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1876–2024
Webster County, Missouri
Webster County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most Republican-leaning Ozarks counties

18762024·38 elections
Webster County, Missouri · Larry D. Moore · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+62
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
40,500
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pawnee County
NE · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 19,814 votes cast
Trump · R+62
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−62.2%
3,65315,98419,814
2020R
−60.2%
3,57314,88018,779
2016R
−57.7%
3,17712,84016,743
2012R
−40.6%
4,40910,70815,496
2008R
−29.0%
5,68510,43116,356
2004R
−37.1%
4,65710,19414,944
2000R
−26.7%
4,1747,35011,880
1996R
−10.9%
3,8554,95810,152
1992R
−2.0%
4,1494,36110,640
1988R
−13.6%
3,8905,1239,035
1984R
−29.9%
2,9825,5298,511
1980R
−19.6%
3,4095,1218,719
1976D
+3.4%
3,7593,5107,315
1972R
−37.0%
2,3435,0957,438
1968R
−21.7%
2,5474,1187,237
1964D
+6.7%
3,8243,3417,165
1960R
−25.9%
2,7074,6037,310
1956R
−11.4%
3,1323,9407,072
1952R
−23.7%
2,8944,7017,615
1948R
−4.2%
3,2923,5816,890
1944R
−21.1%
2,7854,2817,081
1940R
−15.6%
3,5184,8188,352
1936R
−10.6%
3,6124,4698,102
1932D
+15.3%
4,2113,0837,357
1928R
−26.1%
2,3434,0026,353
1924R
−7.1%
2,7303,1686,197
1920R
−24.2%
2,4284,0006,509
1916R
−5.1%
1,9032,1144,117
1912D
+6.7%
1,6491,3873,915
1908R
−3.6%
1,7611,9013,842
1904R
−10.8%
1,4741,8543,504
1900R
−0.5%
1,7021,7213,558
1896D
+8.7%
1,9851,6663,668
1892R
−3.8%
1,2731,3893,061
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
0.9%
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
20.0%
Other Christian
14.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Methodist
2.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Webster County's R+62.2 margin in 2024 reflects the broader realignment of rural Ozarks communities toward overwhelming Republican dominance, a shift that has deepened steadily over the past two decades as the region's small-town and agricultural base consolidated politically.

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

Webster County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,155, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 40,500 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 Pawnee County and Polk County.