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1876–2024
Daviess County, Missouri
Daviess County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Daviess County, Missouri · en:User:Americasroof · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+63
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,477
2024 ACS
Most similar
Macon County
MO · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 3,925 votes cast
Trump · R+63
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.3%
7013,1853,925
2020R
−60.2%
7463,1023,911
2016R
−54.5%
7302,7673,738
2012R
−33.1%
1,1252,2903,521
2008R
−22.8%
1,4002,2633,786
2004R
−25.0%
1,4022,3513,794
2000R
−18.4%
1,3672,0113,494
1996D
+6.4%
1,5341,3213,353
1992D
+9.9%
1,4771,1073,732
1988R
−0.6%
1,7431,7653,518
1984R
−22.5%
1,5262,4143,940
1980R
−8.9%
1,7702,1253,984
1976D
+7.9%
2,2501,9194,191
1972R
−33.0%
1,4302,8404,270
1968R
−14.2%
1,6762,2884,298
1964D
+18.8%
2,7391,8744,613
1960R
−17.9%
2,2203,1915,411
1956R
−12.0%
2,6113,3265,937
1952R
−22.6%
2,4243,8456,282
1948D
+0.8%
2,8682,8235,693
1944R
−16.7%
2,5673,5976,169
1940R
−12.6%
3,3254,2897,625
1936D
+0.4%
3,9533,9247,902
1932D
+19.8%
3,5232,3515,906
1928R
−20.8%
2,7894,2547,057
1924R
−4.6%
3,5203,8697,524
1920R
−11.1%
3,5604,4588,118
1916D
+0.7%
2,3752,3424,774
1912D
+25.6%
2,2841,0994,634
1908R
−2.0%
2,2942,3884,763
1904R
−4.4%
2,3442,5685,104
1900D
+5.7%
2,6702,3735,240
1896D
+14.4%
3,1252,3305,505
1892D
+5.0%
2,2572,0194,743
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
0.8%
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
Baptist
23.8%
Other Christian
22.7%
Mainline Protestant
11.4%
Methodist
5.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With roughly 8,000 residents spread across northwest Missouri farmland, Daviess County recorded a 63-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions in recent election history.

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

Daviess County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,984, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,477 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 Macon County and Wayne County.