The 2024 General Election saw Centre County’s highest voter turnout rate in 20 years and its most ballots ever cast in a single election.
Centre County’s voter turnout rate for Tuesday’s election was 73.12%, with 80,324 of 109,856 registered voters casting ballots, according to the county’s unofficial election results as of Wednesday night. The last time the county had a voter turnout rate that high was in 2004, when it was 75.09% with 65,013 of 86,581 casting ballots.
Unofficial results for the 2024 election are not final. The Board of Elections still must complete canvassing of mail-in ballots that were set aside to review possible deficiencies, as well as provisional and military/overseas ballots.
Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is the leading presidential vote-getter in the county with a margin of 50.6% to 48.4% over Republican former President Donald Trump, who has already been declared the winner of Pennsylvania and the presidency. If Centre County’s results hold in the final tally, it will be the fifth consecutive time the county has voted in favor of the Democratic presidential candidate.
CENTRE COUNTY ELECTIONS SINCE 2000
| Year | Registered Voters | Votes Cast | Voter Turnout | County winner – President |
| 2024* | 109,856 | 80,324 | 73.12% | Kamala Harris (D) |
| 2020 | 112,090 | 78,094 | 69.67% | Joe Biden (D) |
| 2016 | 123,341 | 77,700 | 63.00% | Hillary Clinton (D) |
| 2012 | 112,920 | 70,042 | 62.03% | Barack Obama (D) |
| 2008 | 106,093 | 76,338 | 71.95% | Barack Obama (D) |
| 2004 | 86,581 | 65,013 | 75.09% | George W. Bush (R) |
| 2000 | 88,218 | 50,110 | 56.80% | George W. Bush (R) |
Across the county in 2024, rural precincts that voted in favor of Trump accounted for the five highest voter turnout percentages, led by Taylor Township at 89.3%.
The five precincts with the largest number of votes cast, meanwhile, were all in the Centre Region and voted in favor of Harris. State College East-Penn State, which votes at the HUB-Robeson Center, had the most votes cast with 3,975.
The five lowest turnout percentages were all in State College precincts, with State College East Central 3 having the smallest turnout at 39.02%
TOP 5 CENTRE COUNTY PRECINCTS FOR VOTER TURNOUT PERCENTAGE
| Precinct | Registered voters | Votes Cast | Turnout |
| 81 Taylor | 581 | 519 | 89.3% |
| 82 Union | 1,058 | 943 | 89.13% |
| 52 Ferguson West | 1,258 | 1,108 | 88.08% |
| 71 Potter South | 1,658 | 1,454 | 87.70% |
| 14 Snow Shoe Borough | 468 | 409 | 87.39% |
TOP 5 CENTRE COUNTY PRECINCTS FOR VOTES CAST
| Precinct | Registered Voters | Votes Cast | Turnout |
| 24 State College East-PSU | 7,654 | 3,975 | 51.93% |
| 41 College North | 3,043 | 2,411 | 79.23% |
| 65 Patton North 2 | 2,761 | 2,240 | 81.13% |
| 56 Harris East | 2,610 | 2,150 | 82.38% |
| 64 Patton North 1 | 3,262 | 2,094 | 64.19% |
5 LOWEST PRECINCT TURNOUT PERCENTAGES
| Precinct | Registered Voters | Votes Cast | Turnout |
| 30 State College East Central 3 | 920 | 359 | 39.02% |
| 26 State College East 3 | 3,112 | 1,301 | 41.81% |
| 34 State College West Central 2 | 1,714 | 768 | 44.81% |
| 18 State College Northwest | 1,934 | 892 | 46.12% |
| 22 State College South Central 1 | 956 | 487 | 50.94% |
