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1876–2024
Yolo County, California
Yolo County·California

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

UC Davis anchors one of California's most reliably Democratic counties

18762024·38 elections
Yolo County, California · Epolk · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+36
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
220,564
2024 ACS
Most similar
Tompkins County
NY · similarity 0.99
51 precincts · 92,621 votes cast
Harris · D+36
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+36.2%
61,40527,84492,621
2020D
+41.4%
67,59827,29297,294
2016D
+41.4%
54,75220,73982,090
2012D
+33.9%
48,71523,36874,671
2008D
+36.2%
53,48824,59279,749
2004D
+20.6%
42,88528,00572,269
2000D
+17.4%
33,74723,05761,436
1996D
+24.5%
33,03318,80758,079
1992D
+25.2%
33,29717,57462,436
1988D
+15.1%
30,42922,35853,372
1984D
+3.0%
25,87924,32950,853
1980D
+3.9%
21,52719,60349,690
1976D
+11.9%
23,53318,37643,317
1972D
+13.4%
23,69417,96942,738
1968D
+16.3%
15,83311,12328,960
1964D
+39.2%
18,2667,97626,274
1960D
+10.1%
12,39510,10422,589
1956D
+3.7%
10,0759,34719,479
1952R
−6.3%
7,8958,96716,999
1948D
+8.6%
6,6555,56012,684
1944D
+15.9%
5,8374,23310,116
1940D
+18.5%
6,3804,37310,854
1936D
+39.1%
5,9922,5948,692
1932D
+38.3%
5,7802,5158,529
1928R
−14.5%
2,6413,5456,224
1924R
−30.7%
7972,4705,447
1920R
−29.1%
1,7873,3755,448
1916D
+10.7%
2,9222,3345,501
1912D
+56.1%
2,23903,994
1908R
−4.4%
1,5531,7073,483
1904R
−12.2%
1,3011,7023,281
1900D
+5.4%
1,6871,5103,296
1896D
+8.1%
1,7531,4853,312
1892D
+10.0%
1,7071,3723,364
1888D
+7.6%
1,5801,3503,023
1884D
+0.3%
1,4211,4122,897
1880D
+4.5%
1,3741,2562,651
1876D
+4.9%
1,3601,2332,593
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
2.1%
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
22.0%
Other Christian
4.5%
Non-Christian
3.7%
Baptist
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Methodist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to the University of California, Davis, Yolo County combines a large student and academic population with Sacramento-adjacent suburbs, producing presidential margins that have exceeded D+30 in every cycle since 2008.

The Democratic margin in Yolo County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was thirty-six points — still decisive.

Yolo County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $91,752, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 220,564 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 Tompkins County and Denver County.