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1876–2024
Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County·Texas

Bexar County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

San Antonio's home county has shifted steadily blue over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Bexar County, Texas · Renelibrary · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+10
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,067,341
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dallas County
TX · similarity 0.89
724 precincts · 760,463 votes cast
Harris · D+10
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+9.7%
411,389337,545760,463
2020D
+18.1%
448,452308,618770,571
2016D
+13.3%
319,550240,333594,574
2012D
+4.5%
264,856241,617514,710
2008D
+5.6%
275,527246,275525,715
2004R
−10.5%
210,976260,698475,314
2000R
−7.4%
185,158215,613412,726
1996D
+5.2%
180,308161,619362,489
1992D
+0.9%
172,513168,816415,276
1988R
−5.2%
174,036193,192369,749
1984R
−19.5%
136,947203,319340,826
1980R
−7.1%
137,729159,578308,474
1976D
+9.4%
146,581121,176271,430
1972R
−19.9%
91,662137,572230,193
1968D
+12.1%
95,32572,951184,874
1964D
+34.0%
108,65853,469162,520
1960D
+8.2%
75,37363,934140,245
1956R
−16.9%
46,79065,901113,331
1952R
−13.0%
50,26065,391116,136
1948D
+14.7%
35,97026,20266,279
1944D
+18.9%
35,02423,58860,427
1940D
+35.2%
38,21418,27056,696
1936D
+46.6%
35,78112,95148,982
1932D
+66.5%
37,7657,46645,594
1928D
+0.4%
16,62616,47733,160
1924D
+3.8%
10,8389,89824,699
1920R
−11.5%
6,9268,89417,046
1916D
+12.0%
7,0085,48312,714
1912D
+44.2%
4,8641,0218,697
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.5%
African American
6.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. 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
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
27.7%
Other Christian
13.0%
Baptist
5.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Methodist
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bexar's electorate is majority-Hispanic and anchored by San Antonio, producing consistent Democratic margins in statewide contests even as surrounding exurbs trend the other way.

The Democratic margin in Bexar County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1932. The margin in 2024 was ten points — still decisive.

Bexar County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,341, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,067,341 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dallas County and San Diego County.