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1876–2024
Montgomery County, Missouri
Montgomery County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Montgomery County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,426
2024 ACS
Most similar
Caldwell County
MO · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 5,998 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.1%
1,1704,7765,998
2020R
−56.4%
1,2084,4655,772
2016R
−55.4%
1,1194,1275,429
2012R
−32.7%
1,7403,4905,344
2008R
−18.5%
2,3473,4285,856
2004R
−24.6%
2,1473,5635,760
2000R
−19.1%
2,0923,1065,303
1996D
+2.9%
2,2772,1245,225
1992D
+1.7%
2,0631,9745,319
1988R
−13.6%
2,0642,7144,790
1984R
−32.3%
1,6683,2614,929
1980R
−20.2%
2,0073,0615,225
1976R
−2.5%
2,5352,6655,243
1972R
−37.3%
1,6913,7075,398
1968R
−18.7%
1,8912,9035,417
1964D
+11.5%
3,2892,6105,899
1960R
−10.4%
2,8043,4546,258
1956R
−9.5%
2,8443,4436,287
1952R
−12.8%
2,8353,6706,510
1948R
−1.7%
2,7922,8895,693
1944R
−12.5%
2,7433,5276,276
1940R
−10.1%
3,2053,9307,151
1936R
−0.1%
3,4583,4686,937
1932D
+15.9%
3,6002,6076,241
1928R
−26.2%
2,2853,9106,203
1924R
−9.4%
2,9383,5636,648
1920R
−11.4%
3,1033,9107,088
1916R
−2.2%
1,9882,0794,119
1912D
+4.8%
1,8831,6973,879
1908D
+0.8%
2,0732,0384,180
1904D
+0.2%
1,9861,9794,089
1900D
+3.4%
2,0001,8663,998
1896D
+8.3%
2,2721,9204,254
1892D
+6.6%
1,9161,6653,818
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
Baptist
10.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.6%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
Methodist
6.3%
Other Christian
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montgomery County's 2024 presidential margin of R+60 reflects a broader shift in Missouri's small-town, agricultural counties, where Republican support has grown steadily over the past two decades as rural realignment accelerated statewide.

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

Montgomery County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,500, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,426 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 Caldwell County and Carter County.