Bates County, Missouri

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 8,360 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.5%	1,563	6,702	8,360
2020	R	−58.4%	1,672	6,597	8,438
2016	R	−54.2%	1,618	6,001	8,083
2012	R	−31.7%	2,557	5,020	7,771
2008	R	−18.9%	3,271	4,833	8,283
2004	R	−19.0%	3,398	5,004	8,466
2000	R	−11.0%	3,386	4,245	7,792
1996	D	+4.5%	3,224	2,904	7,137
1992	D	+6.4%	2,993	2,499	7,730
1988	R	−3.5%	3,332	3,574	6,930
1984	R	−18.8%	2,889	4,223	7,112
1980	R	−10.2%	3,297	4,061	7,521
1976	D	+12.2%	4,288	3,350	7,684
1972	R	−27.5%	3,020	5,314	8,334
1968	R	−8.7%	3,370	4,087	8,258
1964	D	+19.0%	5,162	3,514	8,676
1960	R	−16.3%	3,906	5,429	9,335
1956	R	−11.9%	4,300	5,467	9,767
1952	R	−20.1%	3,995	6,002	9,999
1948	D	+2.5%	4,371	4,156	8,533
1944	R	−11.1%	4,096	5,122	9,236
1940	R	−7.0%	4,978	5,727	10,738
1936	D	+6.1%	5,681	5,022	10,777
1932	D	+29.1%	6,220	3,395	9,694
1928	R	−26.0%	3,594	6,133	9,781
1924	D	+1.8%	4,722	4,552	9,663
1920	R	−6.2%	4,433	5,039	9,708
1916	D	+10.9%	3,255	2,597	6,056
1912	D	+27.8%	3,057	1,383	6,027
1908	D	+7.9%	3,248	2,754	6,249
1904	D	+0.2%	2,967	2,956	6,275
1900	D	+12.4%	3,591	2,731	6,956
1896	D	+33.0%	5,073	2,522	7,728
1892	D	+15.5%	3,007	1,928	6,974
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%

African American

1.7%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.6%

2.4%

75–84

3.0%

5.6%

65–74

5.7%

7.8%

55–64

7.3%

5.8%

45–54

5.6%

5.4%

35–44

6.1%

6.6%

25–34

5.7%

4.0%

18–24

3.6%

9.0%

5–17

8.1%

2.8%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,733

Bates County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Bates County$60,733

Missouri$70,702

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.9%

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

Baptist

17.0%

Mainline Protestant

8.7%

Other Christian

8.4%

Methodist

6.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bates County, anchored by the small city of Butler, logged an R+61.6 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among Missouri's most heavily one-sided rural counties in a state that has shifted sharply away from competitive statewide races over the past two decades.

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

Bates County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,733, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,186 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 Giles County and Crawford County.

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