| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 1,253 | 2,348 | 3,621 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,311 | 2,275 | 3,624 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,213 | 1,921 | 3,190 | |
| 2012 | R | 1,412 | 1,733 | 3,179 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,381 | 1,772 | 3,184 | |
| 2004 | R | 1,275 | 1,670 | 2,957 | |
| 2000 | R | 982 | 1,187 | 2,184 | |
| 1996 | D | 977 | 678 | 1,821 | |
| 1992 | D | 1,145 | 711 | 2,056 | |
| 1988 | D | 844 | 804 | 1,652 | |
| 1984 | D | 951 | 846 | 1,797 | |
| 1980 | D | 1,174 | 567 | 1,773 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,314 | 291 | 1,605 | |
| 1972 | R | 164 | 850 | 1,014 | |
| 1968 | D | 247 | 186 | 1,282 | |
| 1964 | R | 365 | 719 | 1,085 | |
| 1960 | D | 645 | 154 | 799 | |
| 1956 | D | 618 | 158 | 776 | |
| 1952 | D | 651 | 182 | 833 | |
| 1948 | D | 283 | 45 | 541 | |
| 1944 | D | 501 | 70 | 571 | |
| 1940 | D | 605 | 77 | 683 | |
| 1936 | D | 420 | 62 | 483 | |
| 1932 | D | 455 | 24 | 479 | |
| 1928 | D | 365 | 114 | 479 | |
| 1924 | D | 272 | 31 | 321 | |
| 1920 | D | 236 | 180 | 416 | |
| 1916 | D | 330 | 42 | 468 | |
| 1912 | D | 233 | 17 | 301 | |
| 1908 | D | 217 | 155 | 461 | |
| 1904 | D | 247 | 51 | 453 | |
| 1900 | D | 280 | 116 | 429 | |
| 1896 | R | 223 | 409 | 670 | |
| 1892 | D | 436 | 387 | 1,155 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Marion's roughly 7,100 residents have delivered lopsided presidential margins for decades, making it one of the more predictable counties in a state that has grown increasingly competitive at the statewide level.
The Democratic margin in Marion County peaked at ninety points in 1932. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Marion County's median household income of $51,667 sits well below state and national norms, and 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of West Feliciana Parish and Taylor County.
