| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 1,736 | 11,783 | 13,634 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,819 | 11,484 | 13,426 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,876 | 11,079 | 13,291 | |
| 2012 | R | 3,153 | 9,496 | 12,866 | |
| 2008 | R | 3,899 | 9,172 | 13,262 | |
| 2004 | R | 3,946 | 9,242 | 13,252 | |
| 2000 | R | 4,476 | 7,727 | 12,454 | |
| 1996 | R | 4,883 | 5,020 | 11,176 | |
| 1992 | D | 5,720 | 4,608 | 12,308 | |
| 1988 | R | 4,701 | 5,822 | 10,538 | |
| 1984 | R | 4,294 | 6,701 | 10,995 | |
| 1980 | R | 5,128 | 6,199 | 11,512 | |
| 1976 | D | 6,097 | 3,989 | 10,111 | |
| 1972 | R | 2,636 | 6,282 | 8,918 | |
| 1968 | R | 3,150 | 3,919 | 8,820 | |
| 1964 | D | 5,944 | 3,014 | 8,958 | |
| 1960 | R | 5,317 | 6,366 | 11,683 | |
| 1956 | D | 6,369 | 4,832 | 11,201 | |
| 1952 | D | 6,110 | 5,514 | 11,649 | |
| 1948 | D | 7,029 | 3,117 | 10,169 | |
| 1944 | D | 5,982 | 5,079 | 11,086 | |
| 1940 | D | 6,725 | 6,055 | 12,818 | |
| 1936 | D | 6,608 | 4,828 | 11,491 | |
| 1932 | D | 7,139 | 3,234 | 10,485 | |
| 1928 | R | 4,016 | 4,906 | 8,951 | |
| 1924 | D | 4,348 | 3,844 | 8,680 | |
| 1920 | R | 4,428 | 4,641 | 9,441 | |
| 1916 | D | 3,274 | 2,482 | 6,109 | |
| 1912 | D | 2,603 | 1,363 | 5,254 | |
| 1908 | D | 2,736 | 2,025 | 5,079 | |
| 1904 | D | 2,265 | 2,088 | 4,576 | |
| 1900 | D | 2,695 | 1,840 | 4,626 | |
| 1896 | D | 2,968 | 1,584 | 4,573 | |
| 1892 | D | 2,220 | 1,218 | 3,585 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Stoddard County sits in Missouri's Bootheel region, where a heavily rural, agriculture-dependent population has produced some of the state's most lopsided presidential results — the 2024 margin of R+73.9 ranks among the largest in Missouri.
The Democratic margin in Stoddard County peaked at thirty-eight points in 1948. By 1996 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventy-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Stoddard County's median household income of $57,957 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Texas County and Dallas County.