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1876–2024
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR·Oregon

Hermiston-Pendleton, OR has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

Eastern Oregon's high-desert trade hub where agriculture shapes the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OR
Latest
R+39
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
92,240
2024 ACS

Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+39%. Republican peak: R+46 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+39MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
92,2402024 5-year
Median household income
$68,7572024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
65.6%2024 5-year
Black
0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
31.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+31 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+46 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
−38.9%
10,38924,38135,957
R
−33.5%
12,07824,85638,156
R
−34.9%
8,69019,78031,764
R
−28.6%
9,78618,03128,851
R
−23.2%
10,89417,76329,581
R
−31.4%
10,24519,80030,471
R
−27.6%
9,00616,36426,669
R
−3.6%
10,20011,08424,826
R
−1.4%
7,9618,28223,117
R
−9.5%
9,70211,78321,951
R
−26.4%
9,50016,34125,911
R
−24.3%
8,45914,67825,555
R
−6.3%
9,14710,43620,398
R
−23.5%
6,80811,52920,078
R
−15.5%
7,19910,04318,346
D
+28.5%
12,1596,76518,956
R
−6.6%
9,09210,37719,475
R
−11.3%
8,57110,74619,317
R
−19.8%
7,88411,78319,712
D
+1.9%
6,7296,47713,383
R
−2.7%
5,8036,12611,987
R
−0.3%
5,9145,95111,909
D
+30.8%
6,9343,46111,285
D
+29.1%
6,5603,50910,478
R
−36.3%
2,9336,3709,465
R
−13.3%
3,4494,84510,478
R
−23.9%
3,7066,16510,305
D
+9.9%
5,4364,41210,352
D
+2.4%
1,8381,7085,354
R
−22.1%
1,8403,0085,280
R
−45.9%
1,0703,5175,331
R
−14.2%
1,9962,6984,948
D
+3.5%
2,6272,4455,151
R
−25.5%
7501,9164,568
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.1%
English
10.3%
Irish
8.1%
American
5.2%
Scottish
2.7%
Italian
2.4%
French
1.6%
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: 36.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.0%
2.4%
75–84
2.6%
4.8%
65–74
4.9%
5.8%
55–64
5.5%
5.9%
45–54
5.4%
6.9%
35–44
6.1%
7.8%
25–34
6.3%
4.9%
18–24
4.1%
9.6%
5–17
9.2%
3.0%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,757
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR$68,757
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.4%
speak English only
Spanish23.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
16.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Baptist
0.9%
Methodist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Straddling the Columbia Plateau, this metro anchors Umatilla County's irrigated farming economy — onions, potatoes, and beef — and has voted Republican at the presidential level by roughly 30-point margins in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR reached its widest at forty-six points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,757, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 92,240 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/25840/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 38.9 points (R+39), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,957 votes cast, 10,389 went Democratic and 24,381 went Republican.
What is Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon?
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon has a population of 92,240 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon is $68,757 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.