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1876–2024
Bandera County, Texas
Bandera County·Texas

Bandera County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Texas's most Republican counties, deep in the Hill Country

18762024·38 elections
Bandera County, Texas · Larry D. Moore · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+62
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
22,021
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cherry County
NE · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 13,600 votes cast
Trump · R+62
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−61.8%
2,53210,93913,600
2020R
−59.3%
2,50510,05712,726
2016R
−63.0%
1,7268,16310,218
2012R
−58.9%
1,8647,4269,448
2008R
−50.4%
2,2506,9359,297
2004R
−59.4%
1,7386,9338,741
2000R
−57.6%
1,4265,6137,273
1996R
−40.8%
1,3833,7005,673
1992R
−30.3%
1,0592,6745,322
1988R
−45.9%
1,2513,4354,761
1984R
−60.5%
7713,1523,938
1980R
−44.0%
8942,3733,360
1976R
−13.4%
1,1831,5542,766
1972R
−60.3%
4341,7962,259
1968R
−17.1%
5358421,800
1964D
+7.0%
8767621,639
1960R
−27.2%
5399421,484
1956R
−52.5%
3361,0831,424
1952R
−58.0%
3581,3501,710
1948R
−11.0%
4455701,132
1944R
−8.1%
5326341,258
1940D
+34.1%
8814321,317
1936D
+24.7%
7204311,171
1932D
+42.0%
8833591,249
1928R
−49.3%
3179361,256
1924R
−1.8%
425442924
1920D
+10.1%
311249611
1916D
+49.1%
537168752
1912D
+32.0%
412158793
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
25.4%
Other Christian
15.5%
Non-Christian
7.6%
Baptist
6.5%
Methodist
5.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bandera County, a sparsely populated ranching and tourism hub west of San Antonio, has delivered presidential margins above R+60 in recent cycles, reflecting the heavily rural, Anglo demographic that dominates the Texas Hill Country.

The Republican margin in Bandera County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Bandera County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,813, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 22,021 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherry County and Sheridan County.