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1876–2024
Oneida County, New York
Oneida County·New York

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

Central New York county where a 21-point Republican margin reflects a broad rural-to-small-city shift

18762024·38 elections
Oneida County, New York · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
229,124
2024 ACS
Most similar
Herkimer County
NY · similarity 0.99
194 precincts · 100,814 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−21.1%
39,41560,687100,814
2020R
−15.6%
41,97357,860101,858
2016R
−19.4%
33,74351,43791,009
2012R
−4.7%
40,46844,53086,700
2008R
−6.1%
43,50649,25694,365
2004R
−12.2%
40,79252,39295,381
2000R
−3.8%
43,93347,60396,010
1996D
+6.7%
44,39937,99694,929
1992R
−2.6%
40,96643,806108,342
1988R
−7.1%
47,66555,039103,461
1984R
−21.0%
42,60365,377108,269
1980R
−7.3%
44,29251,968104,799
1976R
−9.3%
47,77957,655105,988
1972R
−39.9%
33,64278,549112,444
1968R
−7.9%
44,68552,875103,761
1964D
+29.7%
73,35939,737113,210
1960D
+3.1%
63,36859,513122,981
1956R
−39.7%
34,64980,178114,827
1952R
−22.1%
44,43869,652114,283
1948D
+1.6%
48,33246,75597,613
1944R
−0.4%
48,37148,74997,344
1940R
−3.2%
49,10952,362101,742
1936R
−3.2%
43,43946,31791,111
1932R
−3.4%
38,41341,19381,148
1928R
−7.7%
38,23144,78284,786
1924R
−32.0%
18,12437,54560,734
1920R
−37.9%
15,56036,31154,791
1916R
−7.7%
16,07018,81335,805
1912D
+2.8%
12,18211,24533,676
1908R
−12.4%
14,96819,34635,437
1904R
−15.0%
14,06419,24334,571
1900R
−19.3%
12,82019,20433,152
1896R
−25.3%
11,00318,85531,007
1892R
−2.7%
13,55214,35929,694
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%
English
1.0%
African American
5.0%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
33.5%
Other Christian
7.8%
Methodist
3.4%
Non-Christian
3.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Baptist
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Oneida County anchors the Mohawk Valley region, blending the mid-size city of Utica — which has absorbed significant refugee resettlement — with surrounding townships that vote heavily Republican, producing one of upstate New York's wider partisan gaps.

The Republican margin in Oneida County reached its widest at forty points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Oneida County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,154, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 229,124 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 Herkimer County and Fulton County.