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

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

One of the nation's most lopsided prairie counties, edging Canada

18762024·38 elections
Divide County, North Dakota · Andrew Filer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+55
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,167
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pocahontas County
WV · similarity 1.00
4 precincts · 1,201 votes cast
Trump · R+55
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.0%
2539141,201
2020R
−50.7%
2859041,222
2016R
−51.0%
2458671,219
2012R
−29.9%
3857331,162
2008R
−14.7%
4646301,131
2004R
−20.8%
4877511,268
2000R
−17.3%
306443794
1996D
+11.1%
6374881,340
1992D
+7.3%
6345151,620
1988D
+0.3%
8758691,768
1984R
−29.3%
6261,1651,840
1980R
−39.5%
5091,2671,918
1976D
+8.9%
1,0578811,978
1972R
−22.4%
7741,2302,040
1968R
−5.8%
9141,0322,048
1964D
+31.5%
1,4987792,281
1960R
−4.0%
1,2431,3482,595
1956R
−4.1%
1,1941,2962,493
1952R
−42.2%
8071,9992,824
1948R
−4.6%
8879812,038
1944D
+10.4%
1,5131,2252,772
1940D
+10.3%
1,7711,4373,242
1936D
+46.0%
2,2125853,536
1932D
+45.8%
2,3748173,402
1928R
−21.9%
1,2501,9633,252
1924R
−26.7%
917432,442
1920R
−65.5%
4622,4383,017
1916D
+13.5%
9507071,794
1912R
−2.1%
3754041,413
1908
No data
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
46.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.6%
Other Christian
3.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Divide County sits in North Dakota's northwest corner along the Saskatchewan border, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 50 points in multiple consecutive cycles.

The Republican margin in Divide County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was fifty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Divide County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $91,852, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,167 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 Pocahontas County and Daviess County.