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1876–2024
Antelope County, Nebraska
Antelope County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Antelope County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+76
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,305
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grant County
WV · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 3,458 votes cast
Trump · R+76
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−76.2%
3963,0323,458
2020R
−73.6%
4523,0933,587
2016R
−71.6%
3832,7323,281
2012R
−62.7%
5712,5963,232
2008R
−51.1%
7572,3833,185
2004R
−62.7%
6132,7613,424
2000R
−55.9%
6782,5623,368
1996R
−33.3%
8842,0053,370
1992R
−35.2%
6501,9793,776
1988R
−47.6%
9332,6263,559
1984R
−64.1%
6973,2223,939
1980R
−62.4%
6593,1924,057
1976R
−29.9%
1,3252,4883,887
1972R
−58.3%
8513,2284,079
1968R
−45.0%
9522,8054,117
1964R
−12.3%
2,0042,5664,570
1960R
−42.2%
1,4703,6175,087
1956R
−46.0%
1,3343,6074,941
1952R
−60.8%
1,0684,3775,445
1948R
−21.0%
1,8732,8684,741
1944R
−41.2%
1,6183,8885,506
1940R
−33.5%
2,1554,3316,486
1936R
−2.1%
3,1653,3046,672
1932D
+27.8%
4,0532,2706,416
1928R
−35.8%
2,0164,2776,308
1924R
−26.3%
1,1502,5985,513
1920R
−46.3%
1,1543,3224,685
1916D
+11.2%
1,8811,4953,450
1912D
+11.5%
1,2388773,143
1908R
−6.3%
1,4551,6583,208
1904R
−52.1%
3531,8132,801
1900D
+0.5%
1,3561,3422,753
1896D
+8.8%
1,1859882,240
1892D
+31.4%
8251752,069
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
Catholic & Orthodox
23.2%
Mainline Protestant
20.0%
Methodist
11.8%
Other Christian
10.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Antelope County's R+76.5 margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided rural counties in the Great Plains, where a cattle-and-crop economy and sparse population density have produced consistently wide Republican margins for decades.

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

Antelope County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,105, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,305 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 Grant County and Clay County.