| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 778 | 3,178 | 3,987 | |
| 2020 | R | 877 | 3,085 | 3,995 | |
| 2016 | R | 973 | 2,620 | 3,708 | |
| 2012 | R | 1,127 | 2,294 | 3,458 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,329 | 2,298 | 3,655 | |
| 2004 | R | 1,219 | 2,267 | 3,501 | |
| 2000 | R | 1,233 | 2,108 | 3,392 | |
| 1996 | R | 1,135 | 1,335 | 2,635 | |
| 1992 | R | 1,069 | 1,236 | 2,831 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,358 | 1,427 | 2,792 | |
| 1984 | R | 836 | 1,540 | 2,377 | |
| 1980 | R | 1,081 | 1,170 | 2,287 | |
| 1976 | D | 875 | 846 | 1,731 | |
| 1972 | R | 464 | 1,018 | 1,484 | |
| 1968 | R | 690 | 707 | 1,553 | |
| 1964 | D | 990 | 549 | 1,541 | |
| 1960 | R | 711 | 741 | 1,455 | |
| 1956 | R | 338 | 902 | 1,247 | |
| 1952 | R | 452 | 1,065 | 1,518 | |
| 1948 | D | 454 | 450 | 1,035 | |
| 1944 | D | 641 | 609 | 1,348 | |
| 1940 | D | 868 | 580 | 1,453 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,184 | 323 | 1,511 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,542 | 170 | 1,718 | |
| 1928 | R | 468 | 554 | 1,024 | |
| 1924 | D | 733 | 438 | 1,333 | |
| 1920 | R | 448 | 513 | 1,163 | |
| 1916 | D | 605 | 548 | 1,217 | |
| 1912 | D | 500 | 425 | 1,076 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Goliad County, one of Texas's oldest, sits along the San Antonio River in the Coastal Bend and has shifted from a historically Democratic ranching community to one of the state's most lopsided Republican presidential performers over the past 20 years.
The Democratic margin in Goliad County peaked at eighty points in 1932. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Goliad County's median household income of $59,359 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% 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 Matagorda County and Calhoun County.