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1876–2024
Randall County, Texas
Randall County·Texas

For thirty-six years, Randall County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

One of Texas's most reliably Republican counties, anchored by Canyon city

18762024·38 elections
Randall County, Texas · Willjay · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
146,070
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kendall County
TX · similarity 1.00
31 precincts · 66,901 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.4%
12,93553,31466,901
2020R
−58.7%
12,80250,79664,674
2016R
−64.6%
8,36743,46254,305
2012R
−68.2%
7,57441,44749,696
2008R
−62.7%
9,46841,94851,832
2004R
−67.2%
7,84940,52048,587
2000R
−63.9%
7,20933,92141,790
1996R
−48.2%
9,17728,26639,627
1992R
−39.1%
9,11924,97140,537
1988R
−53.2%
8,49227,98636,666
1984R
−66.5%
6,04430,24936,409
1980R
−50.4%
7,32323,13631,382
1976R
−30.3%
9,07417,11526,524
1972R
−67.6%
3,47018,55722,323
1968R
−39.5%
4,06011,40018,592
1964R
−13.2%
6,0167,84313,881
1960R
−35.8%
3,2826,95810,269
1956R
−24.8%
2,7744,6097,400
1952R
−38.6%
1,9054,3056,214
1948D
+43.8%
1,9367222,773
1944D
+48.7%
1,4394092,115
1940D
+64.6%
1,7793822,162
1936D
+83.9%
1,6561421,804
1932D
+71.0%
1,3942311,638
1928R
−5.3%
6597331,392
1924D
+56.0%
627154845
1920D
+32.1%
360183551
1916D
+65.9%
34163422
1912D
+74.9%
26921331
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
2.8%
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
Other Christian
30.4%
Baptist
11.4%
Methodist
3.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Randall County, home to the city of Canyon and part of the Amarillo metro, has posted Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting the cultural and demographic profile of the Texas Panhandle's rural-suburban core.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Randall County peaked at eighty-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1952 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Randall County's median household income of $83,864 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kendall County and York County.