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1876–2024
Nance County, Nebraska
Nance County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Nance County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,324
2024 ACS
Most similar
Richardson County
NE · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 1,844 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.2%
3521,4621,844
2020R
−58.8%
3591,4371,832
2016R
−60.5%
2811,2611,621
2012R
−38.6%
4811,1061,621
2008R
−33.2%
5491,1161,707
2004R
−44.9%
4591,2371,731
2000R
−36.5%
4971,1051,665
1996R
−17.8%
5858921,724
1992R
−14.7%
5598511,987
1988R
−19.6%
7941,1851,990
1984R
−45.0%
5251,3931,931
1980R
−41.1%
5611,4422,143
1976R
−8.8%
9361,1212,113
1972R
−37.6%
6411,4132,054
1968R
−29.5%
6771,3162,165
1964D
+6.8%
1,3231,1552,478
1960R
−25.3%
1,0121,6992,711
1956R
−39.1%
7791,7792,558
1952R
−47.5%
7512,1122,863
1948R
−13.6%
1,0191,3392,358
1944R
−20.8%
1,1131,6972,810
1940R
−15.5%
1,4351,9633,398
1936D
+6.3%
2,0121,7703,831
1932D
+36.1%
2,4791,1563,661
1928R
−27.0%
1,3182,2993,633
1924R
−13.4%
1,1301,5743,319
1920R
−41.9%
7461,8772,701
1916D
+11.0%
1,1659302,135
1912D
+4.5%
7166301,927
1908R
−7.6%
9261,0822,059
1904R
−49.1%
3111,1981,807
1900R
−11.9%
8531,0911,992
1896D
+12.1%
9517431,712
1892D
+36.1%
614871,460
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
37.6%
Mainline Protestant
15.5%
Methodist
6.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nance County's population has shrunk steadily for decades, and its remaining electorate—overwhelmingly non-Hispanic white and agriculture-dependent—delivered a 60-point Republican margin in the 2024 presidential race.

The Republican margin in Nance County reached its widest at sixty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Nance County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,179, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,324 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 Richardson County and Juniata County.