| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 603 | 4,341 | 5,011 | |
| 2020 | R | 572 | 4,207 | 4,898 | |
| 2016 | R | 380 | 3,425 | 4,315 | |
| 2012 | R | 569 | 3,777 | 4,449 | |
| 2008 | R | 973 | 3,358 | 4,448 | |
| 2004 | R | 831 | 3,781 | 4,678 | |
| 2000 | R | 958 | 3,243 | 4,398 | |
| 1996 | R | 1,371 | 2,033 | 4,122 | |
| 1992 | R | 1,349 | 1,643 | 4,510 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,788 | 2,322 | 4,144 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,326 | 3,081 | 4,439 | |
| 1980 | R | 1,315 | 3,076 | 4,579 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,771 | 1,717 | 3,643 | |
| 1972 | R | 769 | 1,666 | 2,550 | |
| 1968 | R | 1,019 | 1,223 | 2,403 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,434 | 1,103 | 2,537 | |
| 1960 | R | 1,238 | 1,283 | 2,521 | |
| 1956 | R | 943 | 1,679 | 2,622 | |
| 1952 | R | 1,181 | 1,552 | 2,733 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,511 | 1,147 | 2,673 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,427 | 974 | 2,402 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,901 | 1,006 | 2,919 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,909 | 938 | 2,869 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,613 | 1,112 | 2,848 | |
| 1928 | R | 965 | 1,317 | 2,308 | |
| 1924 | R | 916 | 979 | 2,278 | |
| 1920 | R | 1,029 | 1,285 | 2,398 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,406 | 896 | 2,396 | |
| 1912 | D | 760 | 760 | 2,052 | |
| 1908 | R | 749 | 1,097 | 2,004 | |
| 1904 | R | 583 | 905 | 1,597 | |
| 1900 | D | 798 | 666 | 1,469 | |
| 1896 | D | 985 | 231 | 1,216 | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
A sparsely populated plateau county where coal mining shaped both the economy and a political culture that has delivered Republican presidential margins above 70 points in recent cycles.
The Democratic margin in Emery County peaked at sixty-two points in 1896. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventy-five points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Emery County's median household income of $74,291 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coke County and Erath County.