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1876–2024
Macon County, Missouri
Macon County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most decisive Republican strongholds by margin

18762024·38 elections
Macon County, Missouri · JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+61
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,163
2024 ACS
Most similar
Daviess County
MO · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 7,839 votes cast
Trump · R+61
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−61.5%
1,4816,3007,839
2020R
−56.3%
1,6626,0767,836
2016R
−56.2%
1,5485,7987,560
2012R
−33.4%
2,3094,7017,160
2008R
−24.1%
2,7844,5867,474
2004R
−24.0%
2,8564,6737,570
2000R
−19.7%
2,8174,2327,175
1996D
+4.7%
2,9372,6346,480
1992D
+13.1%
3,1942,2567,164
1988R
−2.9%
3,2153,4066,639
1984R
−19.9%
3,0374,5427,579
1980R
−10.4%
3,5784,4308,187
1976D
+12.2%
4,2963,3607,688
1972R
−22.9%
2,8444,5387,382
1968R
−4.2%
3,4623,8048,087
1964D
+31.0%
5,3892,8378,226
1960R
−7.9%
4,2084,9259,133
1956R
−4.0%
4,3374,6949,031
1952R
−9.5%
4,5775,53710,129
1948D
+15.0%
5,1933,8339,039
1944R
−0.3%
4,7724,7969,581
1940D
+6.4%
6,1205,38411,519
1936D
+14.3%
6,4174,80811,262
1932D
+31.9%
6,3703,2669,718
1928R
−7.4%
4,8385,61810,510
1924D
+5.7%
5,5384,90910,950
1920R
−5.6%
5,6266,30912,192
1916D
+10.9%
3,8053,0347,063
1912D
+33.2%
3,6101,2886,985
1908D
+4.9%
3,9193,5427,724
1904R
−0.9%
3,6043,6747,567
1900D
+7.6%
4,1743,5687,988
1896D
+12.5%
4,4733,4758,006
1892D
+7.9%
3,2842,7466,814
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
1.7%
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
31.0%
Other Christian
17.0%
Methodist
6.6%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Macon County's R+61.5 margin in 2024 places it among Missouri's most lopsided presidential results, reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped small agricultural counties across the state over the past two decades.

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

Macon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,357, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,163 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 Daviess County and Shelby County.