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1876–2024
Holt County, Missouri
Holt County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Holt County, Missouri · Americasroof · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+69
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,240
2024 ACS
Most similar
Burke County
ND · similarity 1.00
4 precincts · 2,352 votes cast
Trump · R+69
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.1%
3571,9822,352
2020R
−69.9%
3381,9762,343
2016R
−67.0%
3471,9262,355
2012R
−50.8%
5511,7252,310
2008R
−37.7%
8021,7942,633
2004R
−39.1%
8111,8642,691
2000R
−32.6%
8711,7382,662
1996R
−6.4%
1,1441,3232,806
1992R
−5.0%
1,0501,2023,044
1988R
−11.4%
1,2581,5832,850
1984R
−34.1%
1,0262,0873,113
1980R
−27.4%
1,1191,9933,190
1976R
−7.5%
1,5291,7773,318
1972R
−43.7%
1,0112,5783,589
1968R
−22.6%
1,2112,0313,621
1964D
+4.0%
1,8711,7263,597
1960R
−27.4%
1,5512,7204,271
1956R
−25.5%
1,7132,8884,601
1952R
−39.9%
1,4873,4764,985
1948R
−12.2%
2,0402,6074,651
1944R
−27.6%
1,7853,1524,946
1940R
−16.5%
2,6773,7396,422
1936R
−5.1%
3,0763,4096,499
1932D
+16.0%
3,1172,2535,394
1928R
−33.3%
1,9193,8455,776
1924R
−18.6%
2,2553,3165,719
1920R
−27.8%
2,3294,1536,556
1916R
−11.2%
1,6152,0303,690
1912R
−0.1%
1,5191,5223,692
1908R
−16.7%
1,5962,2463,898
1904R
−25.9%
1,2772,2083,592
1900R
−12.6%
1,7652,2924,174
1896R
−8.0%
2,0362,3974,485
1892R
−12.8%
1,4271,8993,682
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
19.5%
Methodist
13.7%
Baptist
11.3%
Mainline Protestant
6.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With roughly 5,300 residents spread across northwest Missouri's farmland, Holt County recorded an R+69 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most heavily one-sided jurisdictions in recent cycles.

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

Holt County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,187, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,240 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 Bollinger County.