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1876–2024
Dodge County, Nebraska
Dodge County·Nebraska

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

Fremont anchors a mid-sized county that leans heavily toward Republican presidential picks

18762024·38 elections
Dodge County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
37,351
2024 ACS
Most similar
Otoe County
NE · similarity 1.00
32 precincts · 16,508 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−32.5%
5,43410,79516,508
2020R
−32.1%
5,54410,98416,938
2016R
−34.7%
4,5449,93315,529
2012R
−22.2%
5,6738,99514,950
2008R
−12.0%
6,6898,55715,550
2004R
−33.8%
5,25010,71616,172
2000R
−26.6%
5,0218,87114,472
1996R
−15.7%
5,1817,48414,688
1992R
−15.9%
4,6677,27116,412
1988R
−15.8%
6,1168,41714,597
1984R
−40.8%
4,26610,20114,541
1980R
−41.8%
3,5649,52214,250
1976R
−25.5%
5,2838,98214,481
1972R
−44.0%
3,8269,83713,663
1968R
−34.1%
3,7558,05912,636
1964R
−0.6%
6,7316,81213,543
1960R
−34.4%
4,7029,63814,340
1956R
−38.5%
4,0889,21013,298
1952R
−43.1%
3,6829,25612,938
1948R
−9.1%
4,8705,84810,718
1944R
−22.8%
4,2786,80311,081
1940R
−25.0%
4,2827,14111,423
1936D
+15.5%
6,3174,56111,339
1932D
+34.6%
7,2473,48910,855
1928R
−21.5%
4,0306,25010,315
1924R
−19.4%
2,1833,7988,323
1920R
−44.2%
1,7994,8326,864
1916D
+3.7%
2,6442,4465,306
1912D
+14.5%
1,9871,3304,535
1908D
+4.3%
2,6642,4375,259
1904R
−24.3%
1,6462,7894,697
1900R
−4.3%
2,4102,6325,112
1896R
−9.7%
2,0052,4534,618
1892D
+14.1%
1,4459113,779
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
21.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
21.3%
Other Christian
6.2%
Methodist
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dodge County's county seat, Fremont, gives it an urban anchor uncommon in Nebraska's smaller counties, yet presidential margins have held well above R+30 for the past several cycles, reflecting the region's deep conservative tilt.

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

Dodge County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,329, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 37,351 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 Otoe County and Grant County.