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1876–2024
Napa County, California
Napa County·California

Napa County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Wine country that votes as blue as it drinks expensively

18762024·38 elections
Napa County, California · John Morgan · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+35
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
134,869
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clarke County
GA · similarity 1.00
193 precincts · 65,561 votes cast
Harris · D+35
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+34.9%
43,21220,35765,561
2020D
+40.4%
49,81720,67672,150
2016D
+35.5%
39,19917,41161,372
2012D
+28.7%
35,87019,52656,968
2008D
+32.5%
38,84919,48459,642
2004D
+20.5%
33,66622,05956,599
2000D
+14.4%
28,09720,63351,724
1996D
+14.8%
24,58817,43948,319
1992D
+16.0%
24,21515,66253,455
1988R
−2.1%
22,28323,23546,290
1984R
−17.0%
18,59926,32245,561
1980R
−19.8%
14,89823,63244,035
1976R
−6.9%
18,04820,83940,205
1972R
−22.6%
14,52923,40339,261
1968D
+1.5%
14,76214,27032,612
1964D
+25.7%
19,58011,56731,210
1960R
−5.7%
13,49915,12528,778
1956R
−12.3%
10,62313,61024,333
1952R
−22.8%
8,31613,27321,747
1948R
−9.2%
7,2078,72416,516
1944D
+4.4%
7,7487,09214,936
1940D
+6.6%
6,7715,92412,853
1936D
+22.1%
6,2703,97310,390
1932D
+23.4%
5,7453,5219,524
1928R
−15.6%
3,4224,6998,175
1924R
−44.6%
6703,6056,576
1920R
−47.9%
1,4444,4486,266
1916R
−11.1%
3,0883,9147,461
1912D
+46.5%
2,66205,719
1908R
−26.3%
1,3362,4054,071
1904R
−33.7%
1,1352,4253,831
1900R
−16.4%
1,4322,0173,557
1896R
−15.7%
1,4722,0323,563
1892R
−8.4%
1,4781,7693,483
1888R
−8.1%
1,4961,7633,314
1884R
−11.7%
1,2561,5932,877
1880R
−5.1%
1,0821,1992,310
1876R
−9.0%
9631,1532,116
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Irish
0.5%
African American
1.6%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
31.7%
Other Christian
8.2%
Non-Christian
6.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Baptist
0.7%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Napa County's electorate leans heavily Democratic despite its reputation for wealthy landowners and tourism-driven economics, delivering a 35-point presidential margin in 2024 that outpaces many California urban counties of comparable size.

The Democratic margin in Napa County reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points — still decisive.

Napa County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $111,471, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 134,869 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 Clarke County and Montgomery County.