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1876–2024
Sutter County, California
Sutter County·California

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

A Sacramento Valley county where rice farming shapes both landscape and politics

18762024·38 elections
Sutter County, California · Lora Haller/USFW · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
98,857
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kern County
CA · similarity 0.98
24 precincts · 39,339 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.4%
13,01625,37239,339
2020R
−16.4%
17,36724,37542,644
2016R
−15.1%
13,07618,17633,824
2012R
−19.1%
12,19218,12231,083
2008R
−16.7%
13,41218,91133,021
2004R
−35.3%
9,60220,25430,145
2000R
−33.6%
8,41617,35026,564
1996R
−23.3%
8,50414,26424,745
1992R
−19.6%
7,88312,95625,860
1988R
−36.1%
6,55714,10020,898
1984R
−44.0%
5,53514,47720,323
1980R
−36.0%
5,10311,77818,557
1976R
−11.0%
6,9668,74516,131
1972R
−29.4%
5,40910,22416,372
1968R
−27.8%
4,6248,66514,545
1964R
−3.2%
6,7877,24114,044
1960R
−26.3%
4,3797,52011,954
1956R
−26.3%
3,6736,32710,077
1952R
−35.1%
3,2506,78010,071
1948R
−7.4%
3,3623,9137,458
1944R
−0.4%
3,0833,1116,223
1940D
+15.1%
4,1953,0897,345
1936D
+41.9%
4,0191,6135,738
1932D
+44.7%
3,8071,3925,407
1928R
−8.8%
1,8752,2394,148
1924R
−38.6%
3671,6173,239
1920R
−46.3%
6361,8622,648
1916D
+11.5%
1,5431,2112,883
1912D
+51.7%
1,06302,058
1908R
−15.0%
6528961,631
1904R
−26.8%
4888721,434
1900R
−11.9%
6428191,491
1896R
−5.4%
7137961,534
1892R
−0.6%
7357451,576
1888R
−1.6%
6987221,475
1884R
−2.9%
6356751,389
1880R
−0.9%
5916021,198
1876D
+0.3%
5535501,104
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
11.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
10.0%
Non-Christian
1.6%
Baptist
1.0%
Methodist
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sutter County's flat, irrigated fields make it one of California's top rice-producing regions, and its largely rural, non-college electorate has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades, landing at R+31.6 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Sutter County reached its widest at forty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sutter County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,704, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 98,857 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 Kern County and Escambia County.