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1876–2024
Bollinger County, Missouri
Bollinger County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Bollinger County, Missouri · Skye Marthaler, retouched by Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+75
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,559
2024 ACS
Most similar
Burke County
ND · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 6,161 votes cast
Trump · R+75
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−74.8%
7565,3656,161
2020R
−73.8%
7505,1675,983
2016R
−72.6%
7054,8275,676
2012R
−52.8%
1,2134,0955,456
2008R
−39.5%
1,6903,9725,784
2004R
−39.8%
1,7544,1025,895
2000R
−33.9%
1,6923,4875,294
1996R
−7.4%
2,0442,4205,047
1992R
−2.6%
2,1502,2895,363
1988R
−18.0%
1,8832,7104,598
1984R
−18.2%
1,9232,7784,701
1980R
−13.8%
2,1602,8635,105
1976D
+12.9%
2,7402,1134,862
1972R
−25.6%
1,8183,0694,887
1968R
−12.9%
1,6932,2834,559
1964D
+13.6%
2,7922,1254,917
1960R
−19.7%
1,9352,8864,821
1956R
−13.1%
2,1852,8455,030
1952R
−16.7%
2,1823,0605,245
1948R
−2.6%
2,0752,1874,267
1944R
−21.5%
1,8412,8504,694
1940R
−15.2%
2,5113,4155,934
1936R
−2.9%
2,8162,9885,869
1932D
+10.7%
2,9942,4115,444
1928R
−24.6%
1,8243,0144,846
1924R
−2.9%
2,0752,2044,390
1920R
−17.2%
2,0192,8694,949
1916R
−2.7%
1,5381,6243,245
1912D
+13.3%
1,5121,1003,090
1908R
−2.4%
1,5171,5933,167
1904R
−7.8%
1,3551,5872,980
1900D
+0.6%
1,5331,5153,092
1896D
+7.7%
1,4851,2722,762
1892D
+7.6%
1,3381,1452,534
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
Baptist
21.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.3%
Methodist
4.6%
Other Christian
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This rural Ozark-fringe county of roughly 12,000 delivered an R+74.8 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided presidential results in the state and reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped Missouri's electoral map over the past decade.

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

Bollinger County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,814, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,559 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 Burke County and Holt County.