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1892–2024
Akashic
Spokane
presidential margin
2008R+11.62012R+16.82016R+22.42020R+20.62024R+24.5
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+24.5
2024
median income$73,684U.S. $80,734 · WA $77,800
median age39.8U.S. 39.1
poverty rate12.8%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)29.7%U.S. 35.6%
non-english9.5%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German19.2%
English14.0%
Irish11.7%
Mexican8.4%
Spanish0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%
Marshallese0.2%
Chinese0.3%
Filipino0.2%
Vietnamese0.2%
African American†0.8%
religion
other traditions
Mainline2.4%
Other Christian1.1%
Buddhist0.3%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Spokane, Washington

Akashic
SpokaneTrumpR+24.5
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2024 presidential margin by county for Spokane, WAA map of the constituent counties of Spokane, WA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Bonner County, ID · R+46.1Kootenai County, ID · R+51.8Okanogan County, WA · R+14.9Adams County, WA · R+43.1Grant County, WA · R+37.3Garfield County, WA · R+47.6Nez Perce County, ID · R+38.6Clearwater County, ID · R+62.8Benewah County, ID · R+61.4Idaho County, ID · R+67.8Columbia County, WA · R+43.3Pend Oreille County, WA · R+39.4Latah County, ID · R+8.0Lincoln County, MT · R+53.4Stevens County, WA · R+43.9Lincoln County, WA · R+50.3Wallowa County, OR · R+35.1Asotin County, WA · R+25.5Spokane County, WA · R+4.9Boundary County, ID · R+65.4Lewis County, ID · R+64.9Shoshone County, ID · R+49.4Ferry County, WA · R+32.8Whitman County, WA · D+8.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican60.6%394,710
Kamala HarrisDemocratic36.2%235,398
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.We The People3.2%20,797
D+60
R+60
24 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (24 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Spokane, WA — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Adams County, WARepublicanR+43.1
Asotin County, WARepublicanR+25.5
Benewah County, IDRepublicanR+61.4
Bonner County, IDRepublicanR+46.1
Boundary County, IDRepublicanR+65.4
Clearwater County, IDRepublicanR+62.8
Columbia County, WARepublicanR+43.3
Ferry County, WARepublicanR+32.8
Garfield County, WARepublicanR+47.6
Grant County, WARepublicanR+37.3
Idaho County, IDRepublicanR+67.8
Kootenai County, IDRepublicanR+51.8
Latah County, IDRepublicanR+8.0
Lewis County, IDRepublicanR+64.9
Lincoln County, MTRepublicanR+53.4
Lincoln County, WARepublicanR+50.3
Nez Perce County, IDRepublicanR+38.6
Okanogan County, WARepublicanR+14.9
Pend Oreille County, WARepublicanR+39.4
Shoshone County, IDRepublicanR+49.4
Spokane County, WARepublicanR+4.9
Stevens County, WARepublicanR+43.9
Wallowa County, ORRepublicanR+35.1
Whitman County, WADemocraticD+8.9
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
36.2%Harris235,398
60.6%Trump394,710
3.2%Kennedy20,797
−24.5%
650,905
R
38.1%Biden249,075
58.7%Trump384,044
3.2%Jorgensen21,057
−20.6%
654,176
R
33.4%Clinton174,720
55.8%Trump291,999
10.8%Johnson56,681
−22.4%
523,400
R
39.8%Obama197,866
56.6%Romney281,105
3.6%Johnson17,677
−16.8%
496,648
R
42.9%Obama213,306
54.5%McCain270,910
2.6%Nader12,993
−11.6%
497,209
R
38.4%Kerry178,229
59.7%Bush277,214
1.9%Nader8,626
−21.3%
464,069
R
35.9%Gore144,602
58.9%Bush237,157
5.2%Nader21,066
−23.0%
402,825
R
41.4%Clinton156,915
43.6%Dole165,594
15.0%Perot56,937
−2.3%
379,446
D
38.6%Clinton149,105
35.5%Bush137,044
25.9%Perot100,002
+3.1%
386,151
R
47.5%Dukakis152,922
50.9%Bush163,864
1.6%Paul5,257
−3.4%
322,043
R
38.5%Mondale131,190
60.1%Reagan204,890
1.4%Bergland4,666
−21.6%
340,746
R
34.1%Carter114,422
55.9%Reagan187,535
10.0%Anderson33,385
−21.8%
335,342
R
43.9%Carter127,798
52.7%Ford153,346
3.3%McCarthy9,679
−8.8%
290,823
R
35.8%McGovern99,366
58.7%Nixon163,082
5.5%Schmitz15,332
−22.9%
277,780
R
43.6%Humphrey110,505
47.6%Nixon120,583
8.7%Wallace22,116
−4.0%
253,204
D
58.1%Johnson148,401
41.8%Goldwater106,930
0.1%Hass178
+16.2%
255,509
D
50.3%Kennedy132,943
49.5%Nixon130,690
0.2%Byrd405
+0.9%
264,038
R
46.1%Stevenson116,715
53.8%Eisenhower136,357
0.1%Andrews176
−7.8%
253,248
R
43.6%Stevenson104,909
55.9%Eisenhower134,496
0.4%Hallinan1,015
−12.3%
240,420
D
55.0%Truman112,510
41.8%Dewey85,481
3.3%Thurmond6,652
+13.2%
204,643
D
54.7%Roosevelt104,748
44.8%Dewey85,674
0.5%Thomas1,023
+10.0%
191,445
D
57.3%Roosevelt117,885
42.0%Willkie86,395
0.8%Thomas1,567
+15.3%
205,847
D
67.3%Roosevelt122,543
28.6%Landon52,051
4.1%Lemke7,374
+38.7%
181,968
D
59.3%Roosevelt98,064
36.2%Hoover59,812
4.6%Thomas7,536
+23.1%
165,412
R
34.8%Smith49,179
64.3%Hoover90,918
1.0%Thomas1,353
−29.5%
141,450
R
15.4%Davis20,253
47.6%Coolidge62,556
36.9%La Follette48,491
−32.2%
131,300
R
31.1%Cox37,564
61.8%Harding74,538
7.1%Debs8,512
−30.7%
120,614
D
50.6%Wilson67,994
42.1%Hughes56,597
7.3%Benson9,822
+8.5%
134,413
O
33.3%Wilson37,279
17.5%Taft19,627
49.2%Roosevelt55,071
Roosevelt +15.9
111,977
R
34.3%Bryan27,936
55.1%Taft44,831
10.6%Debs8,623
−20.8%
81,390
R
23.0%Parker14,819
67.0%Roosevelt43,180
10.0%Debs6,424
−44.0%
64,423
D
50.5%Bryan26,166
46.0%McKinley23,807
3.5%Woolley1,829
+4.6%
51,802
D
68.4%Bryan24,071
30.4%McKinley10,701
1.2%Palmer424
+38.0%
35,196
R
24.3%Cleveland7,388
42.6%Harrison12,911
33.1%Weaver10,042
−18.2%
30,341
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −24.5% in 2024.flipped R · 1996−24.5%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−18.2%
1896+38.0%
1900+4.6%
1904−44.0%
1908−20.8%
1912+15.8%
1916+8.5%
1920−30.7%
1924−32.2%
1928−29.5%
1932+23.1%
1936+38.7%
1940+15.3%
1944+10.0%
1948+13.2%
1952−12.3%
1956−7.8%
1960+0.9%
1964+16.2%
1968−4.0%
1972−22.9%
1976−8.8%
1980−21.8%
1984−21.6%
1988−3.4%
1992+3.1%
1996−2.3%
2000−23.0%
2004−21.3%
2008−11.6%
2012−16.8%
2016−22.4%
2020−20.6%
2024−24.5%
DemocraticRepublican

The Spokane media market stretches from a mid-sized city that has trended competitive in recent cycles deep into reliably Republican wheat-farming counties, creating one of the sharpest urban-rural contrasts in the Pacific Northwest.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.0 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.5 points.

A population of 1,284,654, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,684 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Billings and Casper-Riverton.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Billings
Montana
77.0twin score
2000–2008 trajectory% Black% White≠ elasticity
Casper-Riverton
Wyoming
74.4twin score
% Black% WhiteScottish ancestry≠ 2016 margin
Boise
Idaho
74.2twin score
% Black2000–2016 trajectoryScottish ancestry

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Spokane

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Adams CountyAsotin CountyBenewah CountyBonner CountyBoundary CountyClearwater CountyColumbia CountyFerry CountyGarfield CountyGrant CountyIdaho CountyKootenai CountyLatah CountyLewis CountyLincoln CountyLincoln CountyNez Perce CountyOkanogan CountyPend Oreille CountyShoshone CountySpokane CountyStevens CountyWallowa CountyWhitman County

Frequently asked questions

How did Spokane, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Spokane, Washington voted Republican by 24.5 points (R+24.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 650,905 votes cast, 235,398 went Democratic and 394,710 went Republican.
When did Spokane, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Spokane, Washington voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Spokane, Washington?
Spokane, Washington has a population of 1,284,654 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Spokane, Washington?
Median household income in Spokane, Washington is $73,684 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Spokane, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Spokane, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.