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1876–2024
Warren, PA·Pennsylvania

Warren, PA was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

A mid-sized Steel Belt metro where union tradition meets shifting rural margins.

18762024·38 elections
PA
Latest
R+39
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
37,920
2024 ACS

Warren, PA, Pennsylvania: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+39%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1928.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+39MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
37,9202024 5-year
Median household income
$60,4802024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
94.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
1.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+28 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+61 in 1928MIT Election Lab
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.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−39.1%
6,21214,34520,792
R
−39.6%
6,06614,23720,650
R
−39.4%
5,14512,47718,606
R
−17.4%
6,99510,01017,299
R
−6.2%
8,5379,68518,517
R
−15.3%
8,04410,99919,273
R
−10.0%
7,5379,29017,552
D
+1.4%
7,2917,05617,067
D
+2.1%
6,9726,58518,426
R
−13.8%
6,7908,99115,995
R
−26.7%
6,24410,83817,221
R
−22.6%
5,5609,16515,974
R
−6.8%
7,4128,50816,170
R
−33.9%
4,87710,01815,167
R
−15.8%
6,3688,88915,968
D
+27.8%
10,5985,96516,657
R
−28.0%
6,52511,61118,195
R
−46.1%
4,46312,14516,651
R
−44.0%
4,44211,55516,150
R
−33.4%
4,1038,37812,814
R
−34.9%
4,4409,27613,853
R
−30.6%
5,82511,01616,942
R
−5.0%
8,4959,44018,767
R
−19.0%
5,2547,87213,753
R
−61.4%
2,83512,07715,056
R
−52.9%
2,1618,50211,986
R
−46.9%
2,1807,79111,974
R
−11.0%
2,6283,4137,141
O
+1.7%
1,6861,5647,258
R
−34.8%
2,0544,6727,532
R
−50.9%
1,2224,7376,908
R
−36.0%
2,5005,6098,645
R
−21.8%
3,0484,8468,255
R
−14.9%
2,7353,8387,394
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.7%
Irish
13.4%
English
13.4%
Italian
7.6%
American
6.8%
Polish
3.8%
French
2.3%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.5%
Spanish1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Methodist
10.8%
Other Christian
9.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.1%
Mainline Protestant
6.0%
Baptist
2.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Warren County anchors a small metro that has trended toward Republican presidential margins since 2008, reflecting a broader realignment among working-class white voters across Pennsylvania's northwest corridor.

The Democratic margin in Warren, PA peaked at twenty-eight points in 1964. By 2000 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-nine points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $60,480 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Warren, PA, Pennsylvania — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/47620/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Warren, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Warren, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 39.1 points (R+39), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,792 votes cast, 6,212 went Democratic and 14,345 went Republican.
What is Warren, PA, Pennsylvania's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Warren, PA, Pennsylvania as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 30 times, and other 1 times.
When did Warren, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Warren, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Warren, PA, Pennsylvania?
Warren, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 37,920 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Warren, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Warren, PA, Pennsylvania is $60,480 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Warren, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Warren, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.