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1876–2024
Benton County, Indiana
Benton County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Benton County, Indiana · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+47
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,735
2024 ACS
Most similar
Rush County
IN · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 3,954 votes cast
Trump · R+47
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.1%
1,0102,8733,954
2020R
−48.6%
1,0093,0074,114
2016R
−46.6%
8602,5793,688
2012R
−32.7%
1,1592,3293,578
2008R
−16.3%
1,5632,1833,814
2004R
−41.6%
1,1352,7973,992
2000R
−28.7%
1,3282,4413,874
1996R
−16.3%
1,3111,9473,900
1992R
−18.7%
1,2212,0304,323
1988R
−33.2%
1,3492,6984,069
1984R
−41.3%
1,3573,2814,662
1980R
−33.6%
1,5203,1894,963
1976R
−19.5%
2,0713,0935,234
1972R
−40.4%
1,5663,7035,289
1968R
−26.4%
1,8543,3265,586
1964D
+0.9%
2,9402,8865,831
1960R
−20.3%
2,3993,6266,032
1956R
−34.2%
1,9614,0045,974
1952R
−38.8%
1,8154,1255,957
1948R
−16.3%
2,3173,2245,570
1944R
−27.2%
2,0653,6215,713
1940R
−15.4%
2,6893,6756,384
1936D
+3.5%
3,2112,9896,331
1932D
+17.8%
3,4962,4335,983
1928R
−17.2%
2,3683,3605,756
1924R
−20.5%
2,1043,2505,590
1920R
−29.6%
2,0983,9006,081
1916R
−10.7%
1,5021,8723,456
1912D
+11.7%
1,4251,0303,386
1908R
−10.2%
1,5661,9363,620
1904R
−16.9%
1,4702,0983,707
1900R
−12.7%
1,5632,0323,696
1896R
−11.5%
1,5821,9983,624
1892R
−7.1%
1,3911,6173,182
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
19.5%
Methodist
9.7%
Other Christian
9.4%
Baptist
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Benton County's flat, agricultural landscape anchors an electorate that delivered a 47-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided counties in a state already tilted heavily toward the GOP.

The Republican margin in Benton County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was forty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Benton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,875, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,735 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 Rush County and Shelby County.