County-level presidential election voting trends, 2016-2024

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2024 Presidential Election
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In presidential elections from 2016-2024, 421 counties voted for Hillary Clinton (D), and Joe Biden (D), and Kamala Harris (D). The total population of these counties was 160,662,201, or 48.1% of the United States population in 2024. 2,559 counties voted for Donald Trump (R) in three consecutive elections. The total population of these counties was 133,893,373, or 40.1% of the population in 2024. The remaining 132 counties voted for a candidate from both parties in at least one election across the three years. The total population of these counties was 39,388,845, or 11.8% of the population in 2024.

Ballotpedia's analysis of county-level election results examines the results in a county over a series of three consecutive presidential elections. We then apply one of four categories to that county based on those results: Solid, Trending, Battleground, or New. A county is further categorized as either Democratic or Republican based on their most recent election results. To learn more about Ballotpedia's previous coverage of county-level presidential election results, click here.

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For analysis on voting trends in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections, click here.

Definitions

Ballotpedia uses four categories to describe a county's voting pattern based on the three previous presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

National overview

The map below shows county-level presidential election results from 2016 to 2024. A county shaded blue voted for Harris in 2024 and a county shaded red voted for Trump.

County lists

Click on the tabs below to view lists of all counties included in this analysis broken down by party, as well as populations and margins of victory from 2016 to 2024.


Election results by state

Click on a tab below to view voting trend information for that specific state.

Following the 2024 presidential election, 78.6% of Alabamians lived in one of the state's 54 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2016 to 2024, and 21% lived in one of 12 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Alabama was Solid Republican, having voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016, Donald Trump (R) in 2020, and Donald Trump (R) in 2024. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Alabama following the 2024 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Background

Ballotpedia first began analyzing presidential election results with our research on Pivot Counties, the counties that voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 before voting for Trump in 2016. When we analyzed those county's voting patterns and included 2020, we added terms—Retained and Boomerang—to describe counties that voted for either Trump or Biden, respectively.

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  1. ↑ This analysis includes Maryland's 23 counties and the independent city of Baltimore.
  2. ↑ This analysis includes Missouri's 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis.
  3. ↑ This analysis includes Virginia's 95 counties and 38 independent cities, which are treated as county-equivalents for census purposes.
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