| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 9,282 | 27,122 | 36,711 | |
| 2020 | R | 10,747 | 27,116 | 38,261 | |
| 2016 | R | 8,838 | 24,924 | 34,602 | |
| 2012 | R | 10,196 | 24,869 | 35,404 | |
| 2008 | R | 10,815 | 24,162 | 35,186 | |
| 2004 | R | 11,880 | 21,791 | 33,760 | |
| 2000 | R | 11,662 | 18,325 | 30,320 | |
| 1996 | D | 13,657 | 12,750 | 29,270 | |
| 1992 | D | 11,825 | 11,776 | 30,365 | |
| 1988 | R | 12,331 | 15,454 | 27,941 | |
| 1984 | R | 10,077 | 18,244 | 28,409 | |
| 1980 | R | 11,339 | 13,942 | 25,650 | |
| 1976 | D | 12,445 | 9,590 | 22,214 | |
| 1972 | R | 5,227 | 14,722 | 20,015 | |
| 1968 | D | 6,468 | 5,966 | 19,599 | |
| 1964 | D | 10,368 | 7,018 | 17,410 | |
| 1960 | D | 9,198 | 5,927 | 15,193 | |
| 1956 | D | 7,675 | 6,823 | 14,602 | |
| 1952 | D | 10,437 | 6,501 | 16,954 | |
| 1948 | D | 7,028 | 1,161 | 10,343 | |
| 1944 | D | 7,045 | 790 | 8,902 | |
| 1940 | D | 6,937 | 1,107 | 8,049 | |
| 1936 | D | 5,030 | 472 | 5,521 | |
| 1932 | D | 5,269 | 541 | 5,829 | |
| 1928 | D | 3,002 | 2,225 | 5,227 | |
| 1924 | D | 3,455 | 740 | 4,464 | |
| 1920 | D | 2,396 | 1,032 | 3,851 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,941 | 414 | 2,634 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,542 | 317 | 2,573 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Bowie County's presidential margins have exceeded R+40 in each of the last three cycles, driven by a predominantly rural, working-class electorate centered on Texarkana's Texas side. Its cross-state border city adds an unusual twin-metro dynamic rare in rural East Texas.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Bowie County peaked at eighty-three points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. Bowie County's median household income of $59,803 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Vernon Parish and Sabine Parish.