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1876–2024
Holt County, Nebraska
Holt County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's widest presidential margins in the Sandhills edge country

18762024·38 elections
Holt County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+74
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,102
2024 ACS
Most similar
Custer County
NE · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 5,458 votes cast
Trump · R+74
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−73.8%
6814,7085,458
2020R
−73.6%
6864,7695,550
2016R
−74.7%
5314,3545,118
2012R
−61.6%
8823,9224,939
2008R
−53.4%
1,0893,7464,974
2004R
−64.2%
8944,2175,174
2000R
−62.7%
8463,9544,959
1996R
−44.2%
1,1073,4365,264
1992R
−40.3%
8353,1315,703
1988R
−50.4%
1,3274,0815,466
1984R
−67.1%
8934,6135,545
1980R
−59.6%
1,0164,4955,838
1976R
−31.0%
1,7513,3895,278
1972R
−59.5%
1,0534,1475,200
1968R
−40.6%
1,2783,3195,027
1964R
−7.7%
2,7393,1945,933
1960R
−26.0%
2,4384,1506,588
1956R
−38.7%
1,8744,2376,111
1952R
−49.3%
1,7265,0886,814
1948R
−9.1%
2,6223,1475,769
1944R
−24.1%
2,5654,1986,763
1940R
−23.2%
3,0164,8407,856
1936D
+2.4%
3,9023,7147,764
1932D
+33.1%
4,7612,3757,200
1928R
−9.0%
3,1263,7466,882
1924R
−11.4%
1,5292,2075,943
1920R
−32.4%
1,5773,1634,898
1916D
+16.5%
2,2131,5683,901
1912D
+18.8%
1,4567783,598
1908D
+6.8%
1,7771,5413,480
1904R
−33.3%
6461,7403,288
1900D
+5.9%
1,4921,3202,930
1896D
+23.3%
1,4288762,372
1892D
+30.5%
1,0022332,524
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
39.7%
Mainline Protestant
15.7%
Other Christian
14.6%
Methodist
7.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 16.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Holt County's cattle-ranching economy and sparse settlement — roughly 2 persons per square mile — anchor a voting pattern that has trended Republican by expanding margins across the last four presidential cycles.

The Republican margin in Holt County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Holt County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,513, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,102 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 Custer County and Phelps County.