akashic
1876–2024
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Mercer County·Pennsylvania

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

Once competitive steel country, now among Pennsylvania's widest GOP margins

18762024·38 elections
Mercer County, Pennsylvania · Canadian2006 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+30
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
109,257
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pope County
MN · similarity 0.99
91 precincts · 58,591 votes cast
Trump · R+30
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.1%
20,14537,76158,591
2020R
−26.0%
21,06736,14357,954
2016R
−24.2%
18,73331,54452,839
2012R
−3.3%
24,23225,92551,039
2008R
−0.3%
26,41126,56553,821
2004R
−2.9%
24,83126,31151,564
2000D
+1.4%
23,81723,13248,732
1996D
+12.6%
23,00317,21345,779
1992D
+14.4%
23,26416,08149,836
1988D
+6.5%
24,27821,30145,880
1984D
+0.9%
24,65824,21149,303
1980R
−5.8%
19,71622,37246,090
1976D
+5.3%
25,04122,46948,235
1972R
−21.0%
18,08727,96147,100
1968R
−0.6%
22,81423,13149,105
1964D
+27.8%
32,19918,15350,563
1960R
−9.1%
24,24329,10953,480
1956R
−18.5%
19,76928,78548,674
1952R
−11.9%
20,77026,42447,537
1948R
−7.8%
16,10818,91635,886
1944R
−8.3%
16,58919,60636,407
1940R
−10.7%
16,96821,05838,215
1936D
+5.9%
20,87918,49340,311
1932R
−11.8%
10,96114,05726,258
1928R
−46.3%
8,20422,59931,083
1924R
−48.8%
3,68814,63922,420
1920R
−35.2%
4,82311,57519,199
1916D
+3.8%
6,3905,86613,751
1912D
+17.0%
4,0391,87312,718
1908R
−7.5%
5,4736,49713,744
1904R
−33.5%
3,8458,57414,133
1900R
−16.4%
4,9166,95012,425
1896R
−13.5%
5,5007,26213,077
1892R
−8.2%
4,9315,87411,562
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%
Italian
0.8%
African American
4.6%
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
13.5%
Other Christian
9.7%
Methodist
6.2%
Mainline Protestant
6.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Baptist
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mercer County's working-class, post-industrial economy tracked closely with statewide results through the 1990s, but the county has shifted decisively rightward over the past two decades, posting a 30-point Republican margin in 2024.

The Republican margin in Mercer County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was thirty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Mercer County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,976, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 109,257 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 Pope County and Iron County.