| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 2,108 | 7,824 | 10,012 | |
| 2020 | R | 2,420 | 7,472 | 9,975 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,987 | 6,325 | 8,513 | |
| 2012 | R | 2,029 | 6,026 | 8,117 | |
| 2008 | R | 2,508 | 5,795 | 8,353 | |
| 2004 | R | 2,161 | 5,488 | 7,690 | |
| 2000 | R | 2,229 | 4,913 | 7,249 | |
| 1996 | R | 2,795 | 3,381 | 6,775 | |
| 1992 | R | 2,442 | 3,286 | 7,162 | |
| 1988 | R | 2,847 | 3,723 | 6,600 | |
| 1984 | R | 2,428 | 4,528 | 6,971 | |
| 1980 | R | 2,377 | 3,520 | 5,991 | |
| 1976 | D | 3,028 | 2,991 | 6,075 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,502 | 3,495 | 5,017 | |
| 1968 | R | 1,976 | 2,296 | 5,438 | |
| 1964 | D | 3,650 | 1,918 | 5,574 | |
| 1960 | D | 2,299 | 1,909 | 4,247 | |
| 1956 | R | 1,648 | 2,691 | 4,367 | |
| 1952 | R | 2,043 | 3,237 | 5,290 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,316 | 900 | 3,155 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,517 | 638 | 3,098 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,674 | 1,166 | 2,844 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,435 | 372 | 1,815 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,715 | 331 | 3,069 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,787 | 891 | 2,682 | |
| 1924 | D | 2,105 | 681 | 3,162 | |
| 1920 | D | 765 | 477 | 2,475 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,041 | 358 | 1,481 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,204 | 106 | 1,518 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Colorado County has backed Republican presidential nominees by wide margins for decades, with 2024's R+57.2 result typical of rural Texas counties where agriculture and small-town demographics dominate the electorate.
The Democratic margin in Colorado County peaked at seventy-eight points in 1932. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Colorado County's median household income of $66,377 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howard County and Fayette County.