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1876–2024
Okanogan County, Washington
Okanogan County·Washington

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

High-desert ranching country where Republican margins run deep

18762024·38 elections
Okanogan County, Washington · Joe Mabel · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+15
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
43,425
2024 ACS
Most similar
Siskiyou County
CA · similarity 0.99
46 precincts · 20,731 votes cast
Trump · R+15
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−14.9%
8,46611,55520,731
2020R
−13.8%
8,90011,84021,282
2016R
−18.9%
6,2989,61017,556
2012R
−12.4%
7,1089,22117,003
2008R
−7.0%
7,6138,79816,870
2004R
−20.4%
6,3099,63616,342
2000R
−34.1%
4,3359,38414,798
1996R
−8.3%
4,8105,89013,075
1992D
+5.8%
5,0154,26513,033
1988R
−1.9%
5,6305,85611,740
1984R
−16.4%
5,3307,47613,059
1980R
−14.6%
4,6346,46012,493
1976D
+0.8%
5,5435,45511,595
1972R
−19.0%
3,8355,79610,334
1968R
−1.1%
4,3794,4909,935
1964D
+25.0%
6,5543,93110,495
1960D
+3.2%
5,5075,16910,698
1956R
−1.4%
5,2985,44810,754
1952R
−11.6%
4,8176,08510,950
1948D
+15.7%
5,6444,0839,935
1944D
+6.4%
4,6424,0848,764
1940D
+11.6%
5,3624,2449,655
1936D
+37.6%
5,6222,3678,667
1932D
+24.4%
3,9692,2776,947
1928R
−30.4%
1,7223,2455,003
1924R
−36.0%
7212,5315,021
1920R
−30.1%
1,2602,7845,064
1916D
+19.3%
2,9241,8965,334
1912D
+15.5%
1,4618044,239
1908R
−10.6%
1,0741,3682,779
1904R
−42.3%
4351,1921,789
1900D
+21.4%
7144571,200
1896D
+53.3%
9502841,250
1892R
−13.2%
4255771,153
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
17.4%
Other Christian
10.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Methodist
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Okanogan County stretches across Washington's arid northeastern highlands, where a sparse, rural population anchored in agriculture and timber has delivered double-digit Republican presidential margins in every cycle since 2000.

The Republican margin in Okanogan County reached its widest at forty-two points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was fifteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Okanogan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,207, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 43,425 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 Siskiyou County and Plumas County.