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1876–2024
Clallam County, Washington
Clallam County·Washington

Clallam County votes the way the country votes.

A coastal timber county that has drifted toward Democrats by narrow margins

18762024·38 elections
Clallam County, Washington · Staxilicious · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+8
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
77,813
2024 ACS
Most similar
Whitman County
WA · similarity 0.87
67 precincts · 48,663 votes cast
Harris · D+8
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+7.8%
25,44021,63248,663
2020D
+3.4%
24,72123,06249,264
2016R
−2.8%
17,67718,79440,533
2012D
+0.4%
18,58018,43738,385
2008D
+3.3%
19,47018,19938,519
2004R
−5.0%
17,04918,87136,766
2000R
−7.7%
13,77916,25132,232
1996D
+0.5%
12,58512,43229,516
1992D
+3.7%
10,8209,76528,673
1988R
−0.3%
11,12311,20022,794
1984R
−16.4%
9,70113,60523,735
1980R
−15.6%
8,02911,51522,296
1976R
−4.7%
8,2689,13218,386
1972R
−23.3%
5,6209,37216,089
1968D
+7.8%
7,0305,92114,234
1964D
+37.8%
9,2654,17513,455
1960D
+4.4%
6,8016,22713,080
1956R
−9.8%
5,6326,85212,500
1952R
−8.8%
5,3906,44211,938
1948D
+12.2%
5,4124,17810,097
1944D
+20.9%
5,4413,5519,051
1940D
+25.0%
5,9663,5559,631
1936D
+37.8%
5,5862,4048,418
1932D
+27.7%
3,9541,8707,537
1928R
−31.9%
1,7053,3195,065
1924R
−45.1%
2832,1294,089
1920R
−38.9%
4891,7753,302
1916R
−4.2%
1,3391,4753,261
1912R
−10.4%
4647272,536
1908R
−32.4%
4289381,574
1904R
−47.5%
2739031,325
1900R
−26.4%
4077231,196
1896D
+12.3%
7175591,287
1892R
−5.2%
4485181,356
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%
Irish
0.5%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Other Christian
17.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Non-Christian
1.1%
Methodist
1.1%
Baptist
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clallam sits on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where a mix of tribal communities, retirees, and legacy timber workers has produced competitive but increasingly center-left presidential results over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Clallam County has rarely exceeded thirty-eight points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-eight points. 2024 delivered the county to the Democratic candidate by eight points.

Clallam County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a 11% poverty rate, and a median household income of $70,370 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Whitman County and Chaffee County.