Zapata, 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: Zapata 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 Zapata, 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 Zapata, TX
Year
Total registered
2018
7,590
2020
8,257
2022
7,886
2024
8,182
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−148 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,131 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Zapata, TX in Zapata, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−79
2012
−158
2013
−87
2014
−214
2015
−120
2016
−244
2017
−307
2018
−228
2019
−66
2021
−51
2022
−129
2023
−185
2024
−115
2025
−148
Zapata, TX sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.9 points in 1928 and a Republican high of 100.0 points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 17.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.4 points.
A population of 13,841, a 5% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,239 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rio Grande City-Roma, TX and Eagle Pass, TX.
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In 2024, Zapata, TX, Texas voted Republican by 22.4 points (R+22.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,871 votes cast, 1,877 went Democratic and 2,970 went Republican.
When did Zapata, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Zapata, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in Zapata, TX, Texas?
Zapata, TX, Texas has a population of 13,841 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Zapata, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Zapata, TX, Texas is $39,239 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Zapata, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Zapata, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
