- Lead
- 1,270
- Total
- 3,439
- vs nation
- R+35.5
Town of Pecos, TX
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 859
- Total
- 3,691
- vs nation
- R+27.7
- Lead
- 242
- Total
- 3,184
- vs nation
- D+5.5
- Lead
- 467
- Total
- 2,877
- vs nation
- D+12.4
- Lead
- 161
- Total
- 3,077
- vs nation
- R+2.0
- Lead
- 177
- Total
- 3,395
- vs nation
- R+2.8
- Lead
- 599
- Total
- 3,176
- vs nation
- D+18.3
- Lead
- 1,272
- Total
- 3,546
- vs nation
- D+27.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 12,6642024 5-year
- Population density
- 4.8 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,635 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,2972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 11.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 85.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.5 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.9 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Raymondville, TX · twin score 87.9
presidential history
Party record book
Town of Pecos, 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. Roosevelt1936
91.6%
1,127 votes · D+83.5
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 89.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
68.0%
2,340 votes · R+36.9
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 61.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Michael Dukakis1988
2,812votes
61.7% of the vote · D+23.9
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 2,613 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
2,461votes
50.5% of the vote · R+1.3
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 2,427 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
James M. Cox1920
+92.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+66.5 · U.S. R+26.2
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +82.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+35.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.9 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +27.7 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,098 |
| 2018 | 7,089 |
| 2020 | 7,558 |
| 2022 | 7,486 |
| 2024 | 7,838 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−75 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −2,454 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +148 |
| 2012 | +50 |
| 2013 | +109 |
| 2014 | +429 |
| 2015 | +254 |
| 2016 | −533 |
| 2017 | −209 |
| 2018 | +206 |
| 2019 | +330 |
| 2021 | −1,602 |
| 2022 | −1,512 |
| 2023 | −11 |
| 2024 | −38 |
| 2025 | −75 |
Town of Pecos, TX sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 36.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 13.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.9 points.
A population of 12,664, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,297 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Raymondville, TX and Beeville, 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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