| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 3,744 | 16,593 | 20,507 | |
| 2020 | R | 4,210 | 15,101 | 19,508 | |
| 2016 | R | 3,469 | 12,919 | 16,790 | |
| 2012 | R | 3,875 | 12,094 | 16,126 | |
| 2008 | R | 4,610 | 11,695 | 16,417 | |
| 2004 | R | 4,439 | 11,329 | 15,839 | |
| 2000 | R | 4,755 | 9,599 | 14,537 | |
| 1996 | R | 5,185 | 6,483 | 12,694 | |
| 1992 | R | 5,003 | 5,847 | 14,138 | |
| 1988 | R | 5,604 | 7,520 | 13,165 | |
| 1984 | R | 4,494 | 8,187 | 12,711 | |
| 1980 | D | 5,726 | 5,629 | 11,486 | |
| 1976 | D | 6,509 | 3,921 | 10,465 | |
| 1972 | R | 2,467 | 5,743 | 8,288 | |
| 1968 | D | 3,242 | 2,575 | 9,608 | |
| 1964 | D | 5,485 | 3,043 | 8,537 | |
| 1960 | D | 4,544 | 3,233 | 7,882 | |
| 1956 | R | 2,912 | 4,022 | 6,961 | |
| 1952 | D | 3,868 | 3,825 | 7,707 | |
| 1948 | D | 3,079 | 1,154 | 4,806 | |
| 1944 | D | 3,918 | 598 | 5,146 | |
| 1940 | D | 5,293 | 801 | 6,104 | |
| 1936 | D | 3,908 | 302 | 4,218 | |
| 1932 | D | 4,125 | 233 | 4,368 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,938 | 1,933 | 3,871 | |
| 1924 | D | 4,343 | 666 | 5,099 | |
| 1920 | D | 2,233 | 478 | 3,572 | |
| 1916 | D | 2,002 | 241 | 2,492 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,684 | 145 | 2,172 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
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| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
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| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Cherokee County sits in the Piney Woods of East Texas, where a heavily rural, working-class white electorate has delivered lopsided Republican margins for decades, with the 2024 presidential result continuing that pattern at R+62.7.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Cherokee County peaked at eighty-nine points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. Cherokee County's median household income of $61,261 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wayne County and Wood County.