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1876–2024
Cedar County, Missouri
Cedar County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Cedar County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+70
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
14,615
2024 ACS
Most similar
Howell County
MO · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 7,188 votes cast
Trump · R+70
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.6%
1,0606,0647,188
2020R
−65.9%
1,1455,7887,044
2016R
−63.4%
1,0115,0216,327
2012R
−47.0%
1,5374,3766,045
2008R
−33.6%
2,0604,1946,354
2004R
−37.5%
1,9104,2386,203
2000R
−27.4%
1,9793,5305,663
1996R
−8.8%
2,0272,4845,222
1992R
−0.4%
2,0642,0855,339
1988R
−25.1%
1,7742,9664,744
1984R
−42.2%
1,4403,5394,979
1980R
−33.4%
1,7033,4695,283
1976R
−11.3%
2,1922,7524,965
1972R
−50.7%
1,1523,5204,672
1968R
−37.5%
1,2182,9404,588
1964R
−4.9%
2,2472,4784,725
1960R
−41.4%
1,5473,7305,277
1956R
−31.1%
1,7203,2764,996
1952R
−43.8%
1,4833,8145,319
1948R
−17.3%
2,0622,9285,000
1944R
−41.5%
1,4783,5765,059
1940R
−34.5%
1,9734,0686,073
1936R
−18.2%
2,4433,5356,012
1932D
+5.9%
2,8342,5155,412
1928R
−31.7%
1,7283,3405,080
1924R
−15.8%
2,0072,8025,019
1920R
−28.2%
1,9363,4885,495
1916R
−13.7%
1,4101,8743,390
1912D
+4.4%
1,3921,2423,444
1908R
−12.8%
1,4831,9333,523
1904R
−9.9%
1,5331,8853,563
1900R
−0.7%
1,8201,8453,802
1896D
+12.1%
2,4001,8814,296
1892R
−3.3%
1,2461,3543,263
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
12.9%
Baptist
11.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Methodist
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cedar County's R+69.6 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided counties in the state, reflecting the deep rural consolidation that has reshaped Missouri's political map over the past two decades.

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

Cedar County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $48,181, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,615 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 Howell County and Polk County.