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1876–2024
Morrow County, Oregon
Morrow County·Oregon

Morrow County changed its political identity.

One of Oregon's most lopsided presidential counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Morrow County, Oregon · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
12,300
2024 ACS
Most similar
White Pine County
NV · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 4,732 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.0%
1,1383,4084,732
2020R
−43.3%
1,3713,5865,118
2016R
−40.9%
1,0172,7214,167
2012R
−34.3%
1,2022,5323,882
2008R
−27.1%
1,4102,5094,058
2004R
−33.0%
1,3612,7324,149
2000R
−28.5%
1,1972,2243,609
1996D
+1.4%
1,4261,3813,331
1992R
−0.4%
1,1741,1873,474
1988R
−5.2%
1,3751,5292,970
1984R
−25.8%
1,2542,1303,397
1980R
−20.7%
1,0771,7283,141
1976D
+3.0%
1,1621,0912,367
1972R
−17.0%
7181,0592,007
1968R
−13.8%
7971,0681,967
1964D
+40.2%
1,4706272,097
1960D
+1.8%
1,0391,0032,042
1956R
−10.0%
8931,0921,985
1952R
−22.9%
7861,2542,045
1948D
+5.4%
8387511,622
1944D
+5.6%
8367471,596
1940D
+12.6%
9797581,749
1936D
+35.4%
1,1815181,874
1932D
+21.9%
9295791,601
1928R
−32.6%
5431,0931,685
1924R
−32.0%
3979911,858
1920R
−42.6%
4511,1861,725
1916D
+4.8%
8307481,697
1912R
−16.4%
2754471,050
1908R
−37.3%
2726801,095
1904R
−48.0%
2308751,344
1900R
−31.6%
3587231,154
1896R
−3.7%
5445861,150
1892R
−10.4%
3524701,136
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
Catholic & Orthodox
15.3%
Other Christian
13.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Baptist
0.8%
Methodist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morrow County's sparse, ranch-and-farm landscape anchors a Republican tilt that reached 48 points in 2024, making it an outlier even within a state where rural eastern counties trend heavily red.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Morrow County peaked at forty points in 1964; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Morrow County's median household income of $75,448 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White Pine County and Hill County.