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1876–2024
Stanton County, Nebraska
Stanton County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Stanton County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+66
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,796
2024 ACS
Most similar
Frontier County
NE · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 3,076 votes cast
Trump · R+66
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−66.4%
4922,5363,076
2020R
−64.1%
5322,5613,165
2016R
−63.2%
4172,1872,801
2012R
−50.5%
6141,9492,644
2008R
−44.8%
6641,7812,495
2004R
−58.3%
5592,1592,745
2000R
−56.1%
5001,8952,486
1996R
−36.0%
5771,4572,443
1992R
−30.4%
4961,2742,563
1988R
−45.4%
6391,7112,360
1984R
−66.6%
4112,0822,508
1980R
−64.2%
3621,9452,466
1976R
−30.8%
7641,4692,286
1972R
−55.3%
4781,6622,140
1968R
−50.5%
4111,4081,973
1964R
−12.3%
1,0141,2992,313
1960R
−32.4%
8571,6802,537
1956R
−30.3%
8971,6762,573
1952R
−49.4%
6721,9832,655
1948R
−12.0%
9891,2592,248
1944R
−31.6%
8741,6822,556
1940R
−31.5%
1,0812,0743,155
1936D
+23.4%
1,9171,1693,198
1932D
+60.2%
2,3025682,879
1928D
+3.4%
1,2961,2112,514
1924R
−15.0%
5969622,440
1920R
−47.7%
5011,4572,005
1916D
+9.7%
8997361,676
1912D
+16.7%
7244711,512
1908D
+1.9%
8237921,630
1904R
−25.6%
5138951,495
1900R
−2.4%
7517881,561
1896D
+11.4%
8336581,535
1892D
+13.4%
3812421,036
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
Mainline Protestant
18.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.8%
Methodist
2.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stanton County's R+66.7 margin in 2024 places it among the most consolidated Republican counties in the state, reflecting the deep-red pattern common to Nebraska's small, agriculturally anchored counties with populations under 7,000.

The Republican margin in Stanton County reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was sixty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Stanton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $80,687, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,796 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 Frontier County and Pierce County.