| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 8,748 | 23,007 | 32,121 | |
| 2020 | R | 9,921 | 22,820 | 33,337 | |
| 2016 | R | 7,657 | 19,630 | 28,831 | |
| 2012 | R | 7,126 | 18,918 | 26,450 | |
| 2008 | R | 8,939 | 20,761 | 30,013 | |
| 2004 | R | 7,489 | 21,401 | 29,056 | |
| 2000 | R | 7,242 | 17,629 | 25,376 | |
| 1996 | R | 9,273 | 14,995 | 26,245 | |
| 1992 | R | 9,527 | 13,510 | 27,775 | |
| 1988 | R | 9,563 | 16,400 | 26,131 | |
| 1984 | R | 8,365 | 20,396 | 28,902 | |
| 1980 | R | 9,633 | 16,327 | 26,831 | |
| 1976 | R | 11,917 | 13,819 | 26,036 | |
| 1972 | R | 6,264 | 18,891 | 25,335 | |
| 1968 | R | 8,238 | 13,338 | 27,072 | |
| 1964 | D | 12,850 | 11,505 | 24,419 | |
| 1960 | R | 8,989 | 14,202 | 23,229 | |
| 1956 | R | 8,720 | 11,943 | 20,712 | |
| 1952 | R | 9,259 | 14,931 | 24,232 | |
| 1948 | D | 9,622 | 4,110 | 14,222 | |
| 1944 | D | 6,519 | 2,759 | 10,084 | |
| 1940 | D | 7,203 | 2,285 | 9,514 | |
| 1936 | D | 6,496 | 1,018 | 7,643 | |
| 1932 | D | 6,366 | 1,233 | 7,643 | |
| 1928 | R | 2,637 | 3,627 | 6,264 | |
| 1924 | D | 2,394 | 831 | 3,811 | |
| 1920 | D | 1,374 | 358 | 1,771 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,288 | 166 | 1,559 | |
| 1912 | D | 801 | 41 | 1,062 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Potter County, home to Amarillo, has delivered lopsided Republican margins for decades, with the 2024 presidential race landing at R+44.4 — a pattern driven by a predominantly white, working-class electorate in a trade and energy hub.
The Democratic margin in Potter County peaked at seventy-two points in 1916. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Potter County's median household income of $53,249 sits well below state and national norms, and 21% 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 Smith County and Jerome County.