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

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

A rural Southern Tier county that has shifted sharply rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Tioga County, New York · Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+23
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
47,864
2024 ACS
Most similar
Berkeley County
WV · similarity 1.00
34 precincts · 24,559 votes cast
Trump · R+23
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−22.8%
9,43715,03824,559
2020R
−20.6%
9,63414,79125,036
2016R
−25.7%
7,52613,26022,299
2012R
−14.8%
8,93012,11721,589
2008R
−10.2%
10,17212,53623,131
2004R
−17.0%
9,69413,76223,902
2000R
−13.7%
9,17012,23922,457
1996R
−3.0%
8,7699,41621,282
1992R
−6.5%
7,7919,28723,065
1988R
−21.8%
8,10212,67020,946
1984R
−43.2%
5,86014,85620,817
1980R
−18.7%
6,69010,29119,214
1976R
−25.7%
6,96911,82418,893
1972R
−41.9%
5,47013,39618,910
1968R
−30.1%
5,33610,44116,956
1964D
+18.6%
10,4117,14717,567
1960R
−44.3%
4,85512,57217,431
1956R
−57.9%
3,18811,95815,146
1952R
−56.6%
3,25911,79915,095
1948R
−42.8%
3,3858,67312,362
1944R
−39.9%
3,8318,93412,790
1940R
−40.2%
4,0819,61813,758
1936R
−35.6%
4,3059,16313,640
1932R
−32.3%
4,0678,04712,328
1928R
−55.4%
2,7799,96312,958
1924R
−51.8%
2,2347,83410,810
1920R
−45.9%
2,4066,7729,511
1916R
−9.8%
2,7483,3766,396
1912R
−3.8%
2,4002,6426,432
1908R
−21.2%
2,7064,2477,254
1904R
−23.2%
2,8404,6287,714
1900R
−21.3%
3,0374,7478,034
1896R
−25.5%
2,8244,8497,941
1892R
−16.8%
2,9234,2217,708
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
1.0%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
13.0%
Methodist
8.4%
Other Christian
8.0%
Baptist
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tioga's economy is rooted in agriculture and small manufacturing, and its presidential margins have moved roughly 20 points toward Republicans since 2000, tracking a broader realignment across rural upstate New York.

The Republican margin in Tioga County reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was twenty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Tioga County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,739, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 47,864 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 Berkeley County and Caroline County.