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1876–2024
Cheyenne County, Nebraska
Cheyenne County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most Republican-leaning counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Cheyenne County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+64
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,533
2024 ACS
Most similar
Perkins County
NE · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 4,552 votes cast
Trump · R+64
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.8%
7873,6924,552
2020R
−61.9%
8553,8134,776
2016R
−62.7%
7113,6654,711
2012R
−50.9%
1,0843,4494,649
2008R
−49.6%
1,1733,5724,839
2004R
−61.1%
8933,7914,746
2000R
−56.5%
8443,2074,186
1996R
−38.1%
1,0592,5713,966
1992R
−29.0%
9672,1974,241
1988R
−36.2%
1,3332,8624,223
1984R
−56.6%
8573,1594,064
1980R
−55.9%
7763,0734,108
1976R
−15.3%
1,6652,2854,052
1972R
−53.3%
9503,1204,070
1968R
−41.9%
9932,7254,132
1964R
−7.6%
2,6893,1295,818
1960R
−19.3%
2,5803,8146,394
1956R
−27.2%
2,1823,8095,991
1952R
−31.0%
2,2174,2066,423
1948R
−0.5%
2,1392,1614,300
1944R
−20.5%
1,7522,6544,406
1940R
−10.4%
1,9432,3944,337
1936D
+35.5%
2,9501,3744,442
1932D
+39.9%
3,0681,2854,465
1928R
−25.1%
1,5632,6184,203
1924R
−35.0%
5551,7193,321
1920R
−48.5%
6041,8572,582
1916D
+18.4%
8345631,473
1912D
+12.0%
348233960
1908R
−4.4%
8098861,760
1904R
−40.1%
2676811,033
1900R
−16.4%
5097141,253
1896D
+6.8%
505439973
1892D
+27.6%
5032011,095
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%.
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
15.7%
Mainline Protestant
15.6%
Methodist
6.3%
Other Christian
5.4%
Baptist
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cheyenne County sits in the western Panhandle, where sparse population and an agriculture-driven economy have produced presidential margins exceeding 60 points for the Republican ticket in recent cycles.

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

Cheyenne County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,348, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,533 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 Perkins County and Owyhee County.