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1876–2024
Siskiyou County, California
Siskiyou County·California

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

A vast northern county where timber and ranching shape a persistent Republican lean

18762024·38 elections
Siskiyou County, California · Radomianin · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+19
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
43,466
2024 ACS
Most similar
Okanogan County
WA · similarity 0.99
54 precincts · 21,498 votes cast
Trump · R+19
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−19.2%
8,32912,46121,498
2020R
−15.8%
9,59313,29023,472
2016R
−20.0%
7,23411,34120,493
2012R
−15.2%
8,04611,07719,993
2008R
−10.3%
9,29211,52021,564
2004R
−22.9%
7,88012,67320,899
2000R
−29.6%
6,32312,19819,819
1996R
−8.9%
7,0228,65318,293
1992D
+7.7%
8,2546,66020,679
1988R
−3.9%
8,3659,05617,797
1984R
−18.9%
7,13010,54418,101
1980R
−21.9%
5,6649,33116,738
1976R
−0.1%
7,0607,07014,615
1972R
−7.7%
6,4347,56314,696
1968R
−0.5%
6,2606,33413,732
1964D
+27.5%
9,1265,18614,335
1960D
+13.4%
8,2456,27914,620
1956R
−0.0%
6,8376,84113,741
1952R
−12.6%
6,3468,19514,684
1948D
+11.5%
6,7495,31512,498
1944D
+15.1%
5,9144,35110,323
1940D
+27.2%
7,7144,38712,212
1936D
+39.8%
6,8652,9199,909
1932D
+42.6%
6,3672,4589,184
1928R
−12.4%
2,9163,7586,772
1924R
−30.9%
5842,4376,005
1920R
−29.0%
1,5022,9094,844
1916D
+23.0%
3,4472,0596,032
1912D
+49.6%
2,46504,973
1908R
−4.1%
1,6571,8133,825
1904R
−25.1%
1,2192,1043,526
1900R
−6.3%
1,6681,8983,625
1896D
+7.7%
1,7241,4733,275
1892D
+3.5%
1,6051,4933,227
1888D
+3.4%
1,4591,3612,845
1884D
+7.7%
1,0368861,944
1880D
+5.8%
9008001,719
1876D
+9.1%
8617181,579
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Irish
0.5%
Polish
0.5%
African American
1.1%
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
27.8%
Other Christian
11.5%
Baptist
2.5%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Methodist
1.1%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Siskiyou spans more than 6,000 square miles of mountains and high desert along the Oregon border, with a small, rural population that has backed Republican presidential candidates by double digits in each of the last several cycles.

The Republican margin in Siskiyou County reached its widest at thirty-one points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was nineteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Siskiyou County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,095, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 43,466 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 Okanogan County and Plumas County.