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1876–2024
Montgomery County, Texas
Montgomery County·Texas

Montgomery County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

One of Texas's fastest-growing counties and among its most reliably Republican

18762024·38 elections
Montgomery County, Texas · Larry D. Moore · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
684,432
2024 ACS
Most similar
Comal County
TX · similarity 1.00
125 precincts · 307,258 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.5%
82,277221,964307,258
2020R
−43.8%
74,377193,382271,543
2016R
−50.7%
45,835150,314205,904
2012R
−60.5%
32,920137,969173,523
2008R
−52.7%
36,703119,884157,847
2004R
−56.7%
28,628104,654133,988
2000R
−54.0%
23,28680,600106,213
1996R
−38.7%
20,72251,01178,202
1992R
−27.5%
18,55139,97677,958
1988R
−37.1%
18,39440,36059,146
1984R
−51.1%
13,29341,23054,690
1980R
−34.1%
12,59326,23739,971
1976R
−6.8%
13,71815,73929,659
1972R
−55.1%
4,35815,06719,447
1968R
−2.5%
4,0214,35313,255
1964D
+22.2%
4,9893,1678,196
1960D
+2.9%
3,5103,3096,937
1956R
−13.2%
2,5723,3605,974
1952D
+7.2%
3,4322,9696,410
1948D
+37.5%
1,7955443,338
1944D
+74.1%
2,9022193,620
1940D
+78.3%
3,3474083,755
1936D
+85.6%
2,4431862,638
1932D
+87.9%
1,9711262,099
1928D
+19.2%
9056131,519
1924D
+79.0%
1,5001661,689
1920D
+50.5%
9352031,450
1916D
+55.9%
8801971,221
1912D
+51.9%
613120949
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%
African American
5.1%
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
15.1%
Baptist
14.0%
Other Christian
9.5%
Methodist
5.4%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montgomery County, north of Houston, has absorbed rapid suburban and exurban growth while sustaining presidential margins above R+40 for over a decade, making it a consistent anchor of Republican vote totals in statewide contests.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in Montgomery County, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-one points in 2012. The 2024 margin was forty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Montgomery County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $97,701, and a 9% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Comal County and Randall County.