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1876–2024
Burt County, Nebraska
Burt County·Nebraska

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

Missouri River county where Republican margins have held above 40 points for a decade

18762024·38 elections
Burt County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,740
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bottineau County
ND · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 3,665 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.0%
9832,6323,665
2020R
−40.6%
1,0632,5803,739
2016R
−40.4%
9302,3673,558
2012R
−21.9%
1,2912,0293,375
2008R
−14.6%
1,4131,9073,387
2004R
−29.4%
1,2722,3493,668
2000R
−24.6%
1,2232,0563,392
1996R
−13.4%
1,2371,7073,496
1992R
−11.3%
1,2241,6673,912
1988R
−16.8%
1,4582,0503,531
1984R
−42.8%
1,0542,6453,721
1980R
−51.2%
8142,8063,893
1976R
−28.6%
1,3752,5103,967
1972R
−53.1%
9002,9373,837
1968R
−44.0%
9372,6153,815
1964R
−8.5%
2,0742,4594,533
1960R
−45.1%
1,3663,6134,979
1956R
−39.0%
1,5193,4594,978
1952R
−53.9%
1,2434,1545,397
1948R
−16.6%
1,9002,6564,556
1944R
−19.2%
2,1623,1895,351
1940R
−14.2%
2,5893,4436,032
1936D
+6.9%
3,1202,7105,901
1932D
+33.2%
3,7341,8575,656
1928R
−33.0%
1,7833,5515,353
1924R
−18.2%
1,8702,8135,179
1920R
−42.0%
1,1942,9694,228
1916R
−2.8%
1,4251,5082,996
1912D
+5.9%
1,0408652,969
1908R
−21.1%
1,2151,8803,158
1904R
−53.9%
5282,0812,881
1900R
−24.0%
1,1741,9293,147
1896R
−14.6%
1,1901,6082,870
1892D
+46.9%
1,3321782,461
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.
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
Mainline Protestant
20.8%
Methodist
11.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.8%
Other Christian
1.9%
Baptist
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Burt County sits along Nebraska's eastern edge where small-town agricultural communities have produced some of the state's most consistent Republican supermajorities, with 2024 margins exceeding 45 points despite a modestly shrinking population.

The Republican margin in Burt County reached its widest at fifty-four points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Burt County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,685, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,740 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 Bottineau County and Pulaski County.