Voter Turnout and Results by County in the 2018 Texas Senatorial Election

Nov 7, 2018
Texas Senate Vote by County

The chart above shows the total votes, the turnout, and the margin of victory for each county in the state of Texas.  Beto O'Rourke won the five largest counties as indicated by the blue circles from the center to the right, but won them by such a small margin.  Ted Cruz, on the other hand, won the majority of small counties but with really large margins.  Ted Cruz won the counties with both the smallest and largest voter turnout.

Findings

  • Cruz won 28 out of the 30 counties with the highest voter turnout.
  • Conversely, O'Rourke won 15 out of the 30 counties with the lowest voter turnout.
  • Out of the 254 counties in the state, 154 had a turnout of over 50 percent.
  • O'Rourke won only eight of the 154 counties that had a turnout of over 50 percent.
  • Only seven counties (out of 254) had more than two-thirds of their registered population vote, Cruz won all of these counties.

Caveats

  • There may still be a few votes not counted.

Details

Although Cruz won the counties with the high turnout, O'Rourke won the most populous counties, taking eight out of the top ten.  However, O'Rourke's largest margin of victory was 59.06 percentage points whereas Cruz's was 91.74 percentage points.  Cruz won 106 counties with a higher margin of victory than O'Rourke's highest margin of victory.

Cruz won 24 of the 25 least populous counties.  He also won 24 of the 25 least populous counties where turnout was above 50 percent.

Data

CountyCruzO'RourkePercent Difference
Anderson11,3153,28754.63
Andrews3,33877662.02
Angelina19,1537,12345.52
Aransas6,6482,22949.47
Archer3,20837678.62
Armstrong8197482.87
Atascosa7,7374,32528.01
Austin8,7022,23758.65
Bailey1,20240549.38
Bandera7,6431,86560.29
Bastrop15,04912,06610.88
Baylor1,07015674.01
Bee4,3412,80921.24
Bell47,27938,19110.54
Bexar216,428324,688-19.82
Blanco4,1801,56745.02
Borden3202286.88
Bosque5,6991,36560.81
Bowie20,1317,96043.05
Brazoria65,47045,06818.32
Brazos35,72427,64212.63
Brewster1,8682,144-6.78
Briscoe5636977.92
Brooks5431,376-43.32
Brown10,3861,66971.89
Burleson5,0771,42555.78
Burnet13,7914,41750.96
Caldwell6,1315,2128.03
Calhoun4,1981,87437.98
Callahan4,36360874.94
Cameron28,50848,656-25.92
Camp2,7491,11741.95
Carson2,18524479.19
Cass8,1302,01360.04
Castro1,21939450.83
Chambers12,1342,92160.76
Cherokee11,6213,20056.43
Childress1,52523473.06
Clay3,70854773.75
Cochran54114058.45
Coke1,14613778.04
Coleman2,75835177.02
Collin186,625164,8526.14
Collingsworth81011375.11
Colorado3,5651,02055.36
Comal43,91816,74844.36
Comanche3,79978165.47
Concho80016365.20
Cooke6,1681,45761.43
Coryell10,6175,05235.14
Cottle4589764.81
Crane83621359.05
Crockett92734046.04
Crosby97843638.14
Culberson294521-27.15
Dallam96913974.51
Dallas240,128478,289-32.91
Dawson2,24087443.74
Deaf Smith2,6771,06542.76
Delta1,56135462.51
Denton158,509134,2958.20
Dewitt4,9741,12862.73
Dickens63511369.23
Dimmit8392,041-41.56
Donley1,10941145.68
Duval1,3282,765-34.95
Eastland5,37379673.86
Ector20,9589,20938.63
Edwards60314560.58
Ellis40,97919,06136.23
El Paso50,288149,457-49.36
Erath10,0392,48259.96
Falls3,2011,44037.79
Fannin8,5582,10560.10
Fayette8,2182,19257.59
Fisher1,13934053.48
Floyd1,31046347.53
Foard32111347.82
Fort Bend111,190141,846-12.04
Franklin3,29063966.88
Freestone1,60840160.08
Frio1,6282,001-10.20
Gaines3,31751372.85
Galveston66,43643,85820.30
Garza1,06820167.47
Gillespie9,8722,56058.44
Glasscock5133785.92
Goliad2,32471652.39
Gonzales4,1711,42148.91
Gray5,24061378.52
Grayson31,57211,13047.50
Gregg24,45711,02737.60
Grimes6,4902,03451.85
Guadalupe33,88120,00625.49
Hale5,3491,96445.90
Hall80716166.53
Hamilton2,60645669.62
Hansford1,55213882.69
Hardeman97318567.81
Hardin17,3732,63473.41
Harris495,951692,861-16.44
Harrison16,1906,20544.35
Hartley1,46715380.91
Haskell1,36030263.28
Hays33,16945,355-15.35
Hemphill1,20115676.50
Henderson20,8655,40658.39
Hidalgo46,437104,234-38.15
Hill8,9112,43356.79
Hockley4,8431,20859.69
Hood20,0734,71461.48
Hopkins9,2982,54256.73
Houston3,4781,06252.94
Howard5,6451,69053.49
Hudspeth50640410.99
Hunt21,0947,14249.03
Hutchinson5,85175076.87
Irion6349573.33
Jack2,49729578.34
Jackson3,90883164.70
Jasper9,4752,27561.03
Jeff Davis68346518.54
Jefferson36,69437,059-0.49
Jim Hogg4091,060-44.08
Jim Wells4,5125,321-8.19
Johnson39,54112,39551.82
Jones4,10783065.88
Karnes2,8941,20041.05
Kaufman26,09512,01736.66
Kendall15,2744,32755.39
Kenedy1007712.78
Kent2884472.40
Kerr16,7805,17052.45
Kimble1,49319576.26
King124690.08
Kinney82735839.12
Kleberg4,0734,436-4.24
Knox85522957.27
Lamar12,6883,71554.29
Lamb3,04477359.28
Lampasas5,8141,56157.16
Lasalle673813-9.40
Lavaca6,6881,01873.29
Lee4,4751,31854.15
Leon5,70985473.72
Liberty16,0134,40256.56
Limestone5,1931,66651.18
Lipscomb94111677.39
Live Oak2,13545964.29
Llano7,8852,11157.34
Loving46675.47
Lubbock58,70931,97629.24
Lynn1,36832361.62
Madison3,03277858.88
Marion2,4431,01241.05
Martin1,29724367.82
Mason1,56040258.87
Matagorda7,3263,04241.01
Maverick2,9507,724-44.32
Mcculloch2,24440069.06
Mclennan45,83628,42623.27
Mcmullen3874180.47
Medina11,4344,61342.21
Menard62914462.26
Midland31,1679,08554.39
Milam5,9051,98149.33
Mills1,76322976.59
Mitchell1,58432365.95
Montague6,42294073.90
Montgomery137,23151,12445.37
Moore3,24478660.62
Morris3,0631,32039.60
Motley4834183.71
Nacogdoches13,7667,72127.97
Navarro10,3833,91344.92
Newton3,66099357.04
Nolan3,11692753.80
Nueces45,87547,265-1.48
Ochiltree2,15822979.98
Oldham7328279.66
Orange21,1565,04561.22
Palo Pinto7,4901,81760.65
Panola7,1201,59863.12
Parker43,9949,92662.64
Parmer1,67437263.33
Pecos2,1571,33623.37
Polk12,7353,82753.44
Potter16,6307,49437.54
Presidio4061,172-48.24
Rains3,42458770.36
Randall37,7679,32459.95
Reagan69213666.67
Real1,31124568.16
Red River3,42197355.49
Reeves1,1251,252-5.31
Refugio1,63684631.71
Roberts4411991.74
Robertson4,2921,94237.51
Rockwall26,59011,71338.51
Runnels2,84238575.62
Rusk12,5953,60955.20
Sabine3,44249574.57
San Augustine2,26073450.70
San Jacinto7,4871,78161.20
San Patricio11,3226,75525.12
San Saba1,81124775.59
Schleicher73520955.25
Scurry3,70264170.22
Shackelford1,17410383.61
Shelby6,0051,52159.33
Sherman6918673.78
Smith53,54223,03639.60
Somervell3,03263365.01
Starr2,4368,246-54.05
Stephens2,62732477.70
Sterling4424481.89
Stonewall49711262.70
Sutton93326555.44
Swisher1,45942054.89
Tarrant308,608312,477-0.62
Taylor29,75110,44547.61
Terrell32313839.70
Terry2,16962754.86
Throckmorton6177776.81
Titus5,6542,25842.64
Tom Green24,5689,62443.34
Travis118,603356,971-49.59
Trinity4,14699860.83
Tyler5,8741,17666.31
Upshur11,5172,36165.55
Upton85416866.60
Uvalde4,3433,51010.53
Val Verde5,2905,909-5.48
Van Zandt15,1812,63170
Victoria18,9948,03940.29
Walker11,5176,16330.06
Waller10,1456,31723.11
Ward2,09279944.36
Washington10,1303,25451.01
Webb13,81335,142-43.21
Wharton9,0923,78841.01
Wheeler1,67912585.86
Wichita23,6179,94840.37
Wilbarger2,63877654.16
Willacy1,5272,773-28.81
Williamson98,658104,262-2.73
Wilson13,0214,56347.76
Winkler1,12332155.12
Wise19,0103,91365.35
Wood13,9442,62067.88
Yoakum1,55833564.27
Young5,53181873.76
Zapata8201,389-25.64
Zavala5892,310-59.06

Sources

Texas Office of the Secretary of State.  "2018 General Election: Election Night Results."  Accessed November 7, 2018. https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_race0.htm.

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