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1876–2024
Lipscomb County, Texas
Lipscomb County·Texas

Lipscomb County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Texas's most lopsided presidential margins in the Panhandle's open range

18762024·38 elections
Lipscomb County, Texas · Aualliso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+80
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,918
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hutchinson County
TX · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 1,259 votes cast
Trump · R+80
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−79.6%
1231,1251,259
2020R
−79.4%
1311,2051,353
2016R
−76.9%
1351,1591,332
2012R
−79.2%
1191,0441,168
2008R
−74.7%
1551,0931,256
2004R
−72.0%
1841,1471,337
2000R
−66.9%
2061,0721,294
1996R
−38.1%
3578691,344
1992R
−34.5%
3388391,453
1988R
−49.0%
3771,1111,499
1984R
−71.4%
2411,4611,708
1980R
−58.0%
3381,3431,733
1976R
−17.0%
6449111,569
1972R
−76.4%
1561,2261,400
1968R
−51.8%
2791,0791,545
1964R
−12.9%
5897631,352
1960R
−55.6%
2679391,209
1956R
−39.9%
3458061,154
1952R
−70.3%
2041,1741,379
1948D
+29.9%
6683541,049
1944D
+15.0%
5513961,032
1940D
+26.7%
7744451,231
1936D
+55.9%
9732731,253
1932D
+40.6%
8653491,271
1928R
−39.8%
3317761,119
1924D
+2.6%
430405949
1920R
−9.1%
350425821
1916D
+44.7%
350116523
1912D
+43.5%
25147469
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Baptist
25.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
24.5%
Methodist
18.8%
Other Christian
18.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 8.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lipscomb County's sparse, ranching-dominated landscape anchors one of the most Republican-leaning electorates in the state, with fewer than 3,100 residents spread across 932 square miles of the northeastern Panhandle.

The Republican margin in Lipscomb County reached its widest at eighty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was eighty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lipscomb County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,560, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,918 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 Hutchinson County and Gray County.