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

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

One of North Dakota's least-populous counties, and among its most lopsided

18762024·38 elections
Towner County, North Dakota · St. Paul Souvenir Co., Pub. for Johnson & Co., Cando, N.D. · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+46
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,079
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marshall County
MN · similarity 0.99
3 precincts · 1,114 votes cast
Trump · R+46
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.5%
2897961,114
2020R
−43.7%
3178301,174
2016R
−37.0%
3057331,157
2012R
−9.1%
5166231,182
2008D
+7.1%
6215361,197
2004R
−10.6%
6067541,391
2000R
−23.9%
4106941,189
1996D
+7.7%
6495421,387
1992D
+8.4%
7486001,757
1988D
+1.2%
9709461,934
1984R
−21.9%
7891,2422,065
1980R
−38.1%
5681,3752,119
1976D
+10.0%
1,2169932,234
1972R
−17.4%
9441,3492,325
1968R
−5.3%
9901,1092,225
1964D
+34.8%
1,6287882,417
1960R
−4.4%
1,2921,4102,703
1956R
−8.7%
1,1691,3912,564
1952R
−39.5%
8431,9602,831
1948R
−2.0%
1,1001,1452,301
1944D
+3.8%
1,1851,0972,286
1940R
−1.0%
1,5961,6303,241
1936D
+31.9%
1,7447203,214
1932D
+47.5%
2,1907652,999
1928R
−9.0%
1,3241,5882,928
1924R
−38.6%
2231,1732,461
1920R
−62.1%
4762,1922,763
1916D
+6.8%
7696651,522
1912D
+13.5%
5323521,334
1908R
−13.3%
6558671,600
1904R
−38.6%
4351,0221,520
1900R
−27.0%
4548051,299
1896D
+12.8%
394303709
1892R
−43.7%
0166380
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
30.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
17.6%
Methodist
4.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Towner County has fewer than 3,000 residents spread across the Drift Prairie, and its presidential margins have exceeded R+40 in each of the past three cycles, reflecting the deep Republican lean typical of rural northern North Dakota.

The Republican margin in Towner County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Towner County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,350, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,079 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 Marshall County and Clark County.