See Texas results for the 2024 presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

Texas voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots ballot papers in the 2024 election, when they weigh in on key races—including those for House and Senate seats—and decide who they want to lead the nation.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are facing off in the vote in a state considered a Republican stronghold but becoming increasingly competitive.

Texas – one of the fastest growing states in the US – has not elected a Democratic president statewide since Jimmy Carter in 1976. It has not traditionally been considered a battleground state, although recent elections and polling data have indicated a changing political landscape .

Per Nov. 3 The CBS News/YouGov poll and analysis showed that Trump had only a 4 percentage point lead over Harris in the state and had approximately 51% of the vote compared to the vice president’s 47%.

The day before the election, The New York Times reported The Texas polling average showed Trump up 8 percentage points with 52% of the vote compared to Harris’ 44%.

In the 2016 presidential election, Trump secured 52% of the vote in Texas, compared to Hillary Clinton’s 43%. Trump won the state again in 2020, but with a smaller marginreceived 52% and while Joe Biden had 46%.

At the time, Harris, who was then Biden’s vice president, helped boost support for the president-elect with her positions on issues like health care, education and social justice — appealing to younger, diverse voter demographics, according to Texas Tribune.

As she campaigned for herself this election, she actively sought to engage Texas voters. A little over a week before the election, both she and Trump made campaign stops in the state – Trump in Austin and Harris in Houston.

At Shell Energy Stadium, Harris spoke to a crowd of 30,000, speaking for reproductive freedom alongside Texas Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred. In Austin, Trump, along with Sen. Ted Cruz, focused on border security and crimes committed by migrants and reiterated his party’s core messages.