San Benito County, California
Precinct data
Results by precinct
41 precincts · 27,649 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -H52313H52313 | 1,059 | 480 | 50 | 1,589 | 66.6% | 30.2% | D+36.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -H42143H42143 | 834 | 587 | 42 | 1,463 | 57.0% | 40.1% | D+16.9 |
| Precinct -H52311H52311 | 806 | 562 | 41 | 1,409 | 57.2% | 39.9% | D+17.3 |
| Precinct -H42241H42241 | 730 | 586 | 49 | 1,365 | 53.5% | 42.9% | D+10.5 |
| Precinct -U10102U10102 | 491 | 762 | 28 | 1,281 | 38.3% | 59.5% | R+21.2 |
| Precinct -H31632H31632 | 684 | 485 | 25 | 1,194 | 57.3% | 40.6% | D+16.7 |
| Precinct -U41104U41104 | 604 | 540 | 26 | 1,170 | 51.6% | 46.2% | D+5.5 |
| Precinct -U42001U42001 | 525 | 552 | 33 | 1,110 | 47.3% | 49.7% | R+2.4 |
| Precinct -H10347H10347 | 625 | 438 | 35 | 1,098 | 56.9% | 39.9% | D+17.0 |
| Precinct -H20829H20829 | 680 | 386 | 23 | 1,089 | 62.4% | 35.4% | D+27.0 |
| Precinct -S21265S21265 | 686 | 345 | 38 | 1,069 | 64.2% | 32.3% | D+31.9 |
| Precinct -U10106U10106 | 524 | 497 | 16 | 1,037 | 50.5% | 47.9% | D+2.6 |
| Precinct -U10104U10104 | 523 | 483 | 18 | 1,024 | 51.1% | 47.2% | D+3.9 |
| Precinct -U41108U41108 | 376 | 610 | 22 | 1,008 | 37.3% | 60.5% | R+23.2 |
| Precinct -U41106U41106 | 459 | 497 | 29 | 985 | 46.6% | 50.5% | R+3.9 |
| Precinct -H31531H31531 | 586 | 320 | 35 | 941 | 62.3% | 34.0% | D+28.3 |
| Precinct -H31533H31533 | 463 | 399 | 16 | 878 | 52.7% | 45.4% | D+7.3 |
| Precinct -H31527H31527 | 501 | 279 | 34 | 814 | 61.5% | 34.3% | D+27.3 |
| Precinct -H52431H52431 | 473 | 306 | 20 | 799 | 59.2% | 38.3% | D+20.9 |
| Precinct -H10341H10341 | 380 | 335 | 31 | 746 | 50.9% | 44.9% | D+6.0 |
| Precinct -H20827H20827 | 499 | 171 | 22 | 692 | 72.1% | 24.7% | D+47.4 |
| Precinct -H10219H10219 | 356 | 290 | 22 | 668 | 53.3% | 43.4% | D+9.9 |
| Precinct -H50825H50825 | 326 | 199 | 26 | 551 | 59.2% | 36.1% | D+23.0 |
| Precinct -U20906U20906 | 225 | 287 | 14 | 526 | 42.8% | 54.6% | R+11.8 |
| Precinct -U20604U20604 | 338 | 161 | 15 | 514 | 65.8% | 31.3% | D+34.4 |
| Precinct -U51102U51102 | 225 | 244 | 4 | 473 | 47.6% | 51.6% | R+4.0 |
| Precinct -U20402U20402 | 208 | 192 | 10 | 410 | 50.7% | 46.8% | D+3.9 |
| Precinct -H31747H31747 | 189 | 111 | 7 | 307 | 61.6% | 36.2% | D+25.4 |
| Precinct -U21004U21004 | 110 | 139 | 7 | 256 | 43.0% | 54.3% | R+11.3 |
| Precinct -H30823H30823 | 166 | 69 | 10 | 245 | 67.8% | 28.2% | D+39.6 |
| Precinct -U21102U21102 | 96 | 101 | 3 | 200 | 48.0% | 50.5% | R+2.5 |
| Precinct -H31535H31535 | 80 | 63 | 2 | 145 | 55.2% | 43.4% | D+11.7 |
| Precinct -U20702U20702 | 91 | 21 | 2 | 114 | 79.8% | 18.4% | D+61.4 |
| Precinct -U31402U31402 | 60 | 45 | 4 | 109 | 55.0% | 41.3% | D+13.8 |
| Precinct -U40904U40904 | 63 | 36 | 2 | 101 | 62.4% | 35.6% | D+26.7 |
| Precinct -U20508U20508 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 89 | 57.3% | 40.4% | D+16.9 |
| Precinct -H50831H50831 | 49 | 23 | 2 | 74 | 66.2% | 31.1% | D+35.1 |
| Precinct -U41803U41803 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 51 | 11.8% | 86.3% | R+74.5 |
| Precinct -U31304U31304 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 50 | 56.0% | 40.0% | D+16.0 |
| Precinct -U50902U50902 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0% | 0.0% | D+100.0 |
| Precinct -U41902U41902 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | R+100.0 |
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +20.9% |
| 1880 | +20.1% |
| 1884 | +7.1% |
| 1888 | +8.6% |
| 1892 | +8.6% |
| 1896 | +13.2% |
| 1900 | +4.0% |
| 1904 | −14.9% |
| 1908 | −14.5% |
| 1912 | +48.7% |
| 1916 | +7.6% |
| 1920 | −35.2% |
| 1924 | −40.1% |
| 1928 | −18.1% |
| 1932 | +27.1% |
| 1936 | +25.4% |
| 1940 | +0.7% |
| 1944 | −6.0% |
| 1948 | −13.6% |
| 1952 | −29.8% |
| 1956 | −19.2% |
| 1960 | −3.0% |
| 1964 | +21.4% |
| 1968 | −2.4% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | −4.1% |
| 1980 | −17.2% |
| 1984 | −22.8% |
| 1988 | −9.9% |
| 1992 | +9.7% |
| 1996 | +11.8% |
| 2000 | +12.6% |
| 2004 | +6.2% |
| 2008 | +22.7% |
| 2012 | +20.6% |
| 2016 | +21.2% |
| 2020 | +24.4% |
| 2024 | +12.6% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 6.5 points more Democratic.
37,153 registered voters · 2024 · down from 37,488 in 2022
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+680 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +7,196 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $81,531 in average income, against $96,001 for residents who stayed — 15% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+34.8 on average — 22 points more Democratic-leaning than San Benito County, CA itself (D+12.6).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Santa Clara County, CA734D+40.0
- Monterey County, CA234D+29.9
- Santa Cruz County, CA130D+54.4
- Merced County, CA59R+4.4
- Alameda County, CA39D+53.6
- Fresno County, CA28R+4.4
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Santa Clara County, CA496
- Monterey County, CA155
- Merced County, CA128
- Santa Cruz County, CA69
- Fresno County, CA33
- Sacramento County, CA31
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −2 |
| 2012 | +223 |
| 2013 | +270 |
| 2014 | +209 |
| 2015 | −35 |
| 2016 | +575 |
| 2017 | +563 |
| 2018 | +917 |
| 2019 | +926 |
| 2021 | +1,928 |
| 2022 | +530 |
| 2023 | +127 |
| 2024 | +285 |
| 2025 | +680 |
San Benito's population is roughly 60% Latino, a share that has climbed steadily for two decades and correlates with the county's shift from competitive to reliably Democratic in statewide and federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 40.1 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 11.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.6 points.
A population of 67,290, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $114,394 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monterey County and Sandoval County.
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San Benito County, California. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/06069/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.