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

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

One of the nation's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Sheridan County, North Dakota · Andrew Filer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+72
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,303
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hitchcock County
NE · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 757 votes cast
Trump · R+72
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−71.7%
101644757
2020R
−71.9%
104688812
2016R
−70.5%
95650787
2012R
−58.3%
163642822
2008R
−40.6%
229555803
2004R
−55.8%
200727944
2000R
−58.8%
161707928
1996R
−33.4%
252566941
1992R
−26.6%
2765891,175
1988R
−34.7%
4288851,318
1984R
−55.1%
3061,0751,396
1980R
−69.6%
2081,3261,607
1976R
−23.8%
5699351,536
1972R
−62.2%
3341,4601,809
1968R
−54.7%
3501,2951,727
1964R
−24.2%
7241,1871,911
1960R
−48.3%
5391,5522,098
1956R
−55.4%
4721,6462,118
1952R
−75.7%
2672,0162,309
1948R
−60.0%
3721,5541,969
1944R
−66.0%
3861,9102,308
1940R
−63.0%
5432,4052,957
1936D
+11.3%
1,1508342,798
1932D
+60.2%
1,9454682,453
1928R
−13.6%
9441,2422,194
1924R
−31.8%
495941,714
1920R
−85.2%
1341,7761,928
1916R
−43.1%
3108071,152
1912R
−14.2%
170306956
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.
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
36.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.5%
Methodist
4.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.5%
Other Christian
3.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sheridan County's 1,710 residents make it one of North Dakota's least populous counties, and its R+71.7 presidential margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided rural counties in the entire country.

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

Sheridan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,639, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,303 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 Hitchcock County and Golden Valley County.