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1876–2024
Union County, Indiana
Union County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's smallest counties, with one of its widest partisan gaps

18762024·38 elections
Union County, Indiana · Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,985
2024 ACS
Most similar
Morgan County
WV · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 3,494 votes cast
Trump · R+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.9%
7462,6983,494
2020R
−56.0%
7362,6883,483
2016R
−52.2%
7152,4453,315
2012R
−32.3%
1,0182,0223,104
2008R
−25.0%
1,2242,0613,348
2004R
−36.5%
1,0452,2663,344
2000R
−32.2%
9271,8382,828
1996R
−11.5%
1,0191,3342,730
1992R
−16.7%
8981,3942,968
1988R
−31.3%
9461,8142,770
1984R
−41.2%
8161,9702,800
1980R
−31.2%
8981,7662,780
1976R
−16.8%
1,1601,6312,800
1972R
−45.4%
7652,0432,818
1968R
−25.5%
9201,6913,019
1964R
−2.3%
1,4631,5313,005
1960R
−27.7%
1,1802,0873,275
1956R
−27.2%
1,1572,0263,192
1952R
−35.2%
1,0292,1593,211
1948R
−27.6%
1,0491,8592,939
1944R
−26.6%
1,1541,9983,169
1940R
−17.3%
1,4152,0093,443
1936D
+1.0%
1,6621,6303,313
1932R
−2.2%
1,5871,6583,289
1928R
−32.4%
1,0692,1013,184
1924R
−19.2%
1,2841,9073,245
1920R
−17.9%
1,3751,9843,403
1916R
−9.1%
8269971,883
1912D
+3.2%
7056431,930
1908R
−13.1%
8081,0661,965
1904R
−19.8%
7581,1562,010
1900R
−8.1%
8971,0602,012
1896R
−9.8%
9151,1182,068
1892R
−7.5%
8399811,894
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
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%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Methodist
8.8%
Other Christian
8.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Union County's 2024 presidential margin of R+55.9 reflects a pattern common to rural southeastern Indiana micro-counties, where low population density and agricultural economies correlate with heavily skewed partisan outcomes.

The Republican margin in Union County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was fifty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Union County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,424, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,985 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 Morgan County and Cameron County.