George W. Bush carried Texas R+22.9.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Texas, 2004. The state ran 20.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+2.5 nationally).

Nominees: John Kerry (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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Texas result

7,410,765 votes counted

Kerry (D)

2,832,704

38.2%

Bush (R)

4,526,917

61.1%

All others

51,144

0.7%

Margin

R+22.9

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2004 presidential election

Texas, 2004

BushR+22.9

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	61.1%	4,526,917
John KerryDemocratic	38.2%	2,832,704
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	51,144

D+60

R+60

254 counties, each filled by 2004 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 2004 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 2004

254 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−42.0%	4,678	11,525	16,301
Andrews County	R	−69.7%	677	3,837	4,536
Angelina County	R	−34.0%	9,302	18,932	28,364
Aransas County	R	−42.4%	2,640	6,569	9,268
Archer County	R	−60.2%	878	3,556	4,451
Armstrong County	R	−65.7%	170	830	1,004
Atascosa County	R	−26.5%	4,421	7,635	12,116
Austin County	R	−51.3%	2,582	8,072	10,702
Bailey County	R	−56.3%	525	1,882	2,412
Bandera County	R	−59.4%	1,738	6,933	8,741
Bastrop County	R	−14.9%	9,794	13,290	23,441
Baylor County	R	−42.8%	467	1,169	1,640
Bee County	R	−14.5%	4,045	5,428	9,518
Bell County	R	−31.3%	27,165	52,135	79,724
Bexar County	R	−10.5%	210,976	260,698	475,314
Blanco County	R	−43.8%	1,267	3,277	4,584
Borden County	R	−69.1%	55	303	359
Bosque County	R	−51.7%	1,815	5,737	7,586
Bowie County	R	−29.4%	11,880	21,791	33,760
Brazoria County	R	−37.3%	28,904	63,662	93,248
Brazos County	R	−39.5%	16,128	37,594	54,309
Brewster County	R	−6.7%	1,729	1,980	3,760
Briscoe County	R	−52.9%	191	620	811
Brooks County	D	+36.6%	1,823	845	2,674
Brown County	R	−64.0%	2,523	11,640	14,253
Burleson County	R	−31.7%	2,276	4,405	6,721
Burnet County	R	−46.4%	4,147	11,456	15,742
Caldwell County	R	−11.9%	5,052	6,436	11,587
Calhoun County	R	−25.8%	2,561	4,348	6,929
Callahan County	R	−61.4%	1,073	4,542	5,654
Cameron County	R	−1.2%	33,998	34,801	69,156
Camp County	R	−19.4%	1,778	2,638	4,439
Carson County	R	−66.7%	485	2,450	2,944
Cass County	R	−22.8%	4,630	7,383	12,049
Castro County	R	−47.9%	631	1,794	2,430
Chambers County	R	−48.6%	2,953	8,618	11,649
Cherokee County	R	−43.5%	4,439	11,329	15,839
Childress County	R	−52.1%	511	1,629	2,144
Clay County	R	−50.5%	1,299	3,971	5,288
Cochran County	R	−54.7%	249	856	1,110
Coke County	R	−66.6%	266	1,338	1,610
Coleman County	R	−59.0%	778	3,035	3,826
Collin County	R	−43.0%	68,935	174,435	245,154
Collingsworth County	R	−50.4%	346	1,051	1,398
Colorado County	R	−43.3%	2,161	5,488	7,690
Comal County	R	−54.6%	9,153	31,574	41,043
Comanche County	R	−45.2%	1,431	3,813	5,268
Concho County	R	−53.7%	270	911	1,193
Cooke County	R	−58.0%	3,142	11,908	15,107
Coryell County	R	−41.4%	5,122	12,421	17,625
Cottle County	R	−43.6%	214	549	768
Crane County	R	−67.3%	254	1,314	1,574
Crockett County	R	−44.8%	473	1,248	1,728
Crosby County	R	−45.1%	622	1,647	2,275
Culberson County	R	−4.1%	375	407	788
Dallam County	R	−65.5%	305	1,473	1,782
Dallas County	R	−1.4%	336,641	346,246	687,709
Dawson County	R	−50.7%	1,114	3,419	4,545
Deaf Smith County	R	−56.8%	1,133	4,139	5,291
Delta County	R	−39.4%	627	1,447	2,082
Denton County	R	−40.5%	59,346	140,891	201,410
DeWitt County	R	−51.8%	1,610	5,100	6,732
Dickens County	R	−53.6%	245	815	1,063
Dimmit County	D	+33.0%	2,365	1,188	3,566
Donley County	R	−60.5%	349	1,429	1,784
Duval County	D	+42.9%	2,916	1,160	4,091
Eastland County	R	−53.5%	1,582	5,249	6,857
Ector County	R	−52.1%	8,579	27,502	36,310
Edwards County	R	−54.8%	217	745	963
El Paso County	D	+12.9%	95,142	73,261	169,573
Ellis County	R	−49.4%	11,640	34,602	46,444
Erath County	R	−55.3%	2,710	9,506	12,281
Falls County	R	−17.4%	2,427	3,454	5,902
Fannin County	R	−32.5%	4,001	7,893	11,960
Fayette County	R	−45.4%	2,803	7,527	10,397
Fisher County	R	−21.0%	758	1,161	1,923
Floyd County	R	−57.5%	545	2,032	2,584
Foard County	R	−19.1%	235	347	587
Fort Bend County	R	−15.3%	68,722	93,625	163,169
Franklin County	R	−51.6%	1,011	3,185	4,217
Freestone County	R	−41.7%	2,070	5,057	7,161
Frio County	R	−1.5%	1,931	1,991	3,930
Gaines County	R	−70.4%	608	3,540	4,164
Galveston County	R	−16.4%	43,919	61,290	105,981
Garza County	R	−63.7%	326	1,480	1,812
Gillespie County	R	−62.3%	2,104	9,297	11,553
Glasscock County	R	−83.3%	44	488	533
Goliad County	R	−29.9%	1,219	2,267	3,501
Gonzales County	R	−42.9%	1,709	4,291	6,022
Gray County	R	−69.7%	1,289	7,260	8,572
Grayson County	R	−39.0%	13,452	30,777	44,423
Gregg County	R	−41.6%	12,306	29,939	42,398
Grimes County	R	−31.8%	2,713	5,263	8,030
Guadalupe County	R	−46.2%	10,290	28,208	38,752
Hale County	R	−58.6%	2,078	8,025	10,154
Hall County	R	−35.0%	413	860	1,277
Hamilton County	R	−53.9%	845	2,856	3,730
Hansford County	R	−77.5%	240	1,903	2,147
Hardeman County	R	−43.1%	480	1,214	1,702
Hardin County	R	−45.5%	5,608	15,030	20,710
Harris County	R	−10.2%	475,865	584,723	1,067,968
Harrison County	R	−26.0%	9,642	16,473	26,223
Hartley County	R	−69.0%	315	1,736	2,059
Haskell County	R	−27.8%	867	1,539	2,416
Hays County	R	−14.5%	20,110	27,021	47,823
Hemphill County	R	−68.4%	257	1,380	1,643
Henderson County	R	−40.6%	8,505	20,210	28,849
Hidalgo County	D	+10.1%	62,369	50,931	113,683
Hill County	R	−41.9%	3,751	9,225	13,053
Hockley County	R	−63.0%	1,385	6,160	7,577
Hood County	R	−53.6%	4,865	16,280	21,293
Hopkins County	R	−42.6%	3,443	8,582	12,062
Houston County	R	−33.2%	2,921	5,848	8,806
Howard County	R	−47.2%	2,663	7,480	10,201
Hudspeth County	R	−31.0%	302	577	886
Hunt County	R	−42.9%	7,971	20,065	28,194
Hutchinson County	R	−67.6%	1,503	7,839	9,369
Irion County	R	−65.6%	141	684	828
Jack County	R	−58.4%	643	2,470	3,126
Jackson County	R	−48.7%	1,296	3,766	5,077
Jasper County	R	−30.1%	4,471	8,347	12,873
Jeff Davis County	R	−33.1%	378	764	1,167
Jefferson County	D	+2.9%	47,066	44,423	91,866
Jim Hogg County	D	+30.6%	1,344	712	2,065
Jim Wells County	D	+7.9%	6,824	5,817	12,691
Johnson County	R	−47.4%	12,325	34,818	47,422
Jones County	R	−43.8%	1,658	4,254	5,931
Karnes County	R	−33.6%	1,543	3,114	4,673
Kaufman County	R	−40.7%	8,947	21,304	30,366
Kendall County	R	−63.3%	2,532	11,434	14,072
Kenedy County	D	+1.8%	85	82	169
Kent County	R	−46.7%	138	382	522
Kerr County	R	−56.4%	4,557	16,538	21,246
Kimble County	R	−63.8%	324	1,482	1,816
King County	R	−76.3%	18	137	156
Kinney County	R	−31.8%	542	1,051	1,600
Kleberg County	R	−8.2%	4,550	5,366	9,973
Knox County	R	−39.8%	464	1,081	1,552
La Salle County	D	+10.8%	1,229	989	2,230
Lamar County	R	−38.4%	5,338	12,054	17,470
Lamb County	R	−59.8%	857	3,410	4,271
Lampasas County	R	−54.5%	1,593	5,422	7,025
Lavaca County	R	−46.7%	2,152	5,974	8,177
Lee County	R	−37.1%	1,899	4,160	6,088
Leon County	R	−48.1%	1,754	5,023	6,799
Liberty County	R	−37.1%	6,780	14,821	21,691
Limestone County	R	−29.1%	2,752	5,028	7,818
Lipscomb County	R	−72.0%	184	1,147	1,337
Live Oak County	R	−50.2%	1,036	3,147	4,201
Llano County	R	−52.1%	2,257	7,241	9,563
Loving County	R	−66.3%	12	65	80
Lubbock County	R	−51.2%	22,472	70,135	93,151
Lynn County	R	−56.6%	490	1,776	2,271
Madison County	R	−39.1%	1,235	2,837	4,101
Marion County	R	−12.8%	1,884	2,441	4,348
Martin County	R	−67.8%	288	1,514	1,807
Mason County	R	−54.9%	459	1,600	2,077
Matagorda County	R	−30.1%	4,355	8,119	12,521
Maverick County	D	+19.2%	5,948	4,025	10,034
McCulloch County	R	−53.4%	745	2,465	3,220
McLennan County	R	−32.0%	26,760	52,090	79,254
McMullen County	R	−66.0%	95	467	564
Medina County	R	−40.9%	4,322	10,389	14,826
Menard County	R	−39.0%	331	761	1,103
Midland County	R	−63.7%	8,005	36,585	44,834
Milam County	R	−21.0%	3,445	5,291	8,783
Mills County	R	−61.8%	416	1,794	2,231
Mitchell County	R	−49.8%	639	1,912	2,558
Montague County	R	−50.2%	1,946	5,910	7,897
Montgomery County	R	−56.7%	28,628	104,654	133,988
Moore County	R	−63.8%	1,009	4,601	5,628
Morris County	R	−7.2%	2,437	2,818	5,278
Motley County	R	−65.9%	113	564	684
Nacogdoches County	R	−32.6%	7,152	14,160	21,466
Navarro County	R	−34.0%	5,259	10,715	16,034
Newton County	R	−11.3%	2,513	3,159	5,700
Nolan County	R	−41.2%	1,541	3,722	5,289
Nueces County	R	−14.3%	44,439	59,359	104,560
Ochiltree County	R	−84.1%	251	2,922	3,177
Oldham County	R	−74.1%	108	733	843
Orange County	R	−27.6%	11,476	20,292	31,908
Palo Pinto County	R	−43.1%	2,816	7,137	10,014
Panola County	R	−40.6%	2,958	7,021	10,007
Parker County	R	−55.7%	8,966	31,795	40,957
Parmer County	R	−71.6%	389	2,375	2,773
Pecos County	R	−43.5%	1,242	3,167	4,428
Polk County	R	−32.7%	6,964	13,778	20,846
Potter County	R	−47.9%	7,489	21,401	29,056
Presidio County	D	+23.5%	1,159	715	1,890
Rains County	R	−42.2%	1,213	2,998	4,229
Randall County	R	−67.2%	7,849	40,520	48,587
Reagan County	R	−67.5%	184	956	1,143
Real County	R	−60.1%	325	1,314	1,645
Red River County	R	−23.4%	2,097	3,379	5,490
Reeves County	R	−5.2%	1,600	1,777	3,395
Refugio County	R	−28.4%	1,232	2,212	3,455
Roberts County	R	−81.9%	46	461	507
Robertson County	R	−12.0%	2,979	3,792	6,795
Rockwall County	R	−57.9%	5,320	20,120	25,581
Runnels County	R	−60.4%	792	3,239	4,049
Rusk County	R	−46.3%	4,899	13,390	18,344
Sabine County	R	−35.8%	1,476	3,138	4,639
San Augustine County	R	−19.4%	1,506	2,235	3,757
San Jacinto County	R	−33.3%	2,688	5,394	8,125
San Patricio County	R	−26.8%	7,764	13,474	21,320
San Saba County	R	−56.1%	529	1,894	2,431
Schleicher County	R	−52.7%	312	1,012	1,329
Scurry County	R	−64.5%	981	4,576	5,572
Shackelford County	R	−69.6%	229	1,292	1,527
Shelby County	R	−36.0%	2,951	6,295	9,279
Sherman County	R	−76.7%	124	942	1,066
Smith County	R	−45.4%	19,970	53,392	73,664
Somervell County	R	−52.7%	831	2,701	3,551
Starr County	D	+47.5%	7,199	2,552	9,781
Stephens County	R	−59.7%	703	2,803	3,519
Sterling County	R	−76.9%	71	544	615
Stonewall County	R	−33.1%	250	499	752
Sutton County	R	−61.5%	280	1,173	1,453
Swisher County	R	−40.6%	626	1,487	2,120
Tarrant County	R	−25.4%	207,286	349,462	560,141
Taylor County	R	−55.2%	10,648	37,197	48,099
Terrell County	R	−31.3%	159	306	469
Terry County	R	−59.7%	794	3,166	3,970
Throckmorton County	R	−52.6%	202	656	863
Titus County	R	−28.5%	3,173	5,709	8,907
Tom Green County	R	−51.3%	9,007	28,185	37,417
Travis County	D	+14.0%	197,235	147,885	352,113
Trinity County	R	−28.7%	2,204	3,985	6,213
Tyler County	R	−30.8%	2,659	5,043	7,745
Upshur County	R	−41.4%	4,225	10,232	14,526
Upton County	R	−68.8%	185	1,009	1,197
Uvalde County	R	−21.8%	3,298	5,148	8,483
Val Verde County	R	−18.7%	4,757	6,968	11,795
Van Zandt County	R	−51.1%	4,822	14,976	19,856
Victoria County	R	−41.6%	8,553	20,875	29,602
Walker County	R	−32.2%	5,977	11,710	17,822
Waller County	R	−11.1%	6,145	7,679	13,881
Ward County	R	−51.9%	901	2,856	3,768
Washington County	R	−47.5%	3,389	9,597	13,063
Webb County	D	+14.2%	23,654	17,753	41,556
Wharton County	R	−32.7%	4,702	9,288	14,039
Wheeler County	R	−64.3%	420	1,960	2,394
Wichita County	R	−43.2%	12,819	32,472	45,545
Wilbarger County	R	−48.1%	1,284	3,685	4,990
Willacy County	D	+10.6%	2,734	2,209	4,962
Williamson County	R	−31.3%	43,117	83,284	128,198
Wilson County	R	−40.2%	4,409	10,400	14,885
Winkler County	R	−60.6%	391	1,604	2,002
Wise County	R	−51.8%	4,783	15,177	20,047
Wood County	R	−52.0%	4,034	12,831	16,929
Yoakum County	R	−70.9%	376	2,228	2,613
Young County	R	−58.9%	1,511	5,874	7,409
Zapata County	D	+15.0%	1,662	1,228	2,898
Zavala County	D	+49.9%	2,332	777	3,118