Election Results for Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	58,481	9.7
Deaths:	83,751	13.9
Net Migration:	16,042	2.7
Net Immigration:	14,434	2.4

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2024 vs. 2020	R +27,289	R +32,255	R + 3.6%
D -4,966
2024 vs. 2016	R +80,431	R +28,216	D + 0.7%
D +52,215
2020 vs. 2016	R +53,142	D +4,039	D + 4.3%
D +57,181
2024 vs. 2012	R +169,796	R +167,274	R + 20.9%
D +2,522

2016 vs. 2008	R +79,861	R +169,359	R + 26.7%
D -89,498
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2024	64%	Donald Trump (R)	478,752	61.7%	Kamala Harris (D)	288,859	37.2%	8,341 [+]	1.1%	775,952	12	0.50%
[-] Other candidates in 2024: Chase Oliver (Lbt) 3,636 (0.5%); Jill Stein (Grn) 2,849 (0.4%); Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I) 0 (0.0%);
2020	63%	Donald Trump* (R)	451,463	59.7%	Joe Biden (D)	293,825	38.8%	11,037 [+]	1.5%	756,325	13	0.48%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 9,368 (1.2%);
2016	55%	Donald Trump (R)	398,321	60.1%	Hillary Clinton (D)	236,644	35.7%	27,967 [+]	4.2%	662,932	14	0.48%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 14,983 (2.3%); Jill Stein (Grn) 5,604 (0.8%); Evan McMullin (I) 271 (0.0%);
2012	50%	Mitt Romney (R)	308,956	50.9%	Barack Obama* (D)	286,337	47.2%	11,212 [+]	1.8%	606,505	4	0.47%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 6,181 (1.0%);
2008	55%	Barack Obama (D)	326,142	49.7%	John McCain (R)	318,460	48.5%	11,510 [+]	1.8%	656,112	3	0.50%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 5,796 (0.9%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 2,174 (0.3%);
2004	54%	George W. Bush* (R)	344,028	53.9%	John Kerry (D)	288,262	45.2%	5,768 [+]	0.9%	638,058	3	0.52%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 0 (0.0%);
2000	49%	George W. Bush (R)	280,068	50.0%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	258,147	46.1%	21,423 [+]	3.8%	559,638	2	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 14,982 (2.7%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 2,337 (0.4%);
1996	45%	Bill Clinton* (D)	232,328	45.2%	Robert Dole (R)	213,720	41.6%	67,890 [+]	13.2%	513,938	1	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 63,434 (12.3%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,550 (0.3%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	50%	George Bush* (R)	228,750	40.8%	Bill Clinton (D)	217,684	38.8%	114,769 [+]	20.5%	561,203	3	0.54%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 112,535 (20.1%);
1988	46%	George Bush (R)	285,642	56.5%	Michael Dukakis (D)	216,234	42.7%	4,121 [+]	0.8%	505,997	3	0.55%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 654 (0.1%);
1984	50%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	318,653	59.7%	Walter Mondale (D)	210,549	39.5%	4,423	0.8%	533,625	1	0.58%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	51%	Ronald Reagan (R)	289,500	54.0%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	214,102	39.9%	32,792 [+]	6.1%	536,394	3	0.62%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 24,955 (4.7%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 3,743 (0.7%);
1976	56%	Jimmy Carter (D)	275,173	50.1%	Gerald Ford* (R)	266,171	48.4%	8,333 [+]	1.5%	549,677	0	0.67%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 4,587 (0.8%);
1972	58%	Richard Nixon* (R)	346,206	63.0%	George McGovern (D)	194,896	35.5%	8,307 [+]	1.5%	549,409	2	0.71%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 7,452 (1.4%);
1968	67%	Richard Nixon (R)	276,177	47.8%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	270,012	46.8%	31,289 [+]	5.4%	577,478	4	0.79%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 30,098 (5.2%);
1964	70%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	391,445	65.3%	Barry Goldwater (R)	205,867	34.3%	2,600	0.4%	599,912	-4	0.85%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	78%	Richard Nixon (R)	334,096	50.2%	John Kennedy (D)	330,022	49.6%	1,087	0.2%	665,205	1	0.97%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	65%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	370,410	61.0%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	235,003	38.7%	1,736	0.3%	607,149	4	0.98%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	65%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	360,528	58.2%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	257,463	41.5%	1,884	0.3%	619,875	3	1.00%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	55%	Thomas Dewey (R)	282,688	54.2%	Harry Truman* (D)	232,439	44.6%	6,218 [+]	1.2%	521,345	9	1.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 3,595 (0.7%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	55%	Thomas Dewey (R)	280,067	51.9%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	258,157	47.8%	1,774	0.3%	539,998	6	1.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	64%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	333,126	51.7%	Wendell Willkie (R)	309,824	48.1%	1,776	0.3%	644,726	3	1.29%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	74%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	370,635	54.0%	Alf Landon (R)	307,179	44.8%	8,534 [+]	1.2%	686,348	8	1.50%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 5,145 (0.7%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 1,947 (0.3%);
1932	50%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	227,954	49.5%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	221,370	48.0%	11,534 [+]	2.5%	460,858	8	1.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 9,142 (2.0%);
1928	62%	Herbert Hoover (R)	322,812	58.3%	Al Smith (D)	229,022	41.4%	1,847 [+]	0.3%	553,681	0	1.50%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 799 (0.1%);
1924	42%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	215,085	58.9%	John Davis (D)	92,327	25.3%	57,872 [+]	15.8%	365,284	5	1.26%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 54,483 (14.9%);
1920	40%	Warren Harding (R)	206,711	61.4%	James Cox (D)	114,492	34.0%	15,307 [+]	4.5%	336,510	1	1.26%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 7,781 (2.3%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 6,561 (1.9%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 778 (0.2%);
1916	26%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	107,373	50.0%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	96,643	45.0%	10,630 [+]	5.0%	214,646	4	1.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 5,961 (2.8%); James Hanly (Proh) 4,608 (2.1%);
1912	26%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	89,554	42.6%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	77,899	37.1%	42,747 [+]	20.3%	210,200	-10	1.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 27,325 (13.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 12,376 (5.9%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 2,960 (1.4%);
1908	30%	William Taft (R)	120,335	53.4%	William J. Bryan (D)	94,715	42.0%	10,233 [+]	4.5%	225,283	2	1.51%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,979 (2.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 4,869 (2.2%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 233 (0.1%);
1904	30%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	129,064	61.3%	Alton Parker (D)	71,442	33.9%	10,084 [+]	4.8%	210,590	5	1.56%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 5,534 (2.6%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 4,211 (2.0%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 0 (0.0%);
1900	33%	William McKinley* (R)	108,601	51.5%	William J. Bryan (D)	94,363	44.8%	7,868 [+]	3.7%	210,832	0	1.51%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 6,422 (3.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 981 (0.5%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2024 Census data
White:	1,226,548	81.07%	3.8%
Black:	71,051	4.70%	10.0%
Indian:	2,610	0.17%	6.7%
Asian:	23,681	1.57%	9.4%
2+ races:	23,982	1.59%	12.9%
Hispanic:	165,112	10.91%	34.3%

Total non-White:	286,436	18.93%	23.0%

Change in White population:	-48,256	-3.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	53,570	3.6

Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA Market Area