El Dorado County, California

2024 results by precinct

143 precincts · 111,890 votes cast

Trump · R+12

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−12.0%	47,703	61,109	111,890
2020	R	−8.8%	51,621	61,838	116,159
2016	R	−13.5%	36,404	49,247	95,149
2012	R	−17.8%	35,166	50,973	88,998
2008	R	−10.5%	40,529	50,314	93,309
2004	R	−23.9%	32,242	52,878	86,364
2000	R	−21.9%	26,220	42,045	72,136
1996	R	−15.5%	22,957	32,759	63,196
1992	R	−7.5%	21,012	25,906	64,887
1988	R	−20.2%	19,801	30,021	50,603
1984	R	−31.2%	14,312	27,583	42,478
1980	R	−28.7%	10,765	21,238	36,449
1976	D	+1.1%	12,763	12,472	26,154
1972	R	−12.8%	8,654	11,330	20,905
1968	R	−9.3%	6,054	7,468	15,241
1964	D	+20.8%	8,810	5,775	14,610
1960	D	+0.9%	6,175	6,065	12,337
1956	R	−7.6%	3,957	4,613	8,607
1952	R	−20.8%	3,152	4,828	8,073
1948	D	+8.9%	3,493	2,894	6,724
1944	D	+20.4%	3,016	1,990	5,031
1940	D	+34.1%	4,144	2,019	6,237
1936	D	+52.5%	4,019	1,228	5,312
1932	D	+50.3%	3,034	956	4,135
1928	D	+10.4%	1,516	1,228	2,775
1924	R	−16.4%	361	852	2,991
1920	R	−35.8%	726	1,636	2,542
1916	D	+22.6%	1,755	1,068	3,043
1912	D	+59.0%	1,613	0	2,732
1908	D	+1.5%	1,019	986	2,204
1904	R	−16.6%	865	1,248	2,307
1900	D	+8.1%	1,406	1,193	2,643
1896	D	+19.0%	1,674	1,130	2,858
1892	D	+4.2%	1,270	1,159	2,646
1888	D	+3.7%	1,456	1,350	2,871
1884	D	+6.3%	1,469	1,289	2,835
1880	D	+3.4%	1,520	1,419	2,963
1876	D	+4.0%	1,441	1,331	2,772

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 46.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.4%

3.1%

75–84

3.5%

7.0%

65–74

7.3%

7.7%

55–64

7.9%

6.2%

45–54

6.1%

6.3%

35–44

6.2%

5.1%

25–34

4.9%

3.4%

18–24

3.2%

7.6%

5–17

7.5%

2.3%

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$108,845

El Dorado County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

El Dorado County$108,845

California$99,122

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

14.7%

Other Christian

13.0%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Methodist

0.3%

Baptist

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stretching from Sacramento's eastern suburbs into the High Sierra, El Dorado County blends exurban growth with rural ranching communities, producing a consistent Republican lean in federal races that has widened as the county's population shifted away from urban centers.

The Republican margin in El Dorado County reached its widest at thirty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twelve points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

El Dorado County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $108,845, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 192,662 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 Placer County and Denton County.

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El Dorado County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.