| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 2,515 | 10,699 | 13,359 | |
| 2020 | R | 2,661 | 10,171 | 12,980 | |
| 2016 | R | 2,144 | 8,743 | 11,174 | |
| 2012 | R | 2,315 | 8,106 | 10,581 | |
| 2008 | R | 3,014 | 7,582 | 10,714 | |
| 2004 | R | 2,803 | 7,527 | 10,397 | |
| 2000 | R | 2,542 | 6,658 | 9,387 | |
| 1996 | R | 3,119 | 4,195 | 8,068 | |
| 1992 | R | 2,923 | 3,789 | 8,823 | |
| 1988 | R | 3,390 | 4,551 | 7,971 | |
| 1984 | R | 2,379 | 5,711 | 8,112 | |
| 1980 | R | 2,590 | 4,104 | 6,804 | |
| 1976 | D | 3,428 | 3,030 | 6,493 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,400 | 3,882 | 5,291 | |
| 1968 | R | 1,833 | 2,380 | 5,775 | |
| 1964 | D | 3,630 | 2,036 | 5,677 | |
| 1960 | D | 3,462 | 2,213 | 5,699 | |
| 1956 | R | 2,282 | 3,574 | 5,904 | |
| 1952 | R | 2,557 | 4,240 | 6,800 | |
| 1948 | D | 3,106 | 1,737 | 5,298 | |
| 1944 | D | 3,156 | 1,611 | 6,030 | |
| 1940 | D | 2,606 | 2,441 | 5,052 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,820 | 595 | 3,420 | |
| 1932 | D | 4,985 | 245 | 5,233 | |
| 1928 | D | 3,647 | 689 | 4,341 | |
| 1924 | D | 3,851 | 1,450 | 6,455 | |
| 1920 | R | 932 | 1,101 | 4,527 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,902 | 1,212 | 3,160 | |
| 1912 | D | 2,011 | 461 | 2,784 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
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| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
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| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Fayette County, anchored by the small city of La Grange, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting a rural, majority-white demographic profile typical of the post-Civil War German and Czech settlement belt of central Texas.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Fayette County, by a twenty-two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-one points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in Fayette County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $75,854, and a 9% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Colorado County and Mason County.