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1876–2024
Livingston County, Missouri
Livingston County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Livingston County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
14,364
2024 ACS
Most similar
Carroll County
MO · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 6,873 votes cast
Trump · R+58
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.8%
1,4225,3956,873
2020R
−57.1%
1,4105,2676,758
2016R
−56.3%
1,2654,8796,421
2012R
−34.7%
1,9064,0066,054
2008R
−23.8%
2,4353,9936,552
2004R
−27.6%
2,2784,0296,346
2000R
−20.5%
2,4253,7096,276
1996D
+8.6%
2,9132,3846,130
1992D
+2.0%
2,5052,3706,863
1988R
−5.9%
3,0773,4626,547
1984R
−20.5%
2,6994,0906,789
1980R
−3.9%
3,3683,6547,270
1976D
+11.8%
3,8193,0106,857
1972R
−32.7%
2,6625,2537,915
1968R
−4.6%
3,4673,8277,812
1964D
+32.6%
5,3202,7038,023
1960R
−14.1%
3,7955,0458,840
1956R
−15.4%
3,7855,1658,950
1952R
−19.6%
3,7575,5949,359
1948D
+4.3%
4,1823,8358,031
1944R
−9.4%
3,8874,6978,610
1940R
−6.7%
4,6335,2989,956
1936D
+5.5%
5,2264,6789,944
1932D
+12.8%
4,7423,6598,431
1928R
−28.1%
3,2215,7428,980
1924R
−2.2%
4,3164,5178,988
1920R
−16.1%
3,6665,0938,856
1916D
+3.6%
2,6092,4245,109
1912D
+29.7%
2,3148854,817
1908R
−0.4%
2,3792,4004,906
1904R
−2.4%
2,3562,4805,156
1900D
+3.0%
2,6592,4935,502
1896D
+16.8%
3,3512,3775,797
1892D
+4.6%
2,1901,9585,019
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
2.4%
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
28.2%
Methodist
10.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.4%
Other Christian
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Livingston County, anchored by the small city of Chillicothe in north-central Missouri, has shifted decisively rightward over the past two decades, posting a 57.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 that places it among the state's most one-sided counties.

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

Livingston County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,627, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,364 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 Carroll County and Sibley County.