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1876–2024
Cedar County, Nebraska
Cedar County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Cedar County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+70
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,315
2024 ACS
Most similar
Webster County
NE · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 4,938 votes cast
Trump · R+70
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.6%
7024,1414,938
2020R
−68.8%
7254,1745,015
2016R
−67.0%
5713,5324,420
2012R
−53.5%
9583,2784,334
2008R
−41.3%
1,1902,9124,174
2004R
−50.8%
1,0833,3874,536
2000R
−45.1%
1,0622,9894,269
1996R
−22.9%
1,2182,1714,159
1992R
−21.6%
1,0071,9814,518
1988R
−16.6%
1,7592,4624,238
1984R
−46.2%
1,2013,2984,536
1980R
−41.0%
1,2653,2594,858
1976R
−4.0%
2,2252,4154,760
1972R
−24.7%
1,8072,9954,802
1968R
−30.4%
1,4442,8534,637
1964D
+14.9%
3,1042,2995,403
1960R
−2.0%
2,9393,0605,999
1956R
−29.4%
2,0783,8095,887
1952R
−54.1%
1,4174,7536,170
1948R
−0.7%
2,5782,6165,194
1944R
−32.6%
1,8393,6165,455
1940R
−25.3%
2,6194,3977,016
1936D
+20.4%
3,7812,3946,793
1932D
+48.8%
4,9811,6966,732
1928D
+0.5%
3,2413,2066,467
1924R
−11.3%
1,7472,4416,115
1920R
−50.1%
1,2793,9065,243
1916R
−0.3%
1,7151,7273,491
1912D
+24.1%
1,5117163,294
1908D
+3.1%
1,7321,6273,403
1904R
−25.6%
1,0231,7973,027
1900D
+4.1%
1,5651,4413,043
1896D
+18.5%
1,5191,0412,588
1892D
+26.1%
7102261,852
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
Catholic & Orthodox
58.4%
Mainline Protestant
26.9%
Methodist
5.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 9.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cedar County's R+70 margin in 2024 ranks among the widest in the state, reflecting a sparse, agriculturally rooted population where Republican presidential candidates have dominated for decades.

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

Cedar County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,578, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,315 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 Webster County and Slope County.