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State House District 33·Texas

For fifty-six years, Texas 33rd State House District voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

18762024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+35
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
155,868
2024 ACS

Texas 33rd State House District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+35%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+35MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
155,8682024 5-year
Median household income
$126,6592024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
64.7%2024 5-year
Black
9.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
19.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+94 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+61 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−35.2%
24,25151,28876,863
R
−30.9%
22,81643,71967,674
R
−40.7%
13,55534,02250,283
R
−49.0%
10,93232,57044,179
R
−42.0%
11,51628,42540,288
R
−54.7%
7,23224,95532,378
R
−55.0%
4,83117,22022,515
R
−38.2%
4,33910,64116,481
R
−29.9%
3,0768,10516,841
R
−46.5%
3,2959,09312,468
R
−61.1%
2,0168,38210,424
R
−34.4%
2,4065,0497,677
R
−9.5%
2,2172,6864,934
R
−52.0%
7432,3803,146
D
+6.1%
9427942,426
D
+47.7%
1,5225382,065
D
+16.5%
1,0627591,837
D
+16.5%
1,0667631,836
D
+30.3%
1,3397142,061
D
+65.5%
1,1001491,453
D
+76.1%
1,3351251,589
D
+86.5%
1,7141241,838
D
+93.9%
1,325411,367
D
+89.4%
1,405781,485
D
+42.0%
9443851,330
D
+82.2%
1,5711481,731
D
+73.1%
9851411,154
D
+89.2%
943431,009
D
+92.1%
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.4%
German
10.9%
Irish
9.2%
American
5.9%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. 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
81.9%
speak English only
Spanish10.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.6%
Other Indo-European3.5%
Other languages1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
37.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
12.7%
Other Christian
7.8%
Methodist
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas 33rd State House District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 15 consecutive presidential elections.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 33rd State House District peaked at ninety-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1972 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifty-two points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $126,659 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 33, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 33, Texas voted Republican by 35.2 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 76,863 votes cast, 24,251 went Democratic and 51,288 went Republican.
What is State House District 33, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 33, Texas as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 33, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 33, Texas voted Democratic was 1968.
How many people live in State House District 33, Texas?
State House District 33, Texas has a population of 155,868 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 33, Texas?
Median household income in State House District 33, Texas is $126,659 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State House District 33, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 33, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.