United States presidential elections in Texas

United States presidential elections in Texas

Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War. In its first century Texas was a Democratic bastion, only voting for another party once – in 1928. A gradual trend towards increasing social liberalism in the Democratic Party has turned the state into a Republican stronghold.

About United States presidential elections in Texas in brief

Summary United States presidential elections in TexasTexas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War. In its first century Texas was a Democratic bastion, only voting for another party once – in 1928 when anti-Catholic sentiment against Al Smith drove voters to Republican Herbert Hoover.

A gradual trend towards increasing social liberalism in the Democratic Party has turned the state into a Republican stronghold.