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

Rockland County votes the way the country votes.

Once reliably Democratic, now shifting steadily rightward

18762024·38 elections
Rockland County, New York · Mark Wyman · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+12
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
341,883
2024 ACS
Most similar
Nassau County
NY · similarity 0.93
307 precincts · 150,825 votes cast
Trump · R+12
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−11.7%
65,88083,543150,825
2020D
+1.7%
75,80273,186150,369
2016D
+6.2%
69,34260,911135,087
2012D
+6.7%
65,79357,428124,645
2008D
+5.9%
69,54361,752132,193
2004R
−0.7%
64,19165,130131,231
2000D
+17.2%
69,53048,441122,590
1996D
+20.3%
63,12740,395112,241
1992D
+5.9%
56,75949,608121,831
1988R
−14.4%
47,63463,825112,301
1984R
−22.0%
44,68770,020115,018
1980R
−22.7%
35,27759,068104,993
1976R
−3.4%
48,67352,087101,540
1972R
−28.8%
35,77164,753100,720
1968R
−4.7%
36,94840,88083,307
1964D
+27.6%
46,17326,18772,442
1960R
−9.8%
27,17833,10760,398
1956R
−42.1%
13,88134,04947,930
1952R
−29.3%
15,08427,65742,973
1948R
−21.3%
13,06620,66135,728
1944R
−18.3%
13,43719,47132,999
1940R
−14.6%
14,89720,04035,299
1936D
+0.9%
15,87615,58332,090
1932R
−2.2%
13,34713,96327,982
1928R
−22.9%
9,76915,73226,072
1924R
−32.1%
5,64011,91519,559
1920R
−36.2%
5,05711,16916,897
1916R
−5.9%
4,4695,0419,659
1912D
+22.3%
4,2412,2219,048
1908R
−10.0%
3,9374,8579,227
1904R
−0.4%
4,2464,2838,742
1900R
−2.0%
4,0214,1878,347
1896R
−17.5%
3,0024,3367,614
1892D
+12.4%
3,7892,9097,093
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
8.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
33.0%
Non-Christian
21.9%
Other Christian
5.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Baptist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rockland County's large Orthodox Jewish and Hasidic communities have driven a pronounced rightward realignment over the past decade, producing an R+11.8 margin in 2024 in a county that voted Democratic as recently as 2012.

The Democratic margin in Rockland County has rarely exceeded twenty-eight points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-two points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by twelve points.

Rockland County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a 16% poverty rate, and a median household income of $109,959 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nassau County and Gloucester County.