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1876–2024
Oswego County, New York
Oswego County·New York

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

A Lake Ontario county that has swung sharply toward Republican margins since 2012

18762024·38 elections
Oswego County, New York · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+24
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
117,953
2024 ACS
Most similar
Juneau County
WI · similarity 0.98
110 precincts · 54,163 votes cast
Trump · R+24
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−24.1%
20,48333,54854,163
2020R
−20.2%
21,14532,14254,498
2016R
−22.0%
17,09527,68848,180
2012D
+7.9%
23,51519,98044,591
2008D
+2.4%
24,77723,57149,349
2004R
−4.2%
24,13326,32551,607
2000R
−0.8%
22,85723,24948,479
1996D
+7.2%
20,44017,15945,673
1992R
−3.0%
16,99018,53050,931
1988R
−15.7%
18,43025,36244,211
1984R
−37.2%
14,34731,48146,034
1980R
−17.6%
15,34322,81642,541
1976R
−18.8%
16,33223,94940,463
1972R
−43.9%
11,31729,10940,518
1968R
−14.7%
14,63620,04136,845
1964D
+33.2%
24,78812,41537,226
1960R
−21.4%
15,54424,01339,568
1956R
−53.7%
8,80929,27738,086
1952R
−41.4%
11,44427,60939,082
1948R
−19.1%
12,82019,09532,904
1944R
−22.1%
12,59319,73332,355
1940R
−25.5%
13,45922,68836,230
1936R
−34.1%
11,06822,80334,376
1932R
−15.6%
13,31418,32232,201
1928R
−30.1%
11,63921,84933,930
1924R
−37.5%
7,86418,57628,542
1920R
−36.5%
8,04517,90526,979
1916R
−21.3%
6,2109,85417,072
1912R
−4.6%
5,2565,99616,003
1908R
−23.8%
6,17210,44717,945
1904R
−27.2%
6,15211,17418,430
1900R
−24.7%
6,60511,16018,464
1896R
−27.6%
6,40111,41118,168
1892R
−18.5%
6,72910,01217,739
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
Catholic & Orthodox
23.4%
Other Christian
5.6%
Methodist
4.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Oswego County's R+24 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a broader realignment among rural and working-class communities in upstate New York, a shift of roughly 20 points from its more competitive standing a decade ago.

The Republican margin in Oswego County reached its widest at fifty-four points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was twenty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Oswego County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,183, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 117,953 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 Juneau County and Sandusky County.