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1876–2024
Newton County, Indiana
Newton County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's least-populous counties, with a presidential margin exceeding 57 points

18762024·38 elections
Newton County, Indiana · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,922
2024 ACS
Most similar
Paulding County
OH · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 6,601 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.0%
1,3705,1316,601
2020R
−52.1%
1,5094,9426,591
2016R
−45.6%
1,4044,0775,860
2012R
−19.0%
2,2123,2915,672
2008R
−11.2%
2,6253,3016,045
2004R
−29.5%
2,0323,7575,848
2000R
−20.9%
2,1013,2505,510
1996R
−3.7%
1,8972,0754,810
1992R
−10.1%
1,7572,2955,344
1988R
−30.4%
1,7443,2745,035
1984R
−37.8%
1,5963,5605,194
1980R
−38.2%
1,6493,8505,763
1976R
−17.7%
2,2363,2045,483
1972R
−50.1%
1,2523,7715,028
1968R
−33.2%
1,4533,1455,093
1964R
−4.4%
2,5472,7805,340
1960R
−30.5%
1,8703,5175,401
1956R
−49.3%
1,3163,8905,222
1952R
−50.1%
1,3734,1595,561
1948R
−37.8%
1,4833,3124,845
1944R
−36.3%
1,5833,3985,004
1940R
−25.0%
2,1163,5365,674
1936R
−9.4%
2,4302,9375,408
1932D
+5.4%
2,6542,3805,102
1928R
−29.7%
1,6493,0534,735
1924R
−26.4%
1,5232,7054,481
1920R
−30.1%
1,6643,1294,861
1916R
−3.4%
1,2781,3772,894
1912D
+2.8%
9658922,614
1908R
−15.6%
1,1901,6452,913
1904R
−29.4%
9511,8032,898
1900R
−18.4%
1,1651,7152,985
1896R
−12.3%
1,2041,5452,777
1892R
−13.8%
8791,1912,269
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
Catholic & Orthodox
8.8%
Mainline Protestant
6.5%
Methodist
6.1%
Other Christian
2.8%
Baptist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Newton County sits in the flat, agricultural northwest corner of Indiana, where a small and largely rural population has delivered some of the state's most lopsided federal margins over the past decade.

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

Newton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,481, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,922 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 Paulding County and Randolph County.