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1876–2024
Wahkiakum County, Washington
Wahkiakum County·Washington

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

Washington's smallest county by population, tilting steadily rightward

18762024·38 elections
Wahkiakum County, Washington · Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+18
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,658
2024 ACS
Most similar
Skamania County
WA · similarity 0.97
11 precincts · 3,062 votes cast
Trump · R+18
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−18.1%
1,2041,7573,062
2020R
−19.3%
1,1651,7412,981
2016R
−21.1%
8321,3442,429
2012R
−1.1%
1,0941,1192,313
2008D
+0.7%
1,1211,1052,294
2004R
−6.7%
1,0211,1712,235
2000R
−11.7%
8031,0331,973
1996D
+16.6%
9246191,836
1992D
+11.6%
6964881,796
1988D
+20.4%
9616291,626
1984D
+8.9%
9307761,739
1980R
−4.3%
7518281,778
1976D
+13.9%
9427041,710
1972R
−1.3%
7968181,726
1968D
+15.4%
8996411,675
1964D
+44.9%
1,1754461,624
1960D
+7.4%
9237961,722
1956D
+8.2%
9538081,767
1952D
+6.4%
9288151,760
1948D
+16.0%
8776221,597
1944D
+30.5%
1,0035321,545
1940D
+28.6%
1,1646421,825
1936D
+42.9%
1,0984191,583
1932D
+21.1%
7304421,364
1928R
−20.1%
382578975
1924R
−49.6%
89496820
1920R
−38.5%
164494857
1916R
−15.9%
340490941
1912R
−11.0%
185282884
1908R
−48.9%
150485685
1904R
−57.3%
101473649
1900R
−29.5%
207396641
1896D
+15.4%
396290689
1892R
−2.7%
225239517
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%.
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
20.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Methodist
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Perched along the Columbia River estuary, Wahkiakum County's roughly 3,800 residents have shifted from competitive margins in the early 2000s to an R+18 result in 2024, reflecting a broader rural realignment across the Pacific Northwest.

The Republican margin in Wahkiakum County reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was eighteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wahkiakum County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,653, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,658 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 Skamania County and Warren County.