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1876–2024
Gosper County, Nebraska
Gosper County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's least-populous counties, with margins to match its rural character

18762024·38 elections
Gosper County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+63
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,040
2024 ACS
Most similar
Owyhee County
ID · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 1,123 votes cast
Trump · R+63
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−62.7%
2039071,123
2020R
−60.5%
2158931,121
2016R
−62.2%
1667941,010
2012R
−51.5%
230734978
2008R
−49.2%
2607761,048
2004R
−59.7%
2228901,119
2000R
−52.2%
2287571,014
1996R
−32.2%
2756091,036
1992R
−22.7%
2544921,048
1988R
−35.1%
3316941,034
1984R
−59.4%
2018021,011
1980R
−58.5%
1817831,029
1976R
−31.9%
3326541,009
1972R
−54.8%
2428291,071
1968R
−47.8%
229701987
1964R
−3.3%
5125471,059
1960R
−43.2%
3398541,193
1956R
−42.9%
3258141,139
1952R
−55.3%
2931,0171,310
1948R
−4.1%
5726211,193
1944R
−31.8%
4849351,419
1940R
−22.9%
6281,0011,629
1936D
+26.4%
1,1186471,783
1932D
+44.7%
1,2634771,758
1928R
−33.8%
4809751,465
1924R
−9.8%
3945401,487
1920R
−22.5%
4867941,368
1916D
+16.9%
6174341,085
1912D
+41.1%
524129960
1908D
+11.6%
6344991,168
1904R
−41.6%
154548947
1900D
+7.0%
5704941,092
1896D
+23.1%
6814191,133
1892D
+28.1%
35885973
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
33.4%
Methodist
10.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gosper County's 2024 presidential margin of R+63 reflects the deep-red lean typical of Nebraska's sparsely settled agricultural plains, where fewer than 2,200 residents spread across roughly 460 square miles.

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

Gosper County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,500, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,040 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 Owyhee County and Cheyenne County.