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1876–2024
Valley County, Nebraska
Valley County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Valley County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+64
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,066
2024 ACS
Most similar
Golden Valley County
ND · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 2,301 votes cast
Trump · R+64
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.8%
4031,8722,301
2020R
−63.5%
4121,9012,344
2016R
−65.4%
3391,7802,205
2012R
−52.8%
4981,6572,195
2008R
−39.2%
7061,6572,423
2004R
−51.7%
5641,8012,391
2000R
−45.4%
5831,6102,263
1996R
−24.6%
7581,3462,392
1992R
−17.6%
7161,1732,590
1988R
−29.2%
8731,6042,503
1984R
−46.9%
7392,0552,807
1980R
−49.4%
6552,1012,929
1976R
−19.7%
1,0421,5872,769
1972R
−44.6%
7712,0112,782
1968R
−35.4%
7931,7592,731
1964R
−3.5%
1,5451,6573,202
1960R
−24.2%
1,2482,0453,293
1956R
−33.6%
1,0892,1893,278
1952R
−43.8%
1,0272,6303,657
1948R
−9.3%
1,3851,6703,055
1944R
−17.4%
1,4752,0963,571
1940R
−21.3%
1,5902,4494,039
1936R
−1.8%
1,9602,0334,095
1932D
+20.1%
2,4001,5844,057
1928R
−39.1%
1,2052,7683,996
1924R
−33.1%
8022,0143,659
1920R
−34.3%
9121,9352,986
1916D
+23.8%
1,3888402,305
1912D
+11.4%
7885522,065
1908D
+0.2%
1,0451,0402,146
1904R
−51.6%
2191,1331,772
1900D
+3.2%
8648101,709
1896D
+12.1%
8866921,608
1892D
+27.9%
5791451,553
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
29.6%
Methodist
14.6%
Mainline Protestant
8.0%
Other Christian
3.0%
Baptist
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Valley County recorded an R+63.9 margin in 2024, reflecting the deep Republican lean common across Nebraska's sparsely populated Sand Hills region, where ranching and agriculture define both the economy and the electorate.

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

Valley County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,852, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,066 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 Golden Valley County and Boyd County.