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1876–2024
Wayne County, Nebraska
Wayne County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Wayne County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,844
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cuming County
NE · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 4,106 votes cast
Trump · R+49
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.8%
1,0063,0114,106
2020R
−48.4%
1,0223,0554,200
2016R
−49.2%
8352,6933,776
2012R
−38.5%
1,0742,4933,682
2008R
−32.9%
1,2492,5033,808
2004R
−46.8%
1,0592,9714,085
2000R
−45.0%
1,0012,7743,940
1996R
−30.0%
1,0482,1503,676
1992R
−29.3%
9212,1224,102
1988R
−37.7%
1,1112,4733,614
1984R
−57.0%
8333,0753,936
1980R
−53.8%
7332,8443,921
1976R
−38.6%
1,0892,5213,708
1972R
−49.3%
9022,6593,561
1968R
−50.4%
7862,5823,560
1964R
−18.3%
1,6302,3593,989
1960R
−52.3%
1,0253,2744,299
1956R
−45.4%
1,1433,0404,183
1952R
−58.8%
8663,3384,204
1948R
−33.5%
1,1582,3233,481
1944R
−47.7%
1,0212,8863,907
1940R
−39.4%
1,3953,2094,604
1936D
+3.8%
2,3222,1494,547
1932D
+27.8%
2,6081,4554,154
1928R
−30.8%
1,2352,3543,628
1924R
−30.4%
7751,8403,505
1920R
−52.5%
6812,3123,105
1916R
−8.9%
1,0061,2082,268
1912D
+9.6%
8086002,158
1908R
−10.1%
1,0551,2972,385
1904R
−42.5%
5491,4532,129
1900R
−13.3%
9511,2462,218
1896D
+5.4%
1,1109952,115
1892D
+26.2%
6762711,548
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%
African American
0.8%
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
26.6%
Methodist
18.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.6%
Other Christian
5.0%
Baptist
2.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wayne County's R+49.2 margin in 2024 reflects the broader shift toward Republican dominance across Nebraska's agricultural northeast, where small-town and farm-based communities have voted consistently red for decades.

The Republican margin in Wayne County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was forty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wayne County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,215, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,844 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 Cuming County and Adams County.