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1876–2024
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County·Pennsylvania

Chester County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Philadelphia's western neighbor has shifted sharply toward Democrats since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Chester County, Pennsylvania · Camerafiend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+14
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
547,840
2024 ACS
Most similar
DuPage County
IL · similarity 0.98
230 precincts · 326,429 votes cast
Harris · D+14
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+14.4%
184,281137,299326,429
2020D
+17.1%
182,372128,565314,502
2016D
+9.4%
141,682116,114272,998
2012R
−0.2%
124,311124,840252,576
2008D
+9.2%
137,833114,421254,354
2004R
−4.5%
109,708120,036230,823
2000R
−9.6%
82,047100,080187,676
1996R
−7.7%
64,78377,029158,366
1992R
−8.5%
59,64374,002169,208
1988R
−34.9%
44,85393,522139,585
1984R
−40.6%
38,87092,221131,531
1980R
−32.3%
34,30773,046119,896
1976R
−22.3%
42,71267,686112,026
1972R
−39.2%
31,11872,726106,259
1968R
−23.9%
32,60656,07398,051
1964D
+8.6%
47,94040,28088,610
1960R
−27.5%
30,16753,05983,373
1956R
−40.6%
19,95747,22567,232
1952R
−30.0%
21,49039,96161,615
1948R
−32.8%
14,67029,25844,478
1944R
−17.9%
18,54826,65545,411
1940R
−11.3%
22,47328,22250,878
1936R
−4.7%
26,67629,34056,629
1932R
−40.9%
12,04029,42542,517
1928R
−65.0%
7,68936,65944,558
1924R
−55.6%
5,94622,33329,480
1920R
−42.7%
7,00418,12926,060
1916R
−16.0%
8,51411,84520,864
1912D
+6.0%
6,9015,70819,786
1908R
−32.1%
6,55513,11820,476
1904R
−51.3%
4,34214,20019,215
1900R
−36.4%
6,21413,80920,858
1896R
−38.9%
6,05814,23220,990
1892R
−15.8%
7,85010,98219,764
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%
Italian
0.7%
African American
4.2%
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
30.9%
Other Christian
7.6%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
Methodist
3.1%
Non-Christian
2.8%
Baptist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Once a reliably Republican suburban stronghold, Chester County has trended Democratic over the past decade as college-educated voters realigned, delivering a 14.5-point Democratic margin in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventeen points in 2020; the Republican margin reached sixty-five points in 1928. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Chester County's demographics — a population of 547,840, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $127,208 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of DuPage County and Kane County.