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1876–2024
Douglas County, Missouri
Douglas County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's sharpest Republican margins in the Ozarks plateau

18762024·38 elections
Douglas County, Missouri · Vsmith · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+72
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,965
2024 ACS
Most similar
Laclede County
MO · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 7,289 votes cast
Trump · R+72
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.0%
9966,2427,289
2020R
−69.7%
1,0165,8987,000
2016R
−67.5%
9845,4866,666
2012R
−44.8%
1,7104,6496,557
2008R
−33.7%
2,1404,4056,712
2004R
−43.6%
1,7414,4986,327
2000R
−38.9%
1,5463,5995,281
1996R
−16.5%
1,7442,6015,184
1992R
−7.6%
2,1262,5695,792
1988R
−30.0%
1,7353,2254,973
1984R
−40.9%
1,5363,6625,198
1980R
−33.6%
1,6773,4405,252
1976R
−14.4%
1,9812,6524,667
1972R
−51.5%
1,2093,7734,982
1968R
−44.0%
9782,8364,226
1964R
−17.7%
1,5932,2803,873
1960R
−56.2%
1,0143,6114,625
1956R
−44.0%
1,1332,9104,043
1952R
−63.2%
9094,0514,971
1948R
−40.1%
1,1632,7343,914
1944R
−65.2%
7463,5704,330
1940R
−56.3%
1,3504,8706,252
1936R
−30.9%
2,1184,0316,187
1932R
−10.0%
1,9222,3624,415
1928R
−68.8%
6813,7584,474
1924R
−45.1%
9092,6173,784
1920R
−67.9%
5773,3274,053
1916R
−37.5%
7371,7302,651
1912R
−10.3%
5668552,798
1908R
−41.3%
6991,9222,964
1904R
−54.7%
4371,8302,545
1900R
−28.7%
8581,7052,954
1896D
+3.1%
1,7001,5983,307
1892R
−39.9%
3281,3092,459
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
Pentecostal & Holiness
15.3%
Other Christian
7.0%
Baptist
5.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Methodist
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Douglas County's R+72 margin in 2024 places it among the most lopsided presidential results in the state, reflecting the Ozarks region's deep rural consolidation around Republican candidates over the past two decades.

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

Douglas County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $45,985, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,965 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 Laclede County and Wright County.