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1876–2024
Putnam County, Missouri
Putnam County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Putnam County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+70
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,642
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bland County
VA · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 2,380 votes cast
Trump · R+70
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−70.3%
3472,0212,380
2020R
−68.7%
3611,9842,361
2016R
−67.5%
3531,9362,346
2012R
−47.0%
5871,6732,309
2008R
−38.3%
6951,5912,339
2004R
−36.3%
7721,6602,445
2000R
−37.9%
7081,5932,334
1996R
−10.4%
8571,0912,245
1992R
−12.2%
8381,1432,503
1988R
−25.8%
8031,3652,176
1984R
−31.8%
7971,5402,337
1980R
−32.1%
8711,7222,655
1976R
−13.6%
1,0971,4442,550
1972R
−57.4%
5712,1122,683
1968R
−33.0%
9521,9713,092
1964R
−2.1%
1,4841,5473,031
1960R
−43.8%
1,0602,7113,771
1956R
−41.1%
1,1152,6743,789
1952R
−47.0%
1,1493,2024,368
1948R
−26.0%
1,4632,4993,977
1944R
−45.3%
1,1683,1064,281
1940R
−38.1%
1,7083,8285,561
1936R
−28.8%
1,9023,4585,402
1932R
−4.5%
1,9872,1804,315
1928R
−47.3%
1,2473,4984,755
1924R
−36.1%
1,4953,3405,108
1920R
−48.2%
1,3153,8805,321
1916R
−33.0%
1,0352,1063,248
1912R
−27.7%
9331,8593,337
1908R
−34.7%
1,0562,2333,395
1904R
−43.2%
8222,2263,252
1900R
−33.0%
1,1592,3373,570
1896R
−26.3%
1,3762,3633,755
1892R
−27.5%
1,1312,0273,257
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
Baptist
25.8%
Other Christian
18.8%
Methodist
3.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Putnam County, anchored by the small city of Unionville, recorded an R+70.3 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most heavily one-sided rural counties in Missouri's northern tier.

The Republican margin in Putnam County reached its widest at seventy points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Putnam County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,510, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,642 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 Bland County and Dearborn County.