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1876–2024
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Sullivan County·Pennsylvania

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

One of Pennsylvania's least-populous counties, with margins to match its isolation

18762024·38 elections
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania · User:Ruhrfisch · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+47
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,888
2024 ACS
Most similar
McKean County
PA · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 3,730 votes cast
Trump · R+47
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−46.8%
9762,7213,730
2020R
−47.2%
9212,6193,595
2016R
−48.9%
7502,2913,152
2012R
−28.3%
1,0341,8682,949
2008R
−19.5%
1,2331,8413,120
2004R
−25.7%
1,2132,0563,285
2000R
−27.8%
1,0661,9283,105
1996R
−9.8%
1,0711,3522,858
1992R
−10.0%
1,0301,3403,113
1988R
−24.5%
1,0911,8082,922
1984R
−33.7%
9521,9262,889
1980R
−20.7%
1,0741,6762,902
1976R
−8.0%
1,3471,5842,951
1972R
−35.6%
8851,8862,808
1968R
−20.7%
1,0351,6292,870
1964D
+11.4%
1,6901,3443,038
1960R
−10.3%
1,4711,8083,284
1956R
−21.9%
1,2862,0073,297
1952R
−23.7%
1,2392,0113,253
1948R
−23.3%
1,0841,7522,862
1944R
−16.6%
1,3291,8583,195
1940R
−11.7%
1,6262,0593,692
1936R
−9.7%
1,7402,1213,922
1932D
+4.7%
1,6021,4573,115
1928R
−29.8%
1,1012,0443,162
1924R
−27.1%
9131,6682,791
1920R
−19.9%
1,0611,6202,814
1916D
+7.4%
1,0378882,020
1912D
+17.7%
9125472,067
1908R
−1.8%
1,0761,1192,369
1904R
−8.8%
1,1881,4292,746
1900D
+3.9%
1,3761,2662,785
1896D
+3.2%
1,3001,2152,640
1892D
+17.6%
1,2668732,234
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
0.7%
African American
1.8%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
24.0%
Methodist
4.8%
Baptist
4.1%
Other Christian
3.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sullivan County's rugged Endless Mountains terrain has long limited both population growth and economic diversification, and its roughly 6,500 residents have delivered some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state for over a decade.

The Republican margin in Sullivan County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was forty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sullivan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,764, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,888 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 McKean County and Morgan County.