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1876–2024
Clark County, Washington
Clark County·Washington

Clark County votes the way the country votes.

Portland's Washington suburb that keeps drifting toward competitive

18762024·38 elections
Clark County, Washington · Visitor7 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+7
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
516,959
2024 ACS
Most similar
Washington County
MN · similarity 0.87
352 precincts · 276,578 votes cast
Harris · D+7
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+6.9%
143,206123,998276,578
2020D
+5.1%
140,324126,303275,403
2016D
+0.2%
92,75792,441208,485
2012D
+0.2%
93,38292,951192,176
2008D
+6.1%
95,35684,212182,764
2004R
−5.3%
79,53888,646170,495
2000R
−4.0%
61,76767,219135,544
1996D
+4.8%
52,25446,794112,730
1992D
+5.4%
42,64836,906106,536
1988D
+3.5%
40,02137,28578,306
1984R
−7.1%
35,24840,68176,957
1980R
−3.7%
30,58433,22372,075
1976D
+5.1%
31,08027,93861,201
1972R
−2.7%
27,17928,77558,569
1968D
+9.4%
23,04618,85844,474
1964D
+40.8%
29,34112,30041,790
1960D
+1.7%
20,77120,08040,868
1956D
+0.9%
19,66519,33039,046
1952R
−2.2%
18,15318,97337,328
1948D
+18.6%
17,15411,54630,132
1944D
+20.8%
18,86112,31231,549
1940D
+19.0%
12,9318,77621,925
1936D
+42.3%
12,7144,86818,554
1932D
+27.7%
9,1044,90115,160
1928R
−26.7%
4,4677,78612,442
1924R
−29.3%
2,0045,21510,954
1920R
−20.6%
2,9414,8529,295
1916R
−7.7%
3,7284,4199,032
1912D
+8.5%
2,5491,8728,010
1908R
−28.4%
1,2502,4164,107
1904R
−56.7%
5152,4363,389
1900R
−22.3%
1,0251,6682,882
1896D
+1.6%
1,5471,4973,104
1892R
−4.7%
9661,0892,596
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%
African American
1.8%
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
26.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Baptist
0.6%
Methodist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clark County sits directly across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon, drawing residents who work in the city but live in a no-income-tax state. That cross-border dynamic has produced a suburban electorate that has trended Democratic over the past decade while remaining genuinely contested.

The Democratic margin in Clark County has rarely exceeded forty-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-seven points. 2024 delivered the county to the Democratic candidate by seven points.

Clark County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a 8% poverty rate, and a median household income of $97,536 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Sandoval County.