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1876–2024
San Benito County, California
San Benito County·California

San Benito County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A rural Central Coast county where Latino majority growth is reshaping margins

18762024·38 elections
San Benito County, California · MARELBU · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+13
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
67,290
2024 ACS
Most similar
Doña Ana County
NM · similarity 0.99
41 precincts · 27,652 votes cast
Harris · D+13
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+12.6%
15,17911,70227,652
2020D
+24.4%
17,62810,59028,830
2016D
+21.2%
12,5217,84122,122
2012D
+20.6%
11,2767,34319,081
2008D
+22.7%
11,9177,42519,788
2004D
+6.2%
9,8518,69818,725
2000D
+12.6%
9,1317,01516,831
1996D
+11.8%
7,0305,38413,906
1992D
+9.7%
5,3544,11212,739
1988R
−9.9%
4,5595,57810,308
1984R
−22.8%
3,5545,6959,380
1980R
−17.2%
2,7494,0547,602
1976R
−4.1%
3,1223,3986,680
1972R
−20.0%
2,5823,9616,881
1968R
−2.4%
2,8092,9616,229
1964D
+21.4%
3,7792,4446,237
1960R
−3.0%
2,8763,0565,945
1956R
−19.2%
2,2013,2525,463
1952R
−29.8%
1,8913,5035,415
1948R
−13.6%
2,0962,7754,987
1944R
−6.0%
1,9982,2534,267
1940D
+0.7%
2,4412,4074,883
1936D
+25.4%
2,5651,5154,142
1932D
+27.1%
2,2831,2693,744
1928R
−18.1%
1,3661,9713,348
1924R
−40.1%
3611,4432,695
1920R
−35.2%
9001,9653,023
1916D
+7.6%
1,6881,4403,259
1912D
+48.7%
1,25302,573
1908R
−14.5%
6849371,749
1904R
−14.9%
6458881,629
1900D
+4.0%
7867241,550
1896D
+13.2%
9567291,716
1892D
+8.6%
7596161,666
1888D
+8.6%
7976641,553
1884D
+7.1%
6655741,279
1880D
+20.1%
6464291,080
1876D
+20.9%
6644341,100
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.
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
62.8%
Other Christian
8.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Methodist
0.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

San Benito's population is roughly 60% Latino, a share that has climbed steadily for two decades and correlates with the county's shift from competitive to reliably Democratic in statewide and federal contests.

The Democratic margin in San Benito County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was thirteen points — still decisive.

San Benito County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $114,394, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 67,290 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 Doña Ana County and Martinsville city.