Texas 84th State House District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 98,1492024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,1552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 36.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2004MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,434 | 26,638 | 38,485 | ||
| R | 12,317 | 24,273 | 37,186 | ||
| R | 8,625 | 20,207 | 30,475 | ||
| R | 8,086 | 19,535 | 28,066 | ||
| R | 9,383 | 20,408 | 30,020 | ||
| R | 6,917 | 21,587 | 28,671 | ||
| R | 5,685 | 17,253 | 23,394 | ||
| R | 7,013 | 14,560 | 22,927 | ||
| R | 6,845 | 15,035 | 25,503 | ||
| R | 6,834 | 15,623 | 22,559 | ||
| R | 5,784 | 17,591 | 23,459 | ||
| R | 5,766 | 14,377 | 20,889 | ||
| R | 7,632 | 11,843 | 19,608 | ||
| R | 4,725 | 13,409 | 18,251 | ||
| R | 4,749 | 7,894 | 15,437 | ||
| D | 6,789 | 5,347 | 12,146 | ||
| R | 4,721 | 6,176 | 10,959 | ||
| R | 3,860 | 4,300 | 8,180 | ||
| R | 3,586 | 4,967 | 8,570 | ||
| D | 3,421 | 873 | 4,681 | ||
| D | 2,356 | 360 | 3,341 | ||
| D | 2,497 | 395 | 2,897 | ||
| D | 1,978 | 191 | 2,174 | ||
| D | 1,641 | 182 | 1,832 | ||
| R | 609 | 948 | 1,559 | ||
| D | 526 | 127 | 712 | ||
| D | 363 | 63 | 447 | ||
| D | 195 | 10 | 215 | ||
| D | 113 | 5 | 132 | ||
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Demographics
Texas 84th 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 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 84th State House District peaked at eighty-six points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1968 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $64,155 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 84, Texas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/48084/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.