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1876–2024
Fulton County, Indiana
Fulton County·Indiana

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

A rural north-central county where Republicans routinely clear 70% of the presidential vote

18762024·38 elections
Fulton County, Indiana · Derek Jensen (Tysto) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
20,312
2024 ACS
Most similar
Decatur County
IN · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 8,876 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.1%
2,0976,6338,876
2020R
−48.3%
2,2806,6949,147
2016R
−48.0%
1,9606,0108,437
2012R
−33.2%
2,6215,3178,126
2008R
−16.0%
3,7025,1479,006
2004R
−39.3%
2,6076,0278,703
2000R
−27.1%
2,9605,2188,327
1996R
−12.1%
2,9563,9348,070
1992R
−16.8%
2,5523,9828,527
1988R
−30.4%
2,7885,2348,051
1984R
−40.9%
2,5276,0578,635
1980R
−30.6%
2,7885,4588,728
1976R
−18.3%
3,4885,0838,703
1972R
−48.1%
2,1506,1708,358
1968R
−30.5%
2,5615,1458,474
1964R
−0.4%
4,3744,4108,818
1960R
−32.7%
3,0476,0389,133
1956R
−35.8%
2,9456,2589,259
1952R
−37.6%
2,7996,2479,175
1948R
−20.2%
3,2334,9308,398
1944R
−23.5%
3,2015,1908,469
1940R
−17.5%
3,8795,5329,472
1936R
−2.4%
4,3224,5419,004
1932D
+11.5%
4,7943,7878,722
1928R
−23.1%
2,8814,6277,574
1924R
−13.9%
3,2444,3297,796
1920R
−11.9%
3,6024,6188,554
1916R
−2.0%
2,2312,3254,772
1912D
+13.4%
2,0221,4274,434
1908R
−1.5%
2,3502,4264,917
1904R
−4.4%
2,1822,3944,786
1900D
+0.9%
2,3582,3134,770
1896D
+1.3%
2,4092,3494,794
1892D
+4.4%
2,2472,0534,457
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
Other Christian
8.5%
Methodist
6.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.2%
Baptist
5.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fulton County's economy centers on agriculture and small manufacturing, and its electorate has delivered lopsided Republican margins in every presidential race this century, with the 2024 gap exceeding 51 points.

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

Fulton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,360, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 20,312 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 Decatur County and DeKalb County.