Editing Dimmit County, Texas (section)

== Politics ==
Like most of heavily [[Hispanic]] [[South Texas]], Dimmit votes predominantly Democratic. While the state of Texas went strongly for [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]] [[George W. Bush]] in the [[U.S. Presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Dimmit County was a traditional stronghold of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], supporting [[U.S. Senator]] [[John F. Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]], with 2,365 votes for Kerry to 1,188 for Bush. <!-- not cited This is due to the county having a Hispanic majority population. --> The last Republican to win a majority in Dimmit County was [[Richard Nixon]] in [[United States presidential election in Texas, 1972|1972]].<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> In 1892, Dimmit County gave all its few votes to [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist]] [[James B. Weaver]], thus making it his leading county.

{{PresHead|place=Dimmit County, Texas|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 21, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,653|1,765|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,384|2,264|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|974|2,173|78|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|762|2,141|14|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|874|2,692|21|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,188|2,365|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,032|2,678|43|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|604|2,242|145|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|844|3,172|364|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|900|2,735|16|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|1,338|2,546|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,173|2,102|48|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|890|1,721|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,172|1,078|12|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|584|896|180|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|501|1,184|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|648|886|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|705|427|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|954|503|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|384|863|71|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|328|554|95|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|340|736|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|296|704|21|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|241|843|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|626|258|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|180|289|24|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|108|231|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|74|193|1|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|131|292|52|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Dimmit 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|Democratic|1,305|1,849|89|Texas}}
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