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1876–2024
Madison County, Nebraska
Madison County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Madison County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
35,532
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kosciusko County
IN · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 15,747 votes cast
Trump · R+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.8%
3,36012,14515,747
2020R
−53.5%
3,47811,94015,819
2016R
−55.2%
2,71110,62814,343
2012R
−47.4%
3,48510,06213,885
2008R
−39.3%
4,1429,65514,045
2004R
−57.1%
2,93410,98114,089
2000R
−53.4%
2,7729,63612,853
1996R
−38.9%
3,0477,96512,649
1992R
−40.0%
2,3647,87713,796
1988R
−53.1%
2,7799,13711,975
1984R
−69.3%
1,7579,79011,589
1980R
−63.2%
1,9269,71812,329
1976R
−38.5%
3,4337,84611,455
1972R
−58.8%
2,2248,58010,804
1968R
−46.8%
2,3647,06610,044
1964R
−13.8%
4,6616,15510,816
1960R
−46.5%
3,0508,35011,400
1956R
−46.0%
2,9497,96810,917
1952R
−52.4%
2,5898,29410,883
1948R
−24.8%
3,3045,4868,790
1944R
−34.3%
3,3736,89210,265
1940R
−29.7%
3,9827,35311,335
1936D
+7.9%
6,0445,14911,340
1932D
+35.4%
7,3663,48910,954
1928R
−29.1%
3,4076,2299,684
1924R
−18.1%
1,9593,5378,695
1920R
−49.0%
1,7165,1717,056
1916R
−1.4%
2,3582,4284,897
1912D
+13.4%
1,7181,1814,007
1908R
−6.4%
1,8782,1374,069
1904R
−33.0%
1,0492,2103,518
1900R
−9.7%
1,6902,0603,810
1896R
−4.2%
1,7151,8673,653
1892D
+26.3%
1,1864352,851
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%.
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
30.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
22.8%
Other Christian
8.8%
Baptist
3.2%
Methodist
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison County anchors the Elkhorn River valley in northeast Nebraska, where a largely rural, agricultural electorate has delivered Republican presidential candidates margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles.

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

Madison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,128, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 35,532 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 Kosciusko County and Augusta County.