Cooke County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
17 precincts · 20,447 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -Precinct 1CPrecinct 1C | 634 | 1,736 | 34 | 2,404 | 26.4% | 72.2% | R+45.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -Precinct 11Precinct 11 | 325 | 1,709 | 9 | 2,043 | 15.9% | 83.7% | R+67.7 |
| Precinct -Precinct 10Precinct 10 | 262 | 1,588 | 14 | 1,864 | 14.1% | 85.2% | R+71.1 |
| Precinct -Precinct 22Precinct 22 | 300 | 1,496 | 11 | 1,807 | 16.6% | 82.8% | R+66.2 |
| Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6 | 186 | 1,581 | 11 | 1,778 | 10.5% | 88.9% | R+78.5 |
| Precinct -Precinct 4CPrecinct 4C | 376 | 1,162 | 19 | 1,557 | 24.1% | 74.6% | R+50.5 |
| Precinct -Precinct 18Precinct 18 | 124 | 1,415 | 12 | 1,551 | 8.0% | 91.2% | R+83.2 |
| Precinct -Precinct 7Precinct 7 | 145 | 1,124 | 11 | 1,280 | 11.3% | 87.8% | R+76.5 |
| Precinct -Precinct 21Precinct 21 | 125 | 1,056 | 10 | 1,191 | 10.5% | 88.7% | R+78.2 |
| Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2 | 368 | 790 | 13 | 1,171 | 31.4% | 67.5% | R+36.0 |
| Precinct -Precinct 12Precinct 12 | 137 | 828 | 5 | 970 | 14.1% | 85.4% | R+71.2 |
| Precinct -Precinct 8Precinct 8 | 88 | 754 | 3 | 845 | 10.4% | 89.2% | R+78.8 |
| Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3 | 65 | 472 | 1 | 538 | 12.1% | 87.7% | R+75.7 |
| Precinct -Precinct 17Precinct 17 | 35 | 404 | 1 | 440 | 8.0% | 91.8% | R+83.9 |
| Precinct -Precinct 33Precinct 33 | 49 | 373 | 3 | 425 | 11.5% | 87.8% | R+76.2 |
| Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1 | 52 | 278 | 4 | 334 | 15.6% | 83.2% | R+67.7 |
| Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4 | 39 | 209 | 1 | 249 | 15.7% | 83.9% | R+68.3 |
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1904 | +62.3% |
| 1908 | +62.5% |
| 1912 | +67.1% |
| 1916 | +70.2% |
| 1920 | +34.4% |
| 1924 | +64.7% |
| 1928 | −8.1% |
| 1932 | +77.5% |
| 1936 | +68.3% |
| 1940 | +53.4% |
| 1944 | +47.6% |
| 1948 | +40.7% |
| 1952 | −24.5% |
| 1956 | −29.2% |
| 1960 | −11.4% |
| 1964 | +13.4% |
| 1968 | −13.7% |
| 1972 | −57.2% |
| 1976 | −3.4% |
| 1980 | −27.0% |
| 1984 | −43.1% |
| 1988 | −26.0% |
| 1992 | −16.8% |
| 1996 | −28.8% |
| 2000 | −51.8% |
| 2004 | −58.0% |
| 2008 | −58.7% |
| 2012 | −67.6% |
| 2016 | −67.9% |
| 2020 | −65.1% |
| 2024 | −66.8% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 25,086 |
| 2018 | 25,747 |
| 2020 | 27,268 |
| 2022 | 28,699 |
| 2024 | 30,193 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+49 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +3,588 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $68,716 in average income, against $92,788 for residents who stayed — 26% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+21.2 on average — 46 points more Democratic-leaning than Cooke County, TX itself (R+66.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Denton County, TX454R+13.1
- Grayson County, TX157R+54.2
- Tarrant County, TX86R+5.1
- Dallas County, TX64D+22.2
- Collin County, TX53R+11.1
- Montague County, TX34R+77.6
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Denton County, TX276
- Grayson County, TX189
- Carter County, OK53
- Tarrant County, TX51
- Dallas County, TX49
- Love County, OK45
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −178 |
| 2012 | +144 |
| 2013 | −440 |
| 2014 | +142 |
| 2015 | +194 |
| 2016 | −38 |
| 2017 | +416 |
| 2018 | +402 |
| 2019 | +616 |
| 2021 | +687 |
| 2022 | +578 |
| 2023 | +643 |
| 2024 | +373 |
| 2025 | +49 |
Cooke County, anchored by Gainesville on I-35 near the Oklahoma border, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in each of the last three cycles, reflecting a predominantly rural, non-Hispanic white electorate with little urban counterweight.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 67.9 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.8 points.
A population of 43,046, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,932 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kingfisher County and Austin County.
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Cooke County, Texas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/48097/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.