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1876–2024
Taney County, Missouri
Taney County·Missouri

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

Branson's home county delivers some of Missouri's widest Republican margins

18762024·38 elections
Taney County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+59
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
56,529
2024 ACS
Most similar
Montgomery County
KS · similarity 1.00
20 precincts · 26,824 votes cast
Trump · R+59
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−59.3%
5,32921,23626,824
2020R
−57.6%
5,33920,50826,338
2016R
−58.7%
4,37318,27623,673
2012R
−47.2%
5,47915,74621,738
2008R
−37.2%
6,68314,73621,664
2004R
−41.4%
5,60113,57819,280
2000R
−30.1%
5,0929,64715,112
1996R
−16.9%
4,6236,84413,160
1992R
−10.6%
4,6826,08113,205
1988R
−28.7%
3,8887,04310,977
1984R
−41.7%
2,9127,0829,994
1980R
−28.8%
3,3896,2309,854
1976R
−12.8%
3,6264,6968,344
1972R
−55.3%
1,4354,9826,417
1968R
−42.1%
1,2193,2894,922
1964R
−3.7%
2,5442,7415,285
1960R
−43.9%
1,4393,6925,131
1956R
−37.1%
1,4773,2184,695
1952R
−46.7%
1,0993,0374,148
1948R
−24.6%
1,4272,3613,797
1944R
−45.4%
9362,4993,444
1940R
−35.7%
1,4973,1674,684
1936R
−24.5%
1,7102,8274,560
1932R
−3.4%
1,9112,0453,987
1928R
−40.8%
9712,3193,302
1924R
−26.2%
9811,7102,781
1920R
−36.8%
9132,0012,956
1916R
−24.1%
6791,1231,845
1912R
−14.8%
5888521,783
1908R
−25.6%
6281,0801,767
1904R
−32.9%
5681,1621,806
1900R
−20.0%
7531,1371,922
1896R
−5.1%
9251,0241,956
1892R
−24.9%
4597911,334
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
1.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
20.6%
Baptist
16.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.0%
Methodist
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Taney County anchors the Ozarks tourism corridor around Branson, and its overwhelmingly white, rural electorate has shifted steadily rightward over two decades, producing presidential margins that now rank among the state's most lopsided.

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

Taney County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,497, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 56,529 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 Montgomery County and Stone County.