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1876–2024
Skagit County, Washington
Skagit County·Washington

Skagit County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Tulip fields and timber towns shape a narrowing Democratic lean

18762024·38 elections
Skagit County, Washington · Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+9
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
131,328
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clackamas County
OR · similarity 0.93
119 precincts · 70,256 votes cast
Harris · D+9
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+8.8%
36,95630,76570,256
2020D
+7.5%
38,25232,76273,423
2016D
+3.4%
26,69024,73658,059
2012D
+6.5%
28,68825,07155,697
2008D
+9.6%
30,05324,68755,886
2004R
−1.9%
25,13126,13952,299
2000R
−3.8%
20,43222,16345,221
1996D
+4.6%
18,29516,39741,118
1992D
+6.3%
15,93613,38840,728
1988R
−4.3%
15,15916,55032,401
1984R
−14.7%
13,94718,84033,326
1980R
−13.8%
11,29915,52030,623
1976R
−1.3%
12,71813,06026,837
1972R
−20.4%
9,23314,21224,448
1968D
+0.8%
10,52910,35422,594
1964D
+27.6%
14,3448,13822,510
1960R
−5.0%
11,00312,16823,220
1956R
−13.6%
9,24312,14921,440
1952R
−15.7%
8,32111,44619,952
1948D
+5.0%
9,0808,17618,192
1944D
+9.3%
9,4097,80517,332
1940D
+10.1%
9,7967,98517,970
1936D
+28.3%
9,6395,22215,615
1932D
+29.9%
8,3954,24613,888
1928R
−48.4%
2,8488,33611,329
1924R
−41.3%
6995,07110,576
1920R
−33.8%
1,8405,32010,306
1916D
+7.7%
4,9364,14210,310
1912R
−4.7%
1,9622,3999,237
1908R
−28.5%
1,4492,9245,183
1904R
−49.8%
8803,0514,363
1900R
−18.3%
1,2201,8143,245
1896D
+12.2%
1,6231,2682,921
1892R
−11.1%
9231,2462,903
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
0.6%
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
19.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.5%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Baptist
1.3%
Methodist
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Skagit County's mix of agricultural flatlands, coastal fishing communities, and small cities like Mount Vernon has kept it modestly left of center, though its D+8.8 margin in 2024 reflects a competitive blend of rural and suburban voters.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty points in 1932; the Republican margin reached fifty points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Skagit County's demographics — a population of 131,328, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $89,263 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clackamas County and Sandoval County.