Beaumont-Port Arthur · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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.
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voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Beaumont-Port Arthur
Year
Total registered
2016
285,569
2018
286,652
2020
291,096
2022
291,914
2024
296,156
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−839 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −17,075 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Beaumont-Port Arthur in Beaumont-Port Arthur: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+257
2012
−4,081
2013
−602
2014
−1,766
2015
+534
2016
−226
2017
−210
2018
−5,506
2019
−2,704
2021
−1,538
2022
−812
2023
+905
2024
−487
2025
−839
The Beaumont–Port Arthur media market anchors one of the country's densest petrochemical manufacturing zones, where union-rooted communities and a substantial Black electorate have historically produced Democratic margins even as the surrounding rural Southeast Texas counties trend Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 41.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.0 points.
A population of 461,885, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,334 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake Charles and Alexandria, LA.
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In 2024, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas voted Republican by 41.0 points (R+41.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 181,977 votes cast, 53,044 went Democratic and 127,707 went Republican.
When did Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas?
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas has a population of 461,885 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas?
Median household income in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas is $63,334 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
