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1876–2024
Benton County, Oregon
Benton County·Oregon

Benton County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Home to Oregon State University, one of the state's most Democratic counties

18762024·38 elections
Benton County, Oregon · Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+39
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
96,303
2024 ACS
Most similar
Boulder County
CO · similarity 1.00
21 precincts · 50,232 votes cast
Harris · D+39
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+39.3%
33,90914,18750,232
2020D
+39.7%
35,82714,87852,799
2016D
+32.3%
29,19313,44548,753
2012D
+28.5%
27,77614,99144,802
2008D
+31.5%
29,90115,26446,478
2004D
+17.6%
26,51518,46045,735
2000D
+9.5%
19,44415,82538,226
1996D
+13.8%
17,21112,45034,500
1992D
+16.9%
17,96611,55037,923
1988D
+9.3%
16,93014,00431,610
1984R
−5.2%
16,07317,83634,062
1980R
−5.3%
13,15014,98234,507
1976R
−12.5%
11,88715,55529,307
1972R
−15.4%
10,84214,90626,456
1968R
−26.9%
6,53811,65419,016
1964D
+10.4%
8,9717,25016,486
1960R
−28.7%
5,3919,73415,125
1956R
−36.3%
4,2149,01613,230
1952R
−51.1%
2,9669,22912,262
1948R
−35.9%
3,1356,83910,329
1944R
−29.6%
2,8305,2428,141
1940R
−26.6%
2,9425,0898,079
1936D
+2.1%
3,5473,3907,423
1932R
−12.7%
3,1214,0687,433
1928R
−52.4%
1,4124,6056,095
1924R
−32.6%
1,5793,4175,631
1920R
−35.9%
1,7193,7525,663
1916R
−7.2%
2,4882,9025,722
1912D
+10.4%
9867152,607
1908R
−19.4%
7731,1832,113
1904R
−37.5%
4421,1071,771
1900R
−9.4%
7649311,786
1896R
−3.9%
9921,0742,112
1892R
−16.9%
6891,0972,417
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%
Irish
0.9%
African American
1.0%
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
13.8%
Other Christian
7.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Benton County's D+39.3 margin in 2024 reflects the outsized political weight of Corvallis, a college town where Oregon State University enrolls roughly a quarter of the county's total population.

The Democratic margin in Benton County reached its widest at forty points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points — still decisive.

Benton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,702, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 96,303 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 Boulder County and Jefferson County.