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1876–2024
Gillespie County, Texas
Gillespie County·Texas

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

Hill Country stronghold where statewide margins rarely get tested

18762024·38 elections
Gillespie County, Texas · Travis K. Witt · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+61
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
27,524
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kerr County
TX · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 16,492 votes cast
Trump · R+61
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.9%
3,16013,20216,492
2020R
−58.9%
3,17612,51415,850
2016R
−61.7%
2,28810,44613,214
2012R
−65.7%
2,05510,30612,550
2008R
−56.6%
2,5769,56312,338
2004R
−62.3%
2,1049,29711,553
2000R
−66.4%
1,5118,0969,920
1996R
−51.7%
1,6555,8678,151
1992R
−37.2%
1,6004,7128,372
1988R
−55.7%
1,5885,6627,313
1984R
−65.5%
1,1375,4966,651
1980R
−59.3%
1,1704,7366,018
1976R
−46.7%
1,2603,5414,885
1972R
−72.8%
5263,4904,074
1968R
−54.1%
7252,9454,105
1964D
+14.4%
2,2641,6953,960
1960R
−53.4%
8162,6873,507
1956R
−85.4%
2403,0703,315
1952R
−84.8%
3003,6873,995
1948R
−62.9%
5932,7413,413
1944R
−73.2%
3332,9503,573
1940R
−73.6%
4873,2133,704
1936R
−16.1%
1,0161,4212,514
1932D
+59.7%
2,6426623,317
1928R
−10.4%
1,1741,4472,625
1924R
−15.4%
3527682,702
1920R
−53.8%
1371,2702,104
1916R
−56.2%
4051,4631,882
1912D
+5.5%
3072191,606
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
42.1%
Other Christian
19.3%
Mainline Protestant
14.0%
Baptist
4.6%
Methodist
3.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 16.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gillespie County's German-immigrant heritage shaped a conservative voting tradition that has deepened steadily over decades, with the 2024 presidential margin exceeding 60 points — among the widest in the Texas Hill Country.

The Republican margin in Gillespie County reached its widest at eighty-five points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was sixty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Gillespie County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,162, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 27,524 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 Kerr County and Blaine County.