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1876–2024
Hood River County, Oregon
Hood River County·Oregon

Hood River County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Oregon's most Democratic rural county, by a wide margin

18762024·38 elections
Hood River County, Oregon · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+35
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
23,905
2024 ACS
Most similar
Douglas County
KS · similarity 0.99
13 precincts · 12,707 votes cast
Harris · D+35
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+35.5%
8,3643,85412,707
2020D
+36.7%
8,7643,95513,090
2016D
+29.7%
6,5103,27210,910
2012D
+26.7%
6,0583,4299,838
2008D
+30.9%
6,3023,2659,830
2004D
+14.8%
5,5874,1249,859
2000D
+4.1%
4,0723,7218,549
1996D
+11.4%
3,6542,7947,574
1992D
+8.3%
3,1062,4537,841
1988D
+0.3%
3,2753,2576,689
1984R
−19.9%
3,0224,5317,571
1980R
−7.4%
2,9243,4507,092
1976R
−1.4%
3,1143,2106,636
1972R
−14.1%
2,3303,1525,841
1968R
−4.0%
2,3852,5975,317
1964D
+32.5%
3,5641,7865,472
1960R
−11.8%
2,4503,1035,555
1956R
−12.6%
2,4453,1495,594
1952R
−26.2%
1,9303,3105,267
1948R
−9.2%
1,7612,1344,042
1944R
−1.2%
1,9602,0084,012
1940D
+1.3%
2,3672,3054,689
1936D
+36.0%
2,7591,2494,195
1932D
+9.2%
1,6851,3873,256
1928R
−32.5%
9051,8062,769
1924R
−21.2%
6831,2142,506
1920R
−28.5%
7611,4492,417
1916R
−4.6%
1,1881,3142,719
1912D
+7.8%
5193961,581
1908R
−33.1%
3597671,234
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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
0.8%
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
Other Christian
17.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Methodist
0.6%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hood River's combination of agricultural workers, outdoor-recreation industry employees, and a large Latino population produces a partisan lean that stands apart from virtually every other rural county in the Pacific Northwest.

The Democratic margin in Hood River County reached its widest at thirty-seven points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points — still decisive.

Hood River County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $88,947, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 23,905 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 Douglas County and Summit County.