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1876–2024
Amador County, California
Amador County·California

Amador County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A Gold Rush–era foothill county that votes deep red in blue-state California

18762024·38 elections
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Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
41,428
2024 ACS
Most similar
Calaveras County
CA · similarity 1.00
47 precincts · 22,402 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.8%
7,78314,01822,402
2020R
−24.3%
8,15313,58522,397
2016R
−24.9%
6,00410,48517,963
2012R
−19.5%
6,83010,28117,693
2008R
−14.6%
7,81310,56118,879
2004R
−25.5%
6,54111,10717,891
2000R
−18.5%
5,9068,76615,464
1996R
−6.9%
5,8686,87014,452
1992R
−1.2%
5,2865,47715,434
1988R
−13.7%
5,1976,89312,338
1984R
−24.6%
4,1886,98611,363
1980R
−22.9%
3,1915,4019,670
1976D
+4.2%
4,0373,6998,018
1972R
−12.5%
2,7053,5336,616
1968D
+3.2%
2,4402,2695,390
1964D
+33.9%
3,4101,6825,098
1960D
+10.5%
2,6902,1754,887
1956D
+1.3%
2,1812,1264,325
1952R
−5.3%
2,0702,3034,416
1948D
+18.6%
2,3341,5784,063
1944D
+24.5%
1,9761,1913,203
1940D
+33.3%
2,7621,3724,176
1936D
+52.0%
2,5067773,323
1932D
+47.6%
2,3678223,244
1928D
+11.4%
1,2469902,244
1924R
−21.8%
3167191,847
1920R
−33.8%
6391,3502,105
1916D
+17.8%
1,7661,2093,138
1912D
+64.8%
1,62202,503
1908R
−8.1%
8741,0351,995
1904R
−15.5%
9151,2792,349
1900R
−6.7%
1,2091,3842,629
1896D
+9.9%
1,3981,1442,577
1892D
+5.0%
1,2551,1252,614
1888D
+1.9%
1,4291,3732,892
1884D
+1.5%
1,3581,3172,760
1880D
+2.4%
1,4111,3452,760
1876D
+5.7%
1,3151,1722,487
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
13.1%
Other Christian
6.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.1%
Baptist
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Methodist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Amador's small, older, and predominantly white population in the Sierra Nevada foothills has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 25 points in recent cycles, making it one of the most reliably conservative counties in the state.

The Republican margin in Amador County reached its widest at thirty-four points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Amador County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $88,044, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 41,428 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Calaveras County and Tuolumne County.