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1876–2024
Nemaha County, Kansas
Nemaha County·Kansas

Nemaha County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Kansas's most reliably Republican corners, by wide margins

18762024·38 elections
Nemaha County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,160
2024 ACS
Most similar
Edwards County
KS · similarity 1.00
30 precincts · 5,511 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.0%
8654,5555,511
2020R
−65.7%
9274,6645,684
2016R
−66.4%
7254,1245,122
2012R
−58.3%
1,0003,9305,026
2008R
−44.5%
1,4323,8175,359
2004R
−48.9%
1,3554,0275,463
2000R
−39.4%
1,4943,5785,290
1996R
−25.4%
1,6483,0145,375
1992R
−11.4%
1,5802,2205,619
1988R
−11.3%
2,2612,8495,182
1984R
−34.5%
1,7613,6535,485
1980R
−35.7%
1,6003,5465,456
1976R
−3.2%
2,5862,7595,441
1972R
−30.8%
1,7773,4225,342
1968R
−19.4%
1,9253,0035,560
1964D
+15.3%
3,2602,3915,683
1960R
−7.6%
2,8843,3606,267
1956R
−34.5%
2,0384,1956,251
1952R
−52.2%
1,6185,1756,812
1948R
−11.3%
2,8103,5296,371
1944R
−33.1%
2,1494,2776,437
1940R
−31.7%
2,6795,1787,889
1936D
+3.3%
4,1753,9038,172
1932D
+18.1%
4,5783,1677,800
1928R
−22.7%
2,9194,6397,592
1924R
−33.1%
1,8464,0966,799
1920R
−45.4%
1,7314,6556,437
1916R
−0.2%
3,5793,5917,300
1912D
+22.5%
1,9369614,330
1908R
−4.6%
2,1822,3944,642
1904R
−26.9%
1,5642,7644,463
1900R
−8.0%
2,3482,7615,166
1896R
−1.8%
2,4782,5685,086
1892R
−49.1%
02,1944,468
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
41.3%
Other Christian
13.9%
Methodist
10.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nemaha County, a rural agricultural community in northeastern Kansas, has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, with 2024's R+67 reflecting a voting pattern common to the region's small farming communities.

The Republican margin in Nemaha County reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Nemaha County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,348, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,160 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Edwards County and Sumner County.