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1876–2024
Wabash County, Indiana
Wabash County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Wabash County, Indiana · Diego Delso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
30,844
2024 ACS
Most similar
LaGrange County
IN · similarity 1.00
26 precincts · 13,980 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.7%
3,33510,42513,980
2020R
−49.9%
3,49410,76214,573
2016R
−50.2%
3,0189,81913,550
2012R
−36.2%
3,9738,64412,895
2008R
−20.1%
5,4568,23813,871
2004R
−41.8%
3,9209,60713,602
2000R
−31.4%
4,2778,32112,883
1996R
−18.6%
4,5776,99012,996
1992R
−16.8%
4,5187,06215,101
1988R
−37.2%
4,1689,15313,384
1984R
−41.2%
4,0779,86214,028
1980R
−28.7%
4,6208,73814,368
1976R
−19.7%
5,7048,53414,340
1972R
−36.9%
4,60110,01114,659
1968R
−28.5%
4,5988,61114,101
1964D
+4.0%
7,4856,90514,535
1960R
−36.8%
4,78810,42015,297
1956R
−43.0%
4,08510,31814,496
1952R
−38.0%
4,3959,98014,690
1948R
−26.1%
4,6928,14913,245
1944R
−27.5%
4,6658,35713,415
1940R
−23.2%
5,4318,75514,327
1936R
−7.5%
6,2007,22313,623
1932R
−0.7%
6,5536,65213,476
1928R
−37.3%
3,8728,53712,508
1924R
−26.8%
4,0547,27712,040
1920R
−24.0%
4,8278,01813,290
1916R
−8.9%
3,1683,8497,641
1912D
+14.8%
2,3711,3636,789
1908R
−12.8%
3,1164,0917,640
1904R
−28.1%
2,3814,5167,597
1900R
−20.5%
2,8824,4337,581
1896R
−19.5%
2,8914,3197,315
1892R
−19.1%
2,4133,6876,679
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
Other Christian
13.3%
Mainline Protestant
7.4%
Methodist
6.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Baptist
2.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wabash County, anchored by the small industrial city of Wabash, delivered a 50-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep partisan consolidation that has reshaped small-town manufacturing counties across the Midwest over the past decade.

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

Wabash County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,806, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 30,844 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 LaGrange County and Whitley County.