Palestine, 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: Anderson 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 Palestine, 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 Palestine, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
26,724
2018
27,030
2020
29,274
2022
29,494
2024
30,613
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+296 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,005 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Palestine, TX in Palestine, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−39
2012
−279
2013
−86
2014
−51
2015
−215
2016
−105
2017
+668
2018
−12
2019
−104
2021
+608
2022
−906
2023
+1,713
2024
+517
2025
+296
Palestine anchors Anderson County in deep East Texas, where timber, rail history, and a large state prison complex shape both the local economy and a population that skews more diverse than surrounding rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 61.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.8 points.
A population of 58,439, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,068 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jacksonville, TX and Sulphur Springs, TX.
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In 2024, Palestine, TX, Texas voted Republican by 61.8 points (R+61.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,358 votes cast, 3,635 went Democratic and 15,597 went Republican.
When did Palestine, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Palestine, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Palestine, TX, Texas?
Palestine, TX, Texas has a population of 58,439 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palestine, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Palestine, TX, Texas is $62,068 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Palestine, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Palestine, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
