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1876–2024
Scotland County, Missouri
Scotland County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Scotland County, Missouri · Sector001 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+61
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,686
2024 ACS
Most similar
Macon County
MO · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 1,920 votes cast
Trump · R+61
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−61.4%
3581,5371,920
2020R
−59.0%
3881,5601,986
2016R
−58.6%
3651,5251,981
2012R
−31.1%
6431,2461,936
2008R
−21.7%
7931,2492,098
2004R
−23.9%
8281,3522,197
2000R
−25.0%
7901,3352,179
1996D
+10.3%
9907732,106
1992D
+10.9%
1,0707982,494
1988R
−5.5%
1,1171,2482,372
1984R
−16.0%
1,0751,4852,560
1980R
−13.7%
1,2001,5922,869
1976D
+5.9%
1,4491,2862,752
1972R
−20.4%
1,2691,9183,187
1968R
−6.9%
1,3401,5543,104
1964D
+28.6%
2,1871,2153,402
1960R
−0.4%
1,8841,8993,783
1956D
+8.2%
2,0441,7353,779
1952R
−0.7%
2,0932,1234,226
1948D
+18.3%
2,4511,6934,153
1944D
+2.4%
2,1582,0584,222
1940D
+2.2%
2,4352,3294,787
1936D
+17.4%
2,7681,9404,772
1932D
+31.6%
2,7381,4104,205
1928R
−3.4%
2,1942,3504,566
1924D
+6.1%
2,5952,2825,092
1920R
−8.1%
2,1242,5094,724
1916D
+12.0%
1,5921,2432,900
1912D
+23.3%
1,5258602,859
1908D
+10.0%
1,5641,2732,897
1904D
+5.9%
1,5301,3542,973
1900D
+15.4%
1,7601,2773,127
1896D
+26.5%
2,0771,2033,299
1892D
+15.2%
1,3699402,824
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%
Italian
1.3%
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.
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
Mainline Protestant
33.0%
Methodist
11.0%
Baptist
10.6%
Other Christian
5.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Scotland County's 2024 presidential margin of R+61.5 reflects a broader consolidation of rural northeast Missouri toward one party, a shift that has accelerated steadily over the past two decades as small agricultural communities have realigned.

The Republican margin in Scotland 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.

Scotland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,913, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,686 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 Daviess County.