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1876–2024
Banner County, Nebraska
Banner County·Nebraska

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

One of the most lopsided presidential margins of any U.S. county

18762024·38 elections
Banner County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+81
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
742
2024 ACS
Most similar
Arthur County
NE · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 390 votes cast
Trump · R+81
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−80.5%
34348390
2020R
−77.6%
43362411
2016R
−84.1%
19357402
2012R
−70.8%
55346411
2008R
−68.8%
62348416
2004R
−73.9%
56379437
2000R
−70.3%
65390462
1996R
−60.8%
62309406
1992R
−45.0%
68284480
1988R
−52.2%
112361477
1984R
−76.4%
58457522
1980R
−84.2%
33481532
1976R
−13.8%
210281513
1972R
−61.6%
96404500
1968R
−56.6%
72350491
1964R
−29.1%
196357553
1960R
−33.5%
211424635
1956R
−28.0%
185329514
1952R
−55.4%
139484623
1948R
−14.9%
229309538
1944R
−42.1%
154378532
1940R
−33.1%
226450676
1936D
+13.8%
367277650
1932D
+11.1%
357285651
1928R
−73.5%
81548635
1924R
−31.9%
88245492
1920R
−53.1%
69258356
1916D
+7.2%
166142332
1912D
+1.1%
5653273
1908R
−37.7%
74175268
1904R
−72.1%
18155190
1900R
−43.2%
71186266
1896R
−14.1%
130173306
1892D
+40.6%
19729414
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%
Irish
1.5%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Other Christian
14.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 82.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Banner County's 819 residents occupy a remote stretch of Nebraska Panhandle rangeland, and its electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 80 points in recent cycles, making it a consistent outlier even within a heavily red state.

The Republican margin in Banner County reached its widest at eighty-four points in 1980. The margin in 2024 was eighty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Banner County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,839, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 742 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 Arthur County and Kiowa County.