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1876–2024
Dixon County, Nebraska
Dixon County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Dixon County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,545
2024 ACS
Most similar
Osceola County
IA · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 2,904 votes cast
Trump · R+58
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.5%
5732,2712,904
2020R
−54.4%
6512,3353,094
2016R
−53.4%
5562,0412,782
2012R
−32.6%
8701,7452,686
2008R
−30.0%
9461,7852,794
2004R
−36.2%
9382,0283,009
2000R
−36.3%
8201,8342,792
1996R
−19.2%
9311,4782,845
1992R
−21.4%
8301,4843,054
1988R
−21.4%
1,1661,8022,977
1984R
−36.9%
9862,1553,164
1980R
−44.5%
8222,3283,385
1976R
−20.8%
1,2861,9813,338
1972R
−41.9%
9412,2993,240
1968R
−37.2%
8902,0513,124
1964D
+1.8%
1,9121,8453,757
1960R
−32.4%
1,3842,7134,097
1956R
−18.2%
1,7262,4934,219
1952R
−40.9%
1,2492,9774,226
1948R
−4.9%
1,7221,8993,621
1944R
−23.9%
1,4632,3823,845
1940R
−22.7%
1,9123,0384,950
1936D
+10.9%
2,6402,1084,870
1932D
+28.6%
2,9531,6204,653
1928R
−29.9%
1,6072,9824,601
1924R
−25.2%
1,0902,1534,223
1920R
−44.7%
9112,4353,409
1916D
+5.4%
1,3501,2082,615
1912D
+10.0%
8235822,421
1908R
−6.5%
1,1001,2572,432
1904R
−40.5%
5711,5242,352
1900R
−7.5%
1,1011,2852,450
1896D
+15.8%
1,2999342,307
1892D
+19.0%
6653391,718
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
47.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.0%
Methodist
4.6%
Other Christian
3.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dixon County's small, agriculturally rooted population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 55 points in each of the last three elections, reflecting a broader consolidation of rural northeastern Nebraska around a single partisan preference.

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

Dixon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,454, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,545 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 Osceola County and Franklin County.