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Wayne County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 81% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Wayne County. The margin is 7.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Wayne County

The leader in Wayne County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 8:16 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +65.5R +73.1D +7.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Wayne County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.4%Donald Trump86.0%R +72.65,847
2020Joe Biden14.4%Donald Trump84.8%R +70.55,878
2016Hillary Clinton16.8%Donald Trump82.4%R +65.65,655
2012Barack Obama31.7%Mitt Romney66.3%R +34.65,720
2008Barack Obama36.4%John McCain61.5%R +25.06,154
2004John Kerry36.3%George W. Bush63.2%R +26.96,204
2000Al Gore40.8%George W. Bush57.2%R +16.45,848

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +56.2.

Other counties in Missouri

Missouri results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Missouri certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Missouri's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.