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1876–2024
Jersey County, Illinois
Jersey County·Illinois

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

One of Illinois's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Jersey County, Illinois · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,274
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marion County
IL · similarity 1.00
22 precincts · 11,694 votes cast
Trump · R+50
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.2%
2,8168,68411,694
2020R
−48.1%
2,9618,71211,960
2016R
−46.1%
2,6797,74810,991
2012R
−23.7%
3,6676,03910,001
2008R
−2.7%
5,0425,32910,583
2004R
−8.3%
4,5975,43510,137
2000R
−3.7%
4,3554,6999,413
1996D
+12.1%
4,2753,2118,766
1992D
+18.0%
4,7492,93310,093
1988D
+0.4%
4,3764,3438,752
1984R
−15.5%
3,7625,1468,934
1980R
−21.6%
3,3245,2668,985
1976D
+3.9%
4,6254,2738,983
1972R
−21.7%
3,3175,1648,507
1968R
−5.6%
3,3503,8068,130
1964D
+12.8%
3,9363,0416,977
1960R
−1.9%
4,0874,2478,343
1956R
−10.5%
3,4154,2207,640
1952R
−8.1%
3,4244,0317,461
1948D
+1.2%
3,0923,0216,139
1944R
−9.8%
2,9103,5466,486
1940R
−3.5%
3,6923,9587,694
1936D
+13.2%
3,9553,0237,061
1932D
+27.2%
3,8072,1576,069
1928R
−9.5%
2,4732,9935,480
1924D
+4.8%
2,7232,4605,536
1920R
−17.6%
1,9992,8734,962
1916D
+7.0%
3,0522,6445,828
1912D
+25.7%
1,5738382,857
1908D
+10.6%
1,8181,4603,382
1904D
+5.4%
1,7131,5313,380
1900D
+17.4%
2,1451,4963,733
1896D
+18.0%
2,3771,6414,080
1892D
+19.8%
2,0111,3143,516
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
19.6%
Methodist
4.9%
Baptist
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Other Christian
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jersey County, a rural Mississippi River county southwest of St. Louis, has shifted steadily rightward over two decades — its 2024 presidential margin of R+50 places it among the most lopsided counties in a state that trends Democratic statewide.

The Republican margin in Jersey County reached its widest at fifty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Jersey County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $80,361, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,274 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 Marion County and St. Francois County.