Editing Brazos County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
Unlike most counties that are home to a large university, Brazos County is a Republican stronghold. The county votes to the right of Texas as a whole, which is also a Republican stronghold.

No Democratic presidential nominee has carried it since Texas native [[Lyndon Johnson]] in his 1964 landslide. Only in 1968 and 2020 have Democrats received even 40% of the vote. Even [[Jimmy Carter]] failed to win 40% of the vote in 1976, despite being the last Democrat to win Texas.

In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] was the first Democrat to win over 40% of its vote since 1968, winning 41.43% of the vote. This was still well to the right of the state as a whole, as Biden lost the state 46.48-52.06%.
 
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|56,671|33,844|1,446|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|47,530|35,349|2,434|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|38,738|23,121|5,352|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|37,209|17,477|1,276|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|37,465|20,502|706|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|37,594|16,128|587|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|32,864|12,359|1,718|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|22,082|13,968|2,594|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|23,943|14,819|10,578|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|29,369|14,885|436|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|34,733|12,348|140|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|17,798|9,856|1,885|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|15,685|10,628|387|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|14,243|5,692|116|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,839|6,299|2,441|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,003|7,998|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,553|5,907|17|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,942|3,463|31|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,681|4,213|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,533|3,459|538|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|464|3,358|553|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|617|4,151|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|45|2,610|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|195|2,588|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|738|1,480|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|255|2,128|61|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|277|1,281|614|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|273|1,027|8|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|142|762|49|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Brazos County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|54,153|34,849|2,743|Texas}}
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