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

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

A rural Adirondack-edge county that has shifted steadily rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Washington County, New York · UpstateNYer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
60,522
2024 ACS
Most similar
Madison County
NY · similarity 0.99
50 precincts · 28,716 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−21.0%
11,22417,26828,716
2020R
−15.6%
11,56515,94128,101
2016R
−18.4%
9,09813,61024,528
2012D
+1.9%
11,52311,08523,095
2008D
+0.8%
12,74112,53325,730
2004R
−12.8%
10,62413,82725,103
2000R
−12.5%
9,64112,59623,555
1996D
+2.7%
9,5728,95422,544
1992R
−7.5%
8,42910,30525,135
1988R
−26.2%
8,20114,10322,515
1984R
−47.3%
5,90916,58022,563
1980R
−26.0%
7,14412,83521,906
1976R
−31.3%
7,26213,94621,324
1972R
−47.8%
5,67716,13621,864
1968R
−28.6%
6,80612,69420,569
1964D
+25.8%
13,8268,16021,993
1960R
−29.0%
8,27415,03723,317
1956R
−58.6%
4,81718,44923,266
1952R
−47.7%
6,21017,55123,789
1948R
−38.9%
6,01713,97520,464
1944R
−32.2%
7,10013,86120,992
1940R
−33.3%
7,97715,96023,975
1936R
−32.0%
7,71315,18623,317
1932R
−31.4%
7,51214,47822,184
1928R
−35.7%
7,22115,49923,163
1924R
−49.1%
4,32113,77419,264
1920R
−52.6%
4,12413,64718,093
1916R
−29.7%
3,9077,31011,463
1912R
−9.3%
3,5554,59311,220
1908R
−35.9%
3,5937,93312,087
1904R
−38.9%
3,5178,32412,355
1900R
−40.4%
3,3578,20912,012
1896R
−41.6%
3,2398,13911,775
1892R
−26.8%
3,7316,79411,410
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
1.9%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
14.0%
Other Christian
4.9%
Methodist
3.5%
Baptist
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington County, bordering Vermont along the Hudson Valley's northern reach, gave Republican presidential candidates a 21-point margin in 2024 — a striking swing from the competitive results it posted in the early 2000s.

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

Washington County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,495, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 60,522 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 Madison County and Nottoway County.