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1876–2024
DeWitt County, Illinois
De Witt County·Illinois

De Witt County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of central Illinois's most decisively red rural counties

18762024·38 elections
DeWitt County, Illinois · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,373
2024 ACS
Most similar
Johnson County
MO · similarity 1.00
23 precincts · 7,758 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−44.7%
2,0585,5297,758
2020R
−42.8%
2,1915,6328,039
2016R
−41.9%
1,9105,0777,556
2012R
−26.8%
2,6014,5797,368
2008R
−13.3%
3,3084,3487,801
2004R
−26.7%
2,8364,9207,798
2000R
−15.6%
2,8703,9687,051
1996R
−1.5%
2,8782,9786,589
1992R
−2.0%
3,0093,1647,759
1988R
−19.3%
2,6603,9426,645
1984R
−31.6%
2,3524,5346,915
1980R
−32.5%
2,2624,6487,344
1976R
−8.6%
3,4774,1377,666
1972R
−30.5%
2,6725,0257,705
1968R
−18.2%
2,8234,2477,834
1964D
+9.6%
4,3713,6057,976
1960R
−16.9%
3,6075,0748,689
1956R
−26.3%
3,0935,3078,404
1952R
−23.6%
3,2215,2128,436
1948R
−11.8%
3,2904,1787,513
1944R
−11.6%
3,6584,6308,357
1940R
−4.0%
5,0525,47710,574
1936D
+11.0%
5,6764,54410,280
1932D
+11.7%
5,3394,2079,673
1928R
−39.5%
2,6316,1008,790
1924R
−27.5%
2,7525,1738,802
1920R
−23.3%
3,0795,0018,242
1916D
+0.9%
4,4604,3809,143
1912D
+11.3%
1,8801,3464,725
1908R
−9.6%
2,1552,6284,943
1904R
−18.2%
1,8722,7714,952
1900R
−6.5%
2,3612,6945,154
1896R
−4.3%
2,3702,5875,028
1892D
+0.6%
2,0832,0594,348
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
19.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.0%
Methodist
5.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

DeWitt County's 2024 presidential margin of R+44.7 reflects a broader rural realignment across central Illinois, where small-town agricultural communities have shifted sharply toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in De Witt County reached its widest at forty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

De Witt County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,678, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,373 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 Johnson County and Pulaski County.