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1876–2024
Kearney County, Nebraska
Kearney County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Kearney County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,713
2024 ACS
Most similar
Garden County
NE · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 3,615 votes cast
Trump · R+58
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.9%
7362,8283,615
2020R
−58.6%
7012,8223,617
2016R
−60.1%
5502,5313,296
2012R
−49.6%
7732,3493,180
2008R
−42.8%
8762,2243,150
2004R
−56.6%
7072,6213,379
2000R
−52.9%
6802,3333,122
1996R
−38.4%
7821,9533,048
1992R
−34.0%
6451,7563,269
1988R
−33.1%
1,0562,1213,214
1984R
−54.6%
7262,5083,262
1980R
−50.6%
7262,5123,530
1976R
−19.6%
1,2191,8303,124
1972R
−48.8%
7592,2032,962
1968R
−34.8%
8251,8062,822
1964D
+13.3%
1,7671,3523,119
1960R
−24.1%
1,2632,0653,328
1956R
−29.6%
1,1722,1583,330
1952R
−44.5%
9302,4223,352
1948R
−1.4%
1,4001,4402,840
1944R
−16.9%
1,2671,7823,049
1940R
−6.9%
1,5611,7923,353
1936D
+33.2%
2,4451,2143,711
1932D
+34.7%
2,3671,1293,569
1928R
−37.5%
1,0932,4263,553
1924R
−6.5%
1,2431,4533,226
1920R
−13.5%
1,2731,6833,043
1916D
+28.6%
1,3967602,222
1912D
+32.5%
1,0123362,080
1908D
+7.8%
1,1749932,316
1904R
−39.4%
3961,2352,130
1900D
+2.4%
1,1091,0552,235
1896D
+9.5%
1,1609552,164
1892D
+35.2%
8191251,971
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%
Irish
0.5%
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
33.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.2%
Methodist
7.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With fewer than 7,000 residents spread across the Republican River watershed, Kearney County has delivered double-digit GOP margins in every recent presidential cycle, hitting R+58 in 2024 — among the widest gaps in the state.

The Republican margin in Kearney County reached its widest at sixty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was fifty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kearney County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,631, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,713 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 Garden County and Arthur County.