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1876–2024
Tulare County, California
Tulare County·California

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

San Joaquin Valley ag county where R margins have held above 20 points

18762024·38 elections
Tulare County, California · Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it! · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
478,693
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kern County
CA · similarity 1.00
305 precincts · 138,309 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−20.7%
53,22181,854138,309
2020R
−7.8%
66,10577,579146,885
2016R
−9.4%
47,58558,299114,102
2012R
−15.0%
41,75256,956101,279
2008R
−15.3%
43,63459,765105,525
2004R
−33.3%
32,49465,39998,860
2000R
−23.5%
33,00654,07089,818
1996R
−15.8%
32,66946,27285,846
1992R
−10.5%
31,18840,48288,553
1988R
−20.6%
30,71146,89178,669
1984R
−28.8%
28,06551,06679,943
1980R
−22.8%
25,15541,31770,846
1976R
−10.8%
25,55131,86458,442
1972R
−23.7%
21,77536,04860,150
1968R
−12.7%
22,18029,31456,189
1964D
+20.2%
33,97422,52756,552
1960R
−8.4%
24,88729,45654,582
1956R
−5.3%
23,40726,05149,618
1952R
−14.2%
21,60328,80250,827
1948D
+3.2%
19,68118,41439,192
1944D
+0.7%
16,22116,00532,464
1940D
+13.1%
20,12915,41435,971
1936D
+36.9%
18,9568,62428,015
1932D
+30.3%
15,6318,06624,999
1928R
−28.7%
6,63512,05718,910
1924R
−32.4%
3,4259,48418,674
1920R
−28.8%
4,8379,13614,914
1916D
+2.9%
7,2996,84515,572
1912D
+42.3%
4,293010,147
1908R
−7.2%
2,3292,7425,718
1904R
−12.7%
1,6432,2214,569
1900D
+11.6%
2,2461,7554,238
1896D
+30.3%
2,6731,4104,172
1892D
+10.1%
2,6131,9846,208
1888D
+7.0%
2,6372,2755,192
1884D
+13.4%
1,6911,2683,158
1880D
+16.4%
1,3069172,369
1876D
+16.3%
1,3709862,356
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.3%
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
36.4%
Other Christian
9.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Baptist
1.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tulare County's economy is anchored by dairy and citrus production, and its largely rural, Hispanic and white working-class electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 20 points in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Tulare County reached its widest at thirty-three points in 2004. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Tulare County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,300, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 478,693 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 Colusa County.