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1876–2024
State Senate District 2·Missouri

Missouri 2nd State Senate District has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential margins outside urban cores

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MO
Latest
R+17
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
210,736
2024 ACS

Missouri 2nd State Senate District, Missouri: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+17%. Republican peak: R+46 in 1984.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+17MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
210,7362024 5-year
Median household income
$104,6922024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
84.0%2024 5-year
Black
5.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+30 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+46 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−16.9%
46,88566,386115,606
R
−17.5%
45,51465,269113,145
R
−26.1%
34,88761,843103,292
R
−20.9%
36,52056,31994,742
R
−9.7%
42,79652,13395,842
R
−17.7%
33,98748,71583,112
R
−14.2%
27,35336,66065,420
R
−6.2%
21,03124,25251,978
R
−1.3%
18,94319,66054,173
R
−26.1%
14,88825,42140,415
R
−46.1%
8,95624,29233,248
R
−25.7%
10,50718,32730,384
R
−8.3%
11,21613,27124,759
R
−39.9%
5,60913,05318,663
R
−10.7%
5,2746,88015,078
D
+23.4%
7,3874,58511,972
D
+4.4%
6,0445,53511,580
R
−10.8%
3,8734,8108,683
R
−13.1%
3,3014,2967,607
D
+0.6%
3,0753,0386,133
R
−18.1%
2,4813,5846,083
R
−18.6%
2,7123,9616,698
D
+6.2%
3,0012,6216,135
D
+30.2%
3,5131,8635,458
R
−3.1%
2,5832,7475,341
R
−29.2%
1,2022,3734,015
R
−45.3%
1,2573,3784,684
R
−29.2%
9731,7882,787
R
−11.6%
9111,1952,438
R
−27.1%
1,0061,7692,815
R
−27.8%
9091,6282,588
R
−17.2%
1,1911,6902,908
R
−12.8%
1,2441,6132,873
R
−0.7%
1,2631,2822,564
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.3%
Irish
16.1%
English
12.6%
Italian
5.8%
American
5.8%
French
3.3%
Polish
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.2%
75–84
3.0%
4.7%
65–74
5.4%
6.5%
55–64
6.8%
6.2%
45–54
6.2%
7.2%
35–44
7.0%
6.3%
25–34
6.1%
4.2%
18–24
4.0%
8.8%
5–17
8.4%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$104,692
State Senate District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 2$104,692
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
5.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.7%
Working age (18–64)4.9%
Seniors (65+)7.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
27.0%
Other Christian
6.9%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
Methodist
4.2%
Baptist
3.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This rural northwest Missouri district recorded an R+64.7 presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a pattern of consolidation seen across sparsely populated agricultural regions of the Great Plains fringe.

The Republican margin in Missouri 2nd State Senate District reached its widest at forty-six points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was seventeen points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $104,692, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 210,736 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 2, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 2, Missouri voted Republican by 16.9 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 115,606 votes cast, 46,885 went Democratic and 66,386 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 2, Missouri's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 2, Missouri as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 2, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 2, Missouri voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in State Senate District 2, Missouri?
State Senate District 2, Missouri has a population of 210,736 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 2, Missouri?
Median household income in State Senate District 2, Missouri is $104,692 — above the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of State Senate District 2, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 2, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.