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

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

One of North Dakota's most lopsided presidential counties borders the capital

18762024·38 elections
Morton County, North Dakota · afiler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+53
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
33,777
2024 ACS
Most similar
Oliver County
ND · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 17,036 votes cast
Trump · R+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−53.4%
3,74812,83917,036
2020R
−50.4%
3,87212,24316,619
2016R
−52.1%
3,08011,33615,832
2012R
−30.9%
4,4698,68013,613
2008R
−21.0%
5,0797,86913,264
2004R
−33.7%
4,0738,32512,633
2000R
−31.7%
3,4396,99311,223
1996R
−9.5%
3,7454,69910,070
1992R
−12.6%
3,5945,04211,522
1988R
−8.4%
4,7085,58810,447
1984R
−27.7%
3,9967,14611,356
1980R
−41.9%
2,8617,65911,458
1976D
+3.1%
5,2414,92110,462
1972R
−23.8%
3,3125,4949,177
1968R
−16.1%
3,1564,4658,115
1964D
+27.3%
5,1732,9558,138
1960D
+9.4%
4,8664,0288,895
1956R
−33.0%
2,6285,2327,890
1952R
−50.2%
2,0796,3098,426
1948R
−17.0%
2,5213,6076,394
1944R
−31.2%
1,8503,5375,415
1940R
−31.0%
2,8895,4998,428
1936D
+46.4%
5,6121,8578,090
1932D
+50.1%
5,5481,8287,430
1928D
+15.5%
3,9462,8816,853
1924R
−39.3%
2652,3775,370
1920R
−74.5%
6324,6185,347
1916R
−19.2%
1,8352,7854,942
1912D
+0.2%
1,0171,0113,618
1908R
−38.6%
8732,0212,976
1904R
−63.2%
3211,4741,825
1900R
−32.5%
5361,0561,599
1896R
−31.3%
3937521,148
1892R
−60.8%
0596981
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
1.3%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
33.5%
Mainline Protestant
13.7%
Other Christian
3.9%
Baptist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Methodist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morton County sits directly west of Bismarck and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deeply rural, majority-white demographic profile typical of the Missouri River corridor in western North Dakota.

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

Morton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,382, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 33,777 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 Oliver County and Greeley County.