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1876–2024
Sheridan County, Nebraska
Sheridan County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Sheridan County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+70
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,014
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cherry County
NE · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 2,497 votes cast
Trump · R+70
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.7%
3622,1022,497
2020R
−72.7%
3402,2922,684
2016R
−73.8%
2872,2112,608
2012R
−66.0%
3902,0212,472
2008R
−60.4%
4541,9412,462
2004R
−65.6%
4302,1362,599
2000R
−66.5%
3922,1052,576
1996R
−46.4%
5731,8342,717
1992R
−38.8%
5351,6982,996
1988R
−56.6%
6122,2512,898
1984R
−74.6%
3772,6613,061
1980R
−72.7%
3702,7493,271
1976R
−40.4%
8102,0032,953
1972R
−66.4%
4812,3862,867
1968R
−60.8%
4542,2362,931
1964R
−35.7%
1,1562,4403,596
1960R
−43.0%
1,1442,8704,014
1956R
−49.1%
8932,6183,511
1952R
−61.4%
8413,5124,353
1948R
−29.7%
1,1812,1803,361
1944R
−42.7%
1,0312,5703,601
1940R
−33.7%
1,5663,1614,727
1936D
+11.6%
2,4281,9074,485
1932D
+23.1%
2,9451,8204,865
1928R
−41.8%
1,2263,0304,315
1924R
−23.3%
6611,5093,640
1920R
−35.0%
7841,7142,656
1916D
+29.7%
1,1586041,867
1912D
+15.1%
6303771,671
1908D
+1.6%
7337091,519
1904R
−45.9%
1716731,093
1900D
+5.6%
7036261,373
1896D
+22.3%
8575361,439
1892D
+26.6%
6441631,807
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%
Polish
0.5%
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
Other Christian
19.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.6%
Methodist
10.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sheridan County's sparse Sandhills ranching economy and a population under 6,500 combine to produce presidential margins that rank among the widest in the state, with the 2024 result exceeding 70 points.

The Republican margin in Sheridan County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was seventy points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sheridan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,121, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,014 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 Cherry County and Bandera County.