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1876–2024
Placer County, California
Placer County·California

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

Sierra foothill suburb that has resisted California's leftward drift

18762024·38 elections
Placer County, California · DimiCalifornia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+9
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
419,156
2024 ACS
Most similar
Denton County
TX · similarity 0.99
252 precincts · 234,871 votes cast
Trump · R+9
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−8.5%
103,958123,941234,871
2020R
−6.6%
106,869122,488235,084
2016R
−11.6%
73,50995,138186,024
2012R
−19.3%
66,81899,921171,711
2008R
−11.2%
75,11294,647173,812
2004R
−26.4%
55,57395,969153,278
2000R
−23.2%
42,44969,835117,799
1996R
−15.7%
34,98149,80894,427
1992R
−8.2%
30,78338,29891,366
1988R
−20.6%
27,51642,09670,642
1984R
−27.7%
21,29438,03560,427
1980R
−21.1%
17,31128,17951,440
1976D
+7.1%
21,02618,15440,311
1972R
−4.6%
16,91118,59736,945
1968D
+5.6%
14,05012,42729,144
1964D
+32.0%
18,2569,38927,676
1960D
+12.0%
13,30410,43923,863
1956D
+7.9%
10,6119,05919,739
1952R
−1.2%
8,8879,10418,153
1948D
+21.6%
8,8375,57015,109
1944D
+25.9%
7,1494,19611,409
1940D
+36.3%
8,4023,88712,436
1936D
+54.3%
7,9592,32110,388
1932D
+45.6%
6,2002,2428,683
1928D
+0.2%
3,6853,6697,450
1924R
−30.1%
3902,1925,984
1920R
−27.4%
1,5592,8944,869
1916D
+24.5%
3,3751,9545,791
1912D
+41.8%
1,82304,357
1908R
−10.3%
1,4911,8653,625
1904R
−31.4%
1,0232,0503,274
1900R
−11.3%
1,5922,0093,677
1896R
−4.6%
1,7211,8903,676
1892R
−6.2%
1,5241,7433,538
1888R
−6.4%
1,5471,7613,364
1884R
−8.0%
1,4831,7493,307
1880R
−7.3%
1,4161,6433,117
1876R
−11.5%
1,2781,6102,888
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.4%
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
19.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Baptist
0.5%
Methodist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Placer County's rapid growth from Sacramento exurban sprawl has kept it reliably Republican by high single digits even as neighboring counties shifted, making it an outlier in a state that has trended decisively blue at the presidential level.

The Republican margin in Placer County reached its widest at thirty-one points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Placer County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $115,998, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 419,156 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 Denton County and El Dorado County.