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1876–2024
Spokane County, Washington
Spokane County·Washington

Spokane County votes the way the country votes.

Eastern Washington's urban anchor tilts red by a narrowing margin

18762024·38 elections
Spokane County, Washington · Ian Sane · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+5
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
549,056
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kittitas County
WA · similarity 0.95
451 precincts · 287,082 votes cast
Trump · R+5
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−4.9%
131,163145,338287,082
2020R
−4.3%
135,765148,576295,430
2016R
−8.3%
93,767113,435236,050
2012R
−5.8%
102,295115,285225,754
2008R
−1.2%
105,786108,314219,511
2004R
−11.9%
87,490111,606202,587
2000R
−8.5%
74,60489,299172,112
1996D
+3.2%
71,72766,628159,232
1992D
+5.6%
69,52659,984169,132
1988R
−0.2%
68,52068,787139,150
1984R
−19.0%
59,62088,043149,336
1980R
−20.5%
49,26378,096140,685
1976R
−9.9%
55,66068,290127,954
1972R
−24.0%
44,33774,320125,185
1968R
−2.9%
49,42352,650110,594
1964D
+11.4%
62,09249,387111,581
1960R
−3.5%
55,55359,557115,369
1956R
−10.5%
48,83360,335109,287
1952R
−10.8%
45,82756,958103,236
1948D
+14.1%
49,64937,08688,988
1944D
+11.1%
45,49136,35982,306
1940D
+14.8%
44,85233,22878,793
1936D
+40.2%
48,11719,95170,125
1932D
+18.6%
36,95324,84865,125
1928R
−31.7%
18,52735,85854,758
1924R
−36.6%
6,03623,40347,473
1920R
−29.6%
13,41226,21943,301
1916D
+4.3%
21,33919,50343,120
1912D
+18.8%
10,8454,20535,268
1908R
−25.8%
6,55711,71919,970
1904R
−53.5%
2,60210,25814,305
1900R
−3.5%
5,1255,51511,065
1896D
+36.2%
5,8292,7018,652
1892R
−15.1%
2,2473,3677,408
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
1.7%
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
27.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Baptist
0.9%
Methodist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spokane County contains Washington's second-largest city yet sits well east of the Cascades, producing a competitive lean that has tightened over successive presidential cycles as the city core trends differently from its suburban and rural fringe.

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

Spokane County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 83% non-Hispanic-white share, a 12% poverty rate, and a median household income of $78,582 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kittitas County and Klickitat County.