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1876–2024
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County·Pennsylvania

Fayette County changed direction in the last decade.

Once a union stronghold, now among Pennsylvania's reddest counties

18762024·38 elections
Fayette County, Pennsylvania · Jjscully · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+38
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
125,997
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fayette County
WV · similarity 0.99
77 precincts · 63,543 votes cast
Trump · R+38
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−37.9%
19,54843,63363,543
2020R
−33.4%
20,44441,22762,139
2016R
−30.8%
17,94634,59054,099
2012R
−8.3%
21,97126,01848,649
2008R
−0.4%
25,86626,08152,560
2004D
+7.4%
29,12025,04554,707
2000D
+16.4%
28,15220,01349,532
1996D
+26.5%
26,35914,01946,532
1992D
+33.0%
30,57712,82053,861
1988D
+32.1%
33,09816,91550,349
1984D
+24.4%
35,09821,31456,547
1980D
+17.6%
27,96319,25249,383
1976D
+22.9%
32,23220,02153,244
1972R
−9.5%
22,47527,28850,479
1968D
+25.9%
34,34018,92159,450
1964D
+47.2%
45,15516,12761,558
1960D
+21.0%
41,56027,12068,861
1956D
+15.8%
38,31227,85766,375
1952D
+23.1%
43,92127,34871,745
1948D
+25.8%
34,97120,40156,367
1944D
+22.9%
35,09321,94557,489
1940D
+27.3%
41,96023,90866,114
1936D
+37.0%
48,29121,98471,144
1932D
+26.0%
27,66215,90345,156
1928R
−18.3%
19,06327,69347,183
1924R
−28.7%
8,85519,06435,587
1920R
−19.2%
13,35820,18635,611
1916D
+2.7%
10,4169,83821,529
1912D
+16.9%
7,3634,16818,892
1908R
−9.0%
8,22010,01219,921
1904R
−23.4%
6,79211,48620,071
1900R
−11.0%
7,6509,63717,999
1896R
−5.1%
8,3499,26818,055
1892D
+4.4%
7,5086,85914,856
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%
English
0.5%
African American
3.1%
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
12.8%
Other Christian
8.1%
Methodist
6.1%
Mainline Protestant
4.6%
Baptist
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fayette County's coalfield heritage shaped decades of Democratic dominance, but a long decline in mining employment has coincided with a dramatic partisan realignment — the 2024 presidential margin reached R+38, one of the widest swings in the state.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by zero points. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 125,997, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,236 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fayette County and McDowell County.