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1876–2024
Clinton County, Indiana
Clinton County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Clinton County, Indiana · Paul J Everett · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
32,944
2024 ACS
Most similar
Tipton County
IN · similarity 1.00
39 precincts · 12,450 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.0%
3,1359,10812,450
2020R
−46.1%
3,3619,33412,949
2016R
−47.6%
2,8198,53111,991
2012R
−30.7%
3,3086,3389,883
2008R
−13.0%
5,3076,91912,392
2004R
−43.2%
3,3358,47111,877
2000R
−31.8%
3,6437,14110,991
1996R
−19.1%
3,9496,15611,571
1992R
−21.7%
3,4906,14112,224
1988R
−31.9%
4,4128,57013,021
1984R
−34.7%
4,3298,96913,363
1980R
−20.8%
5,2588,15813,962
1976R
−10.3%
6,6628,19914,963
1972R
−39.2%
4,2839,84914,187
1968R
−15.1%
5,7147,92914,707
1964D
+7.7%
8,3537,15715,582
1960R
−19.0%
6,5339,62016,217
1956R
−21.3%
6,2689,69016,032
1952R
−21.5%
6,46910,05716,724
1948R
−5.1%
7,0017,76214,921
1944R
−11.7%
6,3818,08714,605
1940R
−5.3%
7,7328,61016,444
1936D
+6.8%
8,3407,26515,730
1932D
+13.7%
8,3146,28814,776
1928R
−12.6%
5,8957,60613,610
1924R
−10.1%
6,0707,46913,862
1920R
−6.9%
6,7217,73914,717
1916D
+0.3%
3,6623,6387,618
1912D
+15.0%
3,2552,1827,150
1908D
+0.7%
3,6803,6267,682
1904R
−12.3%
3,1124,0537,633
1900R
−1.0%
3,6033,6777,538
1896D
+1.9%
3,7473,6077,455
1892R
−3.2%
3,0063,2226,851
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
16.0%
Other Christian
11.5%
Methodist
5.5%
Baptist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clinton County delivered a 48-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the heavily rural, small-town character of a north-central Indiana county where Frankfort anchors an otherwise agricultural landscape.

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

Clinton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,019, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 32,944 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 Tipton County and Marshall County.