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1876–2024
Thomas County, Nebraska
Thomas County·Nebraska

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

One of the least-populated counties in the nation, and among its reddest

18762024·38 elections
Thomas County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+77
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
564
2024 ACS
Most similar
Baldwin County
AL · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 393 votes cast
Trump · R+77
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−77.4%
44348393
2020R
−77.8%
45377427
2016R
−79.9%
30344393
2012R
−77.9%
42360408
2008R
−71.8%
51331390
2004R
−71.6%
60378444
2000R
−69.4%
55329395
1996R
−55.7%
64303429
1992R
−45.4%
70283469
1988R
−64.8%
81383466
1984R
−60.2%
73298374
1980R
−60.0%
65306402
1976R
−51.3%
103343468
1972R
−68.9%
73397470
1968R
−60.3%
76354461
1964R
−20.2%
212319531
1960R
−49.7%
141420561
1956R
−55.4%
121422543
1952R
−60.7%
120490610
1948R
−13.5%
238312550
1944R
−22.5%
214338552
1940R
−27.4%
277486763
1936D
+1.1%
374366753
1932D
+24.3%
437262721
1928R
−45.2%
152406562
1924D
+1.7%
216206581
1920R
−17.9%
207305546
1916D
+3.2%
261244533
1912D
+22.3%
17286386
1908D
+15.0%
13095234
1904R
−32.4%
4086142
1900D
+10.1%
8065149
1896D
+38.7%
7633111
1892R
−1.1%
353694
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%
African American
1.6%
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
21.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
18.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
9.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Thomas County's 729 residents live across a sparsely settled stretch of Nebraska Sandhills, and in 2024 its presidential vote broke roughly 88–11 in favor of the Republican nominee — a margin wider than nearly any county in the country.

The Republican margin in Thomas County reached its widest at eighty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Thomas County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,000, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 564 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 Baldwin County and Sheridan County.