- Lead
- 6,001
- Total
- 9,046
- vs nation
- R+64.9
- Turnout
- 60.6%
Freestone County, TX
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President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
2024 turnout 60.6% of 14,927 citizens 18+
- Lead
- 5,356
- Total
- 8,719
- vs nation
- R+65.9
- Turnout
- 60.2%
- Lead
- 4,555
- Total
- 7,684
- vs nation
- R+61.4
- Turnout
- 59.3%
- Lead
- 3,796
- Total
- 7,570
- vs nation
- R+54.0
- Turnout
- —
- Lead
- 3,171
- Total
- 7,288
- vs nation
- R+50.8
- Turnout
- —
- Lead
- 2,987
- Total
- 7,161
- vs nation
- R+39.3
- Turnout
- —
- Lead
- 1,931
- Total
- 6,641
- vs nation
- R+29.6
- Turnout
- —
- Lead
- 258
- Total
- 6,097
- vs nation
- R+12.8
- Turnout
- —
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 20,0492024 5-year
- Population density
- 23 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 878 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $59,9602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87.0 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.3 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jones County, TX · twin score 92.5
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
- 2024 turnout
- 60.6%9,045 participants ÷ 14,927 CVAP
- 2020→2022 drop-off
- +14.3 ptsVolatile
- Drop-off vs state
- -4.8 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
- Mechanical 2026
- 46.3%–47.0%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
| Cycle | Participants | CVAP | Turnout | Series | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,045 | 14,927 ± 298 | 60.6% | Audited | C/A | |
| 2022Mid | 6,693 | 14,570 ± 288 | 45.9% | Audited | A/A |
| 8,770 | 14,568 ± 349 | 60.2% | Audited | A/A | |
| 2018Mid | 6,610 | 14,269 ± 271 | 46.3% | Audited | A/A |
| 8,438 | 14,224 ± 175 | 59.3% | Audited | A/A | |
| 7,570 | 14,057 | 53.9% | Derived | — | |
| 7,288 | 13,948 | 52.3% | Derived | — | |
| 7,161 | 13,839 extrapolated | 51.7% | Derived | — |
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
- 2024: numerator source 159, denominator source 157; top ticket votes; canonical-complete-contest-floor-v1; allocation share 0.0%; series 156/228.
- 2022: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 306/183.
- 2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 301/2.
- 2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 297/138.
- 2016: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 293/111.
- 2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
- 2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
- 2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
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20 precincts · 9,056 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1 | 262 | 1,744 | 12 | 2,018 | 13.0% | 86.4% | R+73.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2 | 269 | 937 | 7 | 1,213 | 22.2% | 77.2% | R+55.1 |
| Precinct -Precinct 5APrecinct 5A | 229 | 928 | 6 | 1,163 | 19.7% | 79.8% | R+60.1 |
| Precinct -Precinct 13Precinct 13 | 73 | 607 | 1 | 681 | 10.7% | 89.1% | R+78.4 |
| Precinct -Precinct 5BPrecinct 5B | 111 | 444 | 4 | 559 | 19.9% | 79.4% | R+59.6 |
| Precinct -Precinct 7APrecinct 7A | 89 | 412 | 3 | 504 | 17.7% | 81.7% | R+64.1 |
| Precinct -Precinct 8Precinct 8 | 74 | 420 | 4 | 498 | 14.9% | 84.3% | R+69.5 |
| Precinct -Precinct 6APrecinct 6A | 41 | 350 | 2 | 393 | 10.4% | 89.1% | R+78.6 |
| Precinct -Precinct 4APrecinct 4A | 33 | 280 | 2 | 315 | 10.5% | 88.9% | R+78.4 |
| Precinct -Precinct 11APrecinct 11A | 107 | 205 | 1 | 313 | 34.2% | 65.5% | R+31.3 |
| Precinct -Precinct 10Precinct 10 | 26 | 261 | 1 | 288 | 9.0% | 90.6% | R+81.6 |
| Precinct -Precinct 15Precinct 15 | 29 | 244 | 2 | 275 | 10.5% | 88.7% | R+78.2 |
| Precinct -Precinct 11BPrecinct 11B | 80 | 153 | 2 | 235 | 34.0% | 65.1% | R+31.1 |
| Precinct -Precinct 9APrecinct 9A | 29 | 152 | 0 | 181 | 16.0% | 84.0% | R+68.0 |
| Precinct -Precinct 9BPrecinct 9B | 27 | 146 | 0 | 173 | 15.6% | 84.4% | R+68.8 |
| Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3 | 9 | 138 | 0 | 147 | 6.1% | 93.9% | R+87.8 |
| Precinct -Precinct 7BPrecinct 7B | 6 | 40 | 0 | 46 | 13.0% | 87.0% | R+73.9 |
| Precinct -Precinct 4BPrecinct 4B | 4 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 12.5% | 87.5% | R+75.0 |
| Precinct -Precinct 6BPrecinct 6B | 2 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 11.1% | 88.9% | R+77.8 |
| Precinct -Precinct 9CPrecinct 9C | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 100.0% | R+100.0 |
presidential history
Party record book
Freestone County, TX · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1904–2024 · 31 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
93.4%
2,481 votes · D+87.0
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 93.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
82.9%
7,500 votes · R+66.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 80.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1940
3,514votes
87.8% of the vote · D+75.8
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · 2,916 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,500votes
82.9% of the vote · R+66.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,991 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+84.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.1 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +69.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+65.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.4 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +64.9 pts
Current officeholders
Seats representing Freestone County, TX. A county elects none of these itself — they are the members for the 1 congressional, 1 state senate and 1 state house districts it falls inside, so parts of the county are represented by different members.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 11,465 |
| 2018 | 11,956 |
| 2020 | 12,481 |
| 2022 | 12,749 |
| 2024 | 13,406 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+129 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,294 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $53,013 in average income, against $79,288 for residents who stayed — 33% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+31.6 on average — 35 points more Democratic-leaning than Freestone County, TX itself (R+66.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Limestone County, TX65R+56.9
- Dallas County, TX42D+22.2
- Leon County, TX35R+76.7
- Navarro County, TX29R+51.8
- Tarrant County, TX26R+5.1
- Harris County, TX23D+5.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Limestone County, TX48
- Navarro County, TX42
- McLennan County, TX40
- Leon County, TX30
- Dallas County, TX25
- Tarrant County, TX22
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 | −226 |
| 2012 | −102 |
| 2013 | +83 |
| 2014 | +104 |
| 2015 | +52 |
| 2016 | −113 |
| 2017 | −62 |
| 2018 | +129 |
| 2019 | −79 |
| 2021 | +456 |
| 2022 | +254 |
| 2023 | +367 |
| 2024 | +302 |
| 2025 | +129 |
Freestone County, a sparsely populated stretch of post-oak savanna southeast of Dallas, recorded an R+66.3 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in a state where rural realignment has accelerated sharply over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 66.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.3 points.
A population of 20,049, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,960 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jones County and Hopkins County.
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Freestone County, Texas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/48161/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.