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1876–2024
Granbury, TX·Texas

For sixty-four years, Granbury, TX voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

Hood County seat where fast suburban growth meets a historic courthouse square

18762024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+66
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
65,894
2024 ACS

Granbury, TX, Texas: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+66%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+66MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
65,8942024 5-year
Median household income
$88,1602024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
84.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+66 in 2016MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−65.8%
6,07030,17436,656
R
−64.0%
5,64826,49632,597
R
−66.2%
4,00821,38226,262
R
−64.5%
3,84318,40922,579
R
−54.0%
5,08717,29922,596
R
−53.6%
4,86516,28021,293
R
−44.1%
4,70412,42917,505
R
−14.5%
5,4597,57514,550
R
−6.7%
4,3595,31314,162
R
−26.8%
4,2557,40011,716
R
−37.8%
3,0636,8179,921
R
−10.9%
3,0013,7556,940
D
+26.2%
3,1811,8575,061
R
−29.3%
9491,7432,710
D
+26.0%
1,1555932,161
D
+59.3%
1,6614232,087
D
+13.5%
1,2389432,187
D
+18.6%
1,0957511,852
D
+27.0%
1,3567802,136
D
+73.4%
1,2731691,504
D
+71.8%
1,2031461,472
D
+77.6%
1,3181661,485
D
+81.0%
9881021,094
D
+82.4%
1,1191061,230
R
−14.4%
4796401,121
D
+75.8%
1,0741221,256
D
+51.2%
6971751,020
D
+74.7%
69364842
D
+75.8%
67438839
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.1%
German
14.1%
Irish
11.2%
American
8.5%
Scottish
2.7%
Italian
2.3%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.4%
speak English only
Spanish8.6%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
20.1%
Other Christian
13.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.7%
Methodist
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Granbury anchors Hood County, one of the fastest-growing exurban corridors southwest of Fort Worth, where an influx of retirees and remote workers has layered new demographic complexity onto a historically deep-red rural base.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Granbury, TX peaked at eighty-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eleven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $88,160 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Granbury, TX, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/24180/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Granbury, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Granbury, TX, Texas voted Republican by 65.8 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,656 votes cast, 6,070 went Democratic and 30,174 went Republican.
What is Granbury, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Granbury, TX, Texas as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Granbury, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Granbury, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Granbury, TX, Texas?
Granbury, TX, Texas has a population of 65,894 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Granbury, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Granbury, TX, Texas is $88,160 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Granbury, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Granbury, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.