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1876–2024
Blaine County, Nebraska
Blaine County·Nebraska

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

One of the least-populated counties in the U.S., with margins to match

18762024·38 elections
Blaine County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+73
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
422
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kerr County
TX · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 292 votes cast
Trump · R+73
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.9%
37250292
2020R
−77.3%
35280317
2016R
−77.6%
30276317
2012R
−78.9%
29268303
2008R
−70.6%
43266316
2004R
−77.6%
38301339
2000R
−73.4%
43299349
1996R
−61.1%
53284378
1992R
−42.4%
64256453
1988R
−64.7%
72338411
1984R
−76.6%
48363411
1980R
−67.4%
63361442
1976R
−35.1%
133281422
1972R
−71.9%
56343399
1968R
−64.7%
64344433
1964R
−25.1%
195326521
1960R
−57.6%
113420533
1956R
−47.3%
149416565
1952R
−53.9%
137458595
1948R
−0.8%
248252500
1944R
−19.2%
248366614
1940R
−18.7%
311454765
1936D
+3.2%
365342716
1932D
+27.1%
431244689
1928R
−46.7%
175484662
1924R
−20.8%
132253583
1920R
−29.6%
176328514
1916D
+13.7%
246184452
1912D
+8.5%
163126434
1908R
−15.3%
160220392
1904R
−51.4%
34127181
1900R
−15.6%
75103179
1896R
−17.6%
6086148
1892D
+24.4%
6123156
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%
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.
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
34.8%
Mainline Protestant
23.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Blaine County's 583 residents make it among the smallest counties by population in the nation, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+73.2 reflects the lopsided partisanship typical of Nebraska's sparsely settled Sandhills ranching communities.

The Republican margin in Blaine County reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was seventy-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Blaine County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,583, a 100% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 422 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 Kerr County and Thomas County.