Kamala D. Harris won Lake County with 52.1% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 209,551 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 5.6 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Lake County that is loaded, the margin moved 9.4 points toward Republicans.
Lake County leans Democratic by 8.1 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Lake County voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 5 of 7 presidential elections from 2000 to 2024. On average its margin sat 20.5 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 209,551 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 57.0% of the 367,775 citizens aged 18 and over in Lake County.
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