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1876–2024
Carroll County, Missouri
Carroll County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Carroll County, Missouri · Americasroof · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+64
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,411
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grundy County
MO · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 4,535 votes cast
Trump · R+64
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−64.4%
7893,7084,535
2020R
−64.4%
7863,7064,532
2016R
−62.7%
7453,4804,361
2012R
−44.6%
1,1543,0724,304
2008R
−31.3%
1,5352,9554,538
2004R
−33.5%
1,5683,1554,741
2000R
−27.5%
1,6202,8804,581
1996D
+5.3%
2,0801,8394,515
1992D
+6.1%
2,1001,7745,378
1988R
−9.3%
2,3302,8115,149
1984R
−27.7%
1,9803,4955,475
1980R
−20.8%
2,1303,2915,583
1976D
+2.9%
3,1142,9366,077
1972R
−36.1%
1,9274,1006,027
1968R
−17.8%
2,4733,6806,798
1964D
+15.2%
4,0692,9947,063
1960R
−16.0%
3,2964,5557,851
1956R
−16.1%
3,4324,7518,183
1952R
−26.4%
3,1465,4108,568
1948R
−10.6%
3,4014,2127,618
1944R
−21.9%
3,2835,1278,430
1940R
−14.9%
4,4466,00010,457
1936R
−2.7%
5,1415,43210,605
1932D
+13.1%
5,0723,8949,003
1928R
−22.2%
3,7355,8759,624
1924R
−4.2%
4,5024,9079,613
1920R
−15.7%
4,0755,6099,780
1916R
−2.7%
2,8222,9785,879
1912D
+20.0%
2,6481,5195,658
1908R
−4.5%
2,7533,0155,849
1904R
−6.1%
2,6733,0325,868
1900D
+1.6%
3,3003,1926,605
1896D
+2.7%
3,5553,3636,983
1892D
+1.2%
2,9692,8966,227
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
1.4%
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
41.3%
Mainline Protestant
8.3%
Methodist
6.0%
Other Christian
5.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carroll County's 2024 presidential margin of R+64.5 reflects a broader shift in Missouri's agricultural heartland, where small-town and farming communities have moved sharply toward Republican candidates over the past decade.

The Republican margin in Carroll County reached its widest at sixty-four points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was sixty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Carroll County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,154, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,411 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 Grundy County and Vernon County.