Early voting in Texas
In Texas, registered voters can request a ballot or vote early in-person. In 2016, 63% of the total votes were cast early.
Mail-in and early in-person ballots returned9,615,419
Texas Primary election results
Democratic Primary/ 228 Del.228 Delegates
Full Texas Primary Results- DEM
Joe BidenWinner
34.6%725,562
+ 114 Delegates
- DEM
Bernie Sanders
29.9%626,339
+ 99 Delegates
- DEM
Michael Bloomberg
14.4%300,608
+ 10 Delegates
Republican Primary/ 155 Del.155 Delegates
Full Texas Primary Results- REP
Donald TrumpWinner
94.1%1,898,664
+ 117 Delegates
- REP
Uncommitted
3.6%71,803
- REP
Bill Weld
0.8%15,824
How Texas voted
In 2016, Donald Trump won Texas with 53 percent of the vote, according to NBC News results, while Hillary Clinton received 43 percent. Texas, with its 38 electoral votes, has remained a safely red state since the 1980 presidential election, though there are some signs of a political shift due to changing demographics as well as other factors.
2016
2016 Results- Republican
Donald TrumpTrumpWinner
52.5%4,685,047
- Democrat
Hillary ClintonClinton
43.5%3,877,868
2016 Exit Polls
Summary of 2016 Exit Poll data that shows the proportion of how different groups voted.
2012
2012 Results- Republican
Mitt RomneyRomneyWinner
57.2%4,569,843
- Democrat
Barack ObamaObama
41.4%3,308,124
More to the story in Texas 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic fallout are two major issues that have an impact on the election. NBC News is tracking and updating daily the number of coronavirus related deaths in each state and U.S. territory, as well as the jobless claims as reported weekly by the Department of Labor that counts how many people have filed for unemployment benefits.
U.S. Cases | Weekly change | 60-day trend | Monthly change |
---|---|---|---|
100,472,464 | +0.00% | +0.00% | |
8,314,240 | +6.00% | -29.00% |
![US Coronavirus Map](https://dataviz.nbcnews.com/projects/20200128-coronavirus-us-count/assets/covid-marquee.png)
U.S. Claims | Weekly change | 60-day trend | Monthly change |
---|---|---|---|
3,690,000 | +1.01% | -0.99% | |
250,167 | -7.52% | -16.48% |
The expected vote is the total number of votes that are expected in a given race once all votes are counted. This number is an estimate and is based on several different factors, including information on the number of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote reporters on Election Day from county election officials. The figure can change as NBC News gathers new information.
Source: National Election Pool (NEP)