Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+54%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+54MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 143,3372024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,1822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Sherman-Denison, TX, TXOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 14,800 | 50,556 | 66,041 | ||
| R | 14,506 | 44,163 | 59,576 | ||
| R | 10,301 | 35,325 | 47,416 | ||
| R | 10,670 | 30,936 | 42,264 | ||
| R | 13,900 | 31,136 | 45,477 | ||
| R | 13,452 | 30,777 | 44,423 | ||
| R | 13,647 | 25,596 | 39,940 | ||
| R | 14,338 | 17,169 | 35,411 | ||
| D | 12,547 | 12,322 | 38,332 | ||
| R | 14,347 | 18,825 | 33,287 | ||
| R | 11,803 | 22,554 | 34,450 | ||
| R | 13,807 | 16,811 | 31,326 | ||
| D | 17,015 | 11,981 | 29,095 | ||
| R | 6,952 | 16,769 | 23,734 | ||
| D | 10,379 | 8,007 | 23,001 | ||
| D | 14,207 | 5,500 | 19,728 | ||
| D | 9,866 | 7,312 | 17,231 | ||
| D | 8,876 | 7,402 | 16,330 | ||
| D | 10,435 | 7,736 | 18,194 | ||
| D | 10,991 | 2,174 | 14,148 | ||
| D | 11,636 | 1,372 | 14,070 | ||
| D | 12,530 | 1,340 | 13,884 | ||
| D | 10,627 | 947 | 11,597 | ||
| D | 9,631 | 1,317 | 10,992 | ||
| R | 4,600 | 6,277 | 10,892 | ||
| D | 7,413 | 1,973 | 10,335 | ||
| D | 5,241 | 2,125 | 7,945 | ||
| D | 5,092 | 1,024 | 6,421 | ||
| D | 3,938 | 411 | 5,234 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.3%
German
12.4%
Irish
11.0%
American
5.9%
Scottish
2.7%
Italian
2.2%
French
2.0%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$72,182
Sherman-Denison, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sherman-Denison, TX$72,182
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.9%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)10.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.6%
speak English only
Spanish10.4%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Straddling the Oklahoma line, the Sherman-Denison metro has trended reliably Republican in recent cycles while absorbing spillover population from the Dallas-Fort Worth expansion, adding younger, suburban-patterned households to an otherwise deep-red baseline.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sherman-Denison, TX peaked at eighty-three points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $72,182 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas voted Republican by 54.1 points (R+54), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 66,041 votes cast, 14,800 went Democratic and 50,556 went Republican.
What is Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sherman-Denison, 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 16 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas?
Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas has a population of 143,337 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas is $72,182 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sherman-Denison, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.