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1876–2024
Adams County, Washington
Adams County·Washington

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

One of Washington's most Republican counties by a wide margin

18762024·38 elections
Adams County, Washington · Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
20,800
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grant County
WA · similarity 1.00
28 precincts · 5,365 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.1%
1,4553,7675,365
2020R
−35.7%
1,8143,9075,862
2016R
−37.3%
1,2993,0834,782
2012R
−33.8%
1,5403,1714,822
2008R
−34.4%
1,5523,2224,858
2004R
−47.5%
1,3153,7515,127
2000R
−40.9%
1,4063,4404,974
1996R
−13.4%
1,7402,3564,614
1992R
−13.9%
1,4492,0874,585
1988R
−23.3%
1,6122,6124,288
1984R
−44.5%
1,3113,4494,809
1980R
−42.4%
1,2233,2484,776
1976R
−21.1%
1,7902,7954,773
1972R
−43.7%
1,1103,0834,519
1968R
−31.4%
1,2702,5724,141
1964R
−5.0%
2,0272,2414,273
1960R
−17.7%
1,7322,4794,216
1956R
−15.1%
1,6732,2673,944
1952R
−32.7%
1,1042,1813,290
1948R
−4.7%
1,2671,3942,683
1944R
−22.0%
1,0621,6662,740
1940R
−3.8%
1,3971,5082,918
1936D
+48.4%
1,9446572,661
1932D
+26.2%
1,5048672,430
1928R
−29.0%
8071,4732,299
1924R
−26.3%
2287602,026
1920R
−44.5%
5151,5252,271
1916D
+2.1%
1,2941,2372,673
1912D
+23.6%
9493982,338
1908R
−17.2%
7141,0331,851
1904R
−33.4%
5481,1381,766
1900D
+6.0%
5234611,025
1896D
+20.6%
372243626
1892R
−18.4%
139244570
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
19.5%
Other Christian
18.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
9.0%
Mainline Protestant
5.7%
Methodist
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Adams County's wheat-farming economy and sparse rural population anchor one of the most lopsided presidential results in Washington state, with Republicans carrying it by more than 43 points in 2024.

The Republican margin in Adams County reached its widest at forty-eight points in 2004. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Adams County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,136, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 20,800 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 Grant County and Jerome County.