Saunders County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

19 precincts · 13,622 votes cast

Trump · R+46

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−46.2%	3,558	9,854	13,622
2020	R	−45.2%	3,331	9,108	12,786
2016	R	−46.3%	2,523	7,555	10,860
2012	R	−33.6%	3,307	6,770	10,312
2008	R	−23.7%	3,767	6,188	10,212
2004	R	−37.5%	2,884	6,441	9,489
2000	R	−31.8%	2,852	5,688	8,919
1996	R	−20.2%	2,777	4,514	8,597
1992	R	−16.7%	2,509	4,037	9,152
1988	R	−11.6%	3,526	4,459	8,040
1984	R	−35.5%	2,467	5,217	7,747
1980	R	−40.3%	2,034	5,223	7,906
1976	R	−4.5%	3,507	3,844	7,502
1972	R	−26.3%	2,501	4,282	6,783
1968	R	−24.1%	1,990	3,429	5,975
1964	D	+11.0%	4,172	3,345	7,517
1960	R	−13.9%	3,556	4,702	8,258
1956	R	−19.7%	3,335	4,973	8,308
1952	R	−30.2%	2,962	5,525	8,487
1948	D	+4.2%	3,979	3,660	7,639
1944	R	−22.3%	4,199	6,615	10,814
1940	R	−8.3%	4,162	4,917	9,079
1936	D	+18.2%	5,514	3,773	9,587
1932	D	+36.8%	6,134	2,772	9,134
1928	R	−17.0%	3,793	5,356	9,186
1924	R	−8.7%	2,823	3,499	7,749
1920	R	−23.1%	2,296	3,733	6,223
1916	D	+14.9%	2,671	1,957	4,793
1912	D	+26.4%	2,080	864	4,599
1908	D	+7.2%	2,679	2,309	5,111
1904	R	−37.4%	1,091	2,880	4,789
1900	D	+8.4%	2,762	2,325	5,187
1896	D	+12.3%	2,728	2,121	4,950
1892	D	+20.8%	1,416	559	4,116
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.3%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

5.7%

65–74

5.3%

7.9%

55–64

7.2%

5.4%

45–54

5.9%

6.8%

35–44

6.3%

5.2%

25–34

5.3%

3.7%

18–24

3.1%

9.8%

5–17

8.9%

3.3%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$94,066

Saunders County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Saunders County$94,066

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

22.7%

Mainline Protestant

14.2%

Methodist

4.4%

Other Christian

3.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Saunders County sits between Omaha's expanding suburbs and Nebraska's agricultural interior, producing lopsided federal margins while local races occasionally run closer. Its population of roughly 20,000 has held steady as neighboring Douglas County sprawl edges eastward.

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

Saunders County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $94,066, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 23,048 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 Butler County and Fillmore County.

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