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1876–2024
Box Butte County, Nebraska
Box Butte County·Nebraska

Box Butte County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Nebraska Panhandle county where ranching shapes an outsized Republican lean

18762024·38 elections
Box Butte County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,714
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bracken County
KY · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 4,937 votes cast
Trump · R+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−56.4%
1,0433,8274,937
2020R
−56.8%
1,0514,0025,200
2016R
−53.9%
9653,6174,924
2012R
−25.0%
1,6922,8694,705
2008R
−21.0%
1,8862,9324,979
2004R
−33.8%
1,6573,3965,152
2000R
−31.3%
1,6143,2085,089
1996R
−13.6%
1,7822,4584,975
1992R
−4.6%
1,9422,2035,687
1988R
−13.6%
2,4683,2535,766
1984R
−46.0%
1,4714,0115,525
1980R
−48.9%
1,2083,9125,532
1976R
−31.4%
1,5162,9564,579
1972R
−56.3%
9603,4314,391
1968R
−41.5%
1,0522,7284,043
1964R
−16.1%
1,9682,7254,693
1960R
−25.2%
1,8863,1575,043
1956R
−37.4%
1,3622,9914,353
1952R
−56.3%
1,2394,4265,665
1948R
−7.5%
2,0232,3514,374
1944R
−26.6%
1,7362,9944,730
1940R
−14.5%
2,1952,9425,137
1936D
+25.5%
2,9001,7114,663
1932D
+20.2%
2,6881,7724,525
1928R
−41.8%
1,2383,0284,282
1924R
−19.5%
8141,5063,545
1920R
−34.9%
7561,6302,503
1916D
+20.6%
9145911,570
1912D
+22.7%
5182271,284
1908D
+6.3%
6846001,332
1904R
−45.1%
2176681,001
1900R
−17.3%
4947071,231
1896D
+9.3%
5354411,007
1892D
+16.2%
4162291,157
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
0.5%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
22.7%
Mainline Protestant
11.4%
Other Christian
6.6%
Methodist
6.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Box Butte's sparse population and agricultural economy—centered on cattle and limited-irrigation farming—have produced some of Nebraska's most consistent Republican margins, topping 56 points in the 2024 presidential race.

The Republican margin in Box Butte County reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was fifty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Box Butte County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,892, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,714 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 Bracken County and Howard County.