Editing Williamson County, Texas (section)

===Presidential election results===
Williamson County is currently a swing county since the late 2010s. The county votes well to the left of the state as a whole.

It was once a solidly Democratic county. In [[1976 United States presidential election in Texas|1976 election]], it voted for President [[Jimmy Carter]] by a higher percentage (55%) than did voters in [[Travis County]] (52%). In [[1980 United States presidential election in Texas|1980 election]], however, the county swung dramatically to support [[Ronald Reagan]], giving him 56% of the vote, exceeding Carter's 1976 total. In subsequent years, the county became increasingly Republican, following a pattern similar to those of other suburban Texas counties. In [[2004 United States presidential election in Texas|2004 election]], President [[George W. Bush]] won 68% of the vote in Williamson County. [[John McCain]] received 55% of the vote to [[Barack Obama]]'s 42% in the [[2008 United States presidential election in Texas|2008 election]]. In [[2012 United States presidential election in Texas|2012 election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] defeated Obama, 59% to 38%. In [[2016 United States presidential election in Texas|2016 election]], [[Donald Trump]] beat [[Hillary Clinton]], 51%–41%.

However, the county narrowly swung Democratic in [[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|2020]], with [[Joe Biden]] winning a plurality over Trump, 49% to 48%.<ref name="wilco">{{Cite web|url=https://apps.wilco.org/elections/results/default.aspx?e=346930|title=Election Results|website=apps.wilco.org}}</ref> The county narrowly swung back into the Trump column for the [[2024 United States presidential election in Texas|2024]] election, thereby voting for the presidential election winner in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Democrats [[Beto O'Rourke]] and [[Colin Allred]] won the county against [[Ted Cruz]] in [[2018 United States Senate election in Texas|2018]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Essig |first=Chris |last2=Murphy |first2=Ryan |last3=Formby |first3=Brandon |date=2018-11-07 |title=Where Ted Cruz's close victory over Beto O'Rourke stands among Texas' historical election results |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/07/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-history-election-results/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref> and [[2024 United States Senate election in Texas|2024]]. [[James Talarico]] and [[John Bucy III]] both defeating Republican incumbents to win election to the [[2022 Texas House of Representatives election|2022]] in districts mostly in Williamson County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2019-05-10/turning-williamson-county-a-bluer-shade-of-purple/|title=Turning Williamson County a Bluer Shade of Purple|website=www.austinchronicle.com}}</ref> However, in the same [[2020 United States Senate election in Texas|2020 election]] election, county voters reelected Republican [[John Cornyn]] to the U.S. Senate as well as Republican [[John Carter (Texas politician)|John Carter]] to the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name="wilco" /> Republican governor [[Greg Abbott]] won the county in [[2022 Texas gubernatorial election|2022]] by only one point, further showing that county has moved away from being safely Republican and become a competitive battleground.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khatib |first=Alexa Ura, Caroline Covington and Jade |date=November 11, 2022 |title=Republicans rebounded in some suburban counties that had been drifting blue |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/11/texas-voter-turnout-suburbs/ |access-date=July 16, 2023 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Texas Governor Election Results |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-texas-governor.html |access-date=July 16, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Election turnout reflects the county's tremendous growth. In [[1960 United States presidential election in Texas|1960]], only 7,870 votes were cast, compared to 289,555 in 2020.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|155,310|147,766|6,439|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|139,729|143,795|6,644|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|104,175|84,468|16,016|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|97,006|61,875|4,923|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|88,323|67,691|3,152|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|83,284|43,117|1,797|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|65,041|26,591|4,303|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|36,836|24,175|5,511|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|26,208|19,437|15,609|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|27,322|19,589|319|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|25,774|9,911|99|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|15,035|10,408|1,218|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|7,481|9,355|174|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,998|3,806|63|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,923|5,528|1,672|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,766|7,430|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,429|5,410|31|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,947|4,402|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,646|5,010|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,094|5,638|294|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,239|5,284|908|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,714|5,944|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|375|4,995|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|418|6,783|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,833|3,689|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|934|6,324|320|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|819|2,677|1,555|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|656|2,701|94|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|246|2,014|310|Texas}}