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1876–2024
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Lebanon County·Pennsylvania

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

One of Pennsylvania's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
144,186
2024 ACS
Most similar
Huntington County
IN · similarity 1.00
60 precincts · 73,986 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.8%
24,73448,28273,986
2020R
−31.8%
23,93246,73171,652
2016R
−34.5%
18,95340,52562,503
2012R
−28.1%
19,90035,87256,777
2008R
−18.9%
23,31034,31458,297
2004R
−34.1%
18,10937,08955,665
2000R
−27.1%
16,09328,53445,897
1996R
−18.9%
14,18721,88540,735
1992R
−21.3%
12,35021,51243,021
1988R
−34.2%
11,91224,41536,608
1984R
−43.7%
10,52027,00837,716
1980R
−45.7%
8,28124,49535,507
1976R
−27.3%
11,78520,88033,330
1972R
−56.7%
6,68325,00832,320
1968R
−36.2%
9,52921,83234,025
1964R
−5.9%
15,88217,89133,845
1960R
−36.8%
11,76125,52537,353
1956R
−36.8%
10,40622,55633,003
1952R
−28.1%
11,61120,72632,472
1948R
−24.3%
9,41815,55325,241
1944R
−12.5%
11,81815,20627,153
1940R
−0.5%
13,31513,44926,857
1936D
+2.1%
13,80013,21327,476
1932R
−25.7%
5,92410,48717,784
1928R
−66.3%
3,27816,84120,464
1924R
−55.0%
2,4649,49412,783
1920R
−46.5%
3,0168,77812,402
1916R
−20.1%
3,8215,87610,228
1912D
+5.6%
2,9722,37810,580
1908R
−39.2%
2,8586,87410,247
1904R
−45.4%
2,4496,9389,884
1900R
−38.0%
3,0507,08910,618
1896R
−43.3%
2,8197,28810,323
1892R
−21.8%
3,4095,4039,141
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
1.6%
African American
1.8%
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
Mainline Protestant
11.6%
Other Christian
8.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.1%
Methodist
6.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lebanon County's mix of small-city manufacturing heritage and surrounding agricultural townships has produced Republican presidential margins exceeding 30 points in recent cycles, making it an outlier even within a competitive swing state.

The Republican margin in Lebanon County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lebanon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,425, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 144,186 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 Huntington County and Shenandoah County.