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1876–2024
Christian County, Missouri
Christian County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's sharpest Republican margins sits just south of Springfield

18762024·38 elections
Christian County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
92,915
2024 ACS
Most similar
Montgomery County
KS · similarity 1.00
28 precincts · 50,789 votes cast
Trump · R+52
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−52.2%
11,85038,37950,789
2020R
−50.7%
11,13134,92046,925
2016R
−53.6%
8,50830,94641,863
2012R
−46.5%
9,81327,47337,964
2008R
−35.8%
11,88325,38237,697
2004R
−41.6%
9,05922,10231,348
2000R
−29.8%
7,89614,82423,228
1996R
−15.3%
6,6279,47718,595
1992R
−6.9%
6,2427,42217,145
1988R
−23.7%
4,7247,67012,440
1984R
−40.6%
3,2237,63410,857
1980R
−29.1%
3,5026,48710,251
1976R
−8.6%
3,8304,5538,442
1972R
−52.8%
1,9456,3058,250
1968R
−39.0%
1,5864,0196,238
1964R
−10.0%
2,6463,2325,878
1960R
−48.1%
1,6224,6276,249
1956R
−36.7%
1,7303,7325,462
1952R
−52.6%
1,3744,4405,824
1948R
−32.3%
1,6003,1294,735
1944R
−57.1%
1,1344,1675,310
1940R
−44.5%
1,7294,5096,253
1936R
−24.0%
2,4624,0226,501
1932D
+3.6%
2,5772,3955,055
1928R
−51.9%
1,1243,5764,721
1924R
−32.9%
1,2812,6924,289
1920R
−59.2%
9193,7954,857
1916R
−33.8%
9381,9783,073
1912R
−13.5%
7931,2033,042
1908R
−29.9%
9561,8713,063
1904R
−36.5%
8711,9472,944
1900R
−22.1%
1,3262,1073,536
1896R
−6.8%
1,7291,9833,719
1892R
−31.6%
6531,5592,870
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
Pentecostal & Holiness
41.6%
Baptist
14.1%
Other Christian
7.1%
Methodist
2.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Christian County has grown rapidly as a Springfield suburb while remaining among Missouri's most Republican counties, posting a 52-point presidential margin in 2024 that reflects both its evangelical character and its exurban growth pattern.

The Republican margin in Christian County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was fifty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Christian County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $83,437, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 92,915 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 Montgomery County and Effingham County.