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1876–2024
Cuming County, Nebraska
Cuming County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Cuming County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,975
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wayne County
NE · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 4,457 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−59.9%
8673,5364,457
2020R
−59.1%
8703,5074,459
2016R
−59.0%
7193,1224,074
2012R
−46.4%
1,0312,8763,976
2008R
−35.7%
1,2742,7324,087
2004R
−54.4%
9663,3304,349
2000R
−56.3%
8573,2324,215
1996R
−36.3%
1,0332,5204,091
1992R
−39.5%
8362,7134,751
1988R
−44.0%
1,2393,2084,471
1984R
−66.5%
7793,9314,740
1980R
−62.4%
8034,0065,131
1976R
−40.4%
1,3743,3034,774
1972R
−57.8%
1,0193,8104,829
1968R
−51.7%
9353,2544,485
1964R
−15.0%
2,2653,0645,329
1960R
−34.9%
1,8793,8945,773
1956R
−52.9%
1,3024,2235,525
1952R
−61.3%
1,0954,5575,652
1948R
−27.8%
1,6572,9304,587
1944R
−48.2%
1,4014,0085,409
1940R
−46.6%
1,5954,3835,978
1936D
+14.4%
3,1142,2755,840
1932D
+56.7%
4,3911,1915,639
1928D
+3.5%
2,5972,4185,043
1924R
−14.8%
9811,6424,473
1920R
−59.7%
7643,1774,040
1916R
−4.2%
1,4241,5513,039
1912D
+26.3%
1,4847592,757
1908D
+14.4%
1,7221,2843,040
1904R
−8.7%
1,2441,4902,828
1900D
+11.1%
1,7361,3853,159
1896D
+14.5%
1,7601,3123,099
1892D
+10.7%
8445782,484
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
42.7%
Mainline Protestant
38.9%
Methodist
1.5%
Other Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 16.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cuming County, anchored by West Point, is a predominantly agricultural community in northeast Nebraska where Republican presidential candidates have carried the county by roughly 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting the region's deep rural conservative lean.

The Republican margin in Cuming County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cuming County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,104, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,975 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 Wayne County and Platte County.