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1876–2024
Bowman County, North Dakota
Bowman County·North Dakota

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

One of North Dakota's least-populated counties, with margins to match its isolation

18762024·38 elections
Bowman County, North Dakota · Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+73
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,906
2024 ACS
Most similar
Stevens County
WA · similarity 1.00
4 precincts · 1,618 votes cast
Trump · R+73
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.7%
2071,3841,618
2020R
−70.4%
2281,3951,657
2016R
−68.2%
2271,4461,787
2012R
−49.9%
4141,2801,737
2008R
−38.4%
4781,1071,640
2004R
−51.5%
3971,2801,716
2000R
−51.0%
3301,0801,471
1996R
−15.0%
4897101,473
1992R
−10.8%
5067121,907
1988R
−20.0%
7371,1111,867
1984R
−46.4%
5621,5592,149
1980R
−49.3%
4541,5072,138
1976R
−6.1%
9111,0331,998
1972R
−26.0%
6431,1111,801
1968R
−22.4%
5599271,642
1964D
+17.2%
1,0707561,827
1960R
−10.1%
8471,0381,888
1956R
−16.9%
7151,0071,726
1952R
−43.2%
5401,3751,931
1948R
−8.7%
5977231,451
1944R
−12.5%
6097851,410
1940R
−2.5%
8829271,831
1936D
+29.1%
1,1185342,010
1932D
+31.1%
1,2926162,176
1928R
−11.2%
8211,0311,875
1924R
−41.3%
677761,718
1920R
−51.0%
3211,1921,708
1916D
+27.0%
6853741,151
1912D
+5.7%
3613021,035
1908R
−35.5%
209451682
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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
48.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
29.8%
Methodist
5.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.1%
Other Christian
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 10.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bowman sits in the state's southwestern corner along the South Dakota line, where ranching economy and sparse settlement have long produced some of the most lopsided Republican margins in the region — 72 points in 2024.

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

Bowman County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,109, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,906 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 Stevens County and Toole County.