Big Spring, TX · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Howard County, Texas. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Big Spring, TX, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Big Spring, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
17,041
2018
16,893
2020
17,526
2022
16,934
2024
17,198
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−187 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,898 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Big Spring, TX in Big Spring, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−112
2012
+370
2013
+548
2014
+194
2015
+348
2016
−1,154
2017
−556
2018
−57
2019
+568
2021
−379
2022
−3,941
2023
−189
2024
−351
2025
−187
Big Spring anchors Howard County, a reliably Republican oil-patch market where boom-and-bust extraction cycles drive population swings and color voter priorities more than any single demographic shift.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 62.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.8 points.
A population of 32,290, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,649 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Andrews, TX and Snyder, TX.
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In 2024, Big Spring, TX, Texas voted Republican by 62.8 points (R+62.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,641 votes cast, 1,759 went Democratic and 7,817 went Republican.
When did Big Spring, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Big Spring, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Big Spring, TX, Texas?
Big Spring, TX, Texas has a population of 32,290 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Big Spring, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Big Spring, TX, Texas is $69,649 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Big Spring, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Big Spring, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
