25,961 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−147 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +3,997 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +843 |
| 2012 | +273 |
| 2013 | +240 |
| 2014 | +404 |
| 2015 | +484 |
| 2016 | +61 |
| 2017 | +223 |
| 2018 | +377 |
| 2019 | +336 |
| 2021 | +642 |
| 2022 | +388 |
| 2023 | +329 |
| 2024 | −456 |
| 2025 | −147 |
Home to Tarleton State University, Stephenville sits at the edge of the Cross Timbers region and has voted Republican by double-digit margins in recent statewide cycles, with agriculture and livestock processing driving its local workforce.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 68.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 68.0 points.
A population of 43,794, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,115 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cornelia, GA and Borger, TX.
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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