Santa Barbara County, California

2024 results by precinct

237 precincts · 185,689 votes cast

Harris · D+27

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+26.5%	114,149	64,870	185,689
2020	D	+31.9%	129,963	65,736	201,432
2016	D	+28.4%	107,142	56,365	178,878
2012	D	+18.0%	94,129	64,606	163,885
2008	D	+22.8%	105,614	65,585	175,407
2004	D	+8.0%	90,314	76,806	169,861
2000	D	+1.2%	73,411	71,493	154,974
1996	D	+4.5%	70,650	63,915	150,745
1992	D	+7.3%	69,215	57,375	162,756
1988	R	−9.8%	63,586	77,524	142,940
1984	R	−26.8%	51,243	89,314	142,320
1980	R	−22.5%	40,650	69,629	128,995
1976	R	−4.9%	55,018	60,922	119,844
1972	R	−13.5%	50,609	67,075	121,541
1968	R	−13.4%	37,565	50,068	93,420
1964	D	+12.0%	48,381	38,020	86,486
1960	R	−13.7%	29,409	38,805	68,402
1956	R	−29.6%	16,925	31,294	48,484
1952	R	−33.8%	14,793	29,984	44,943
1948	R	−20.1%	13,085	19,998	34,400
1944	D	+7.0%	15,721	13,647	29,457
1940	D	+9.9%	17,237	14,107	31,678
1936	D	+23.8%	15,923	9,728	26,045
1932	D	+19.4%	13,373	8,864	23,291
1928	R	−40.0%	4,954	11,666	16,799
1924	R	−55.4%	1,242	8,615	13,318
1920	R	−42.4%	2,586	6,970	10,329
1916	D	+7.1%	5,198	4,453	10,469
1912	D	+38.8%	2,819	0	7,258
1908	R	−21.8%	1,640	2,713	4,916
1904	R	−35.8%	1,152	2,676	4,258
1900	R	−10.3%	1,599	1,988	3,781
1896	R	−2.2%	1,916	2,004	4,050
1892	R	−7.2%	1,228	1,483	3,521
1888	R	−3.5%	1,565	1,684	3,423
1884	R	−7.9%	1,050	1,243	2,441
1880	R	−9.9%	717	907	1,918
1876	R	−22.5%	743	1,174	1,919

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

1.4%

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: 34.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.4%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

4.5%

65–74

4.8%

5.4%

55–64

5.5%

5.3%

45–54

5.1%

6.1%

35–44

5.6%

6.9%

25–34

6.3%

7.4%

18–24

7.5%

8.4%

5–17

8.0%

3.1%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$98,161

Santa Barbara County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Santa Barbara County$98,161

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.7%

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

33.0%

Other Christian

5.6%

Non-Christian

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.6%

Baptist

1.0%

Methodist

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Santa Barbara's mix of UC Santa Barbara students, Latino agricultural workers in the Santa Maria Valley, and affluent coastal residents produces a Democratic lean that has held steady across recent election cycles, with the 2024 presidential margin landing near 27 points.

The Democratic margin in Santa Barbara County reached its widest at thirty-nine points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points — still decisive.

Santa Barbara County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $98,161, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 443,701 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 Bernalillo County and Washington County.

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Santa Barbara County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.