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1876–2024
Jefferson County, Oregon
Jefferson County·Oregon

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

High-desert ranching county where Republicans routinely clear 60%

18762024·38 elections
Jefferson County, Oregon · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+30
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
25,203
2024 ACS
Most similar
Daviess County
KY · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 11,750 votes cast
Trump · R+30
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.9%
3,9417,45411,750
2020R
−23.5%
4,3937,18911,913
2016R
−26.5%
2,9805,4839,459
2012R
−16.4%
3,3014,6428,175
2008R
−8.7%
3,6824,4028,318
2004R
−18.7%
3,2434,7628,115
2000R
−16.8%
2,6813,8386,897
1996R
−1.3%
2,5552,6346,195
1992D
+3.4%
2,1611,9625,906
1988R
−3.3%
2,3462,5094,995
1984R
−26.1%
1,9203,2835,216
1980R
−18.3%
1,6542,5234,737
1976R
−1.1%
1,7691,8103,777
1972R
−18.2%
1,2291,8163,221
1968R
−16.9%
1,1601,6693,020
1964D
+18.4%
1,7391,1972,938
1960R
−7.6%
1,2141,4132,629
1956R
−9.7%
1,1171,3562,473
1952R
−34.5%
7231,4882,217
1948R
−5.1%
5596221,227
1944R
−16.9%
297419723
1940D
+4.9%
467423896
1936D
+32.5%
514253803
1932D
+29.2%
477253766
1928R
−21.3%
308481811
1924R
−13.8%
242374959
1920R
−31.9%
3006231,012
1916D
+20.1%
9045811,608
1912
No data
1908
No data
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
10.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.1%
Baptist
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Methodist
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jefferson County sits in Oregon's arid interior plateau, where a sparse, rural population centered on agriculture and the Warm Springs Reservation has delivered double-digit Republican presidential margins in every cycle since 2000.

The Republican margin in Jefferson County reached its widest at thirty-five points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was thirty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Jefferson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,260, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 25,203 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 Daviess County and Mason County.