Editing Glasscock County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
[[West Texas]] is one of the most strongly conservative areas of the nation, and Glasscock County is heavily [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. The only time since 1948 it supported a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] for president was 1960. In the last eight elections, fewer than 100 voters have supported the Democratic candidate, and in the last seven elections, the Republican has carried over 90 percent of the county's vote.

In the [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000 U.S. presidential election]], Glasscock County was the most strongly Republican county in the United States, giving 92.5% of its votes to Republican candidate [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/specialreports/greatdivide/091904_chart_gop.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050708033454/http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/specialreports/greatdivide/091904_chart_gop.html | archive-date=July 8, 2005 | title=100 most Republican counties in 2000 presidential election }}</ref>
{{PresHead|place=Glasscock 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 24, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|623|38|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|611|39|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|553|34|17|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|526|44|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|502|52|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|488|44|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|528|39|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|382|70|32|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|379|100|95|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|384|143|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|403|128|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|416|116|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|218|190|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|288|75|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|169|106|172|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|183|179|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|152|207|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|224|174|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|235|197|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|69|188|21|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|34|185|50|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|41|268|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|29|252|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|42|212|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|124|34|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|14|89|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|25|91|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|8|96|4|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|0|60|0|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Glasscock 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|616|37|7|Texas}}
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This pro-Republican trend is reflected in party membership. During the 2008 Presidential primary in Texas, 19 voters from Glasscock County cast ballots in the Democratic race, while over 400 cast ballots in the Republican race.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2008 |title=Election Center 2008: Primary Results for Texas |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#TX |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>