Odessa, 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: Ector 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 Odessa, TX, by party and cycle.
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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 Odessa, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
71,630
2018
76,573
2020
80,872
2022
83,323
2024
86,640
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+488 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +6,499 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Odessa, TX in Odessa, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,388
2012
+3,139
2013
+3,233
2014
+2,644
2015
+2,886
2016
−4,258
2017
−2,786
2018
+3,106
2019
+2,324
2021
−5,590
2022
−2,056
2023
+883
2024
+1,098
2025
+488
Odessa anchors the Midland-Odessa metro in the heart of the Permian Basin, where boom-and-bust oil economics shape both population swings and voting patterns — the area has backed Republican presidential nominees by margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.7 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 59.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.9 points.
A population of 164,654, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,536 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hobbs, NM and Victoria, TX.
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In 2024, Odessa, TX, Texas voted Republican by 52.9 points (R+52.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 42,616 votes cast, 9,881 went Democratic and 32,429 went Republican.
When did Odessa, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Odessa, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Odessa, TX, Texas?
Odessa, TX, Texas has a population of 164,654 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Odessa, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Odessa, TX, Texas is $71,536 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Odessa, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Odessa, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
