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1876–2024
Douglas County, Nevada
Douglas County·Nevada

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

A Lake Tahoe-adjacent county that votes deep red by Nevada standards

18762024·38 elections
Douglas County, Nevada · Constantine Kulikovsky · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+33
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
49,623
2024 ACS
Most similar
Allegan County
MI · similarity 1.00
40 precincts · 35,556 votes cast
Trump · R+33
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−32.9%
11,55323,23735,556
2020R
−29.5%
11,57121,63034,125
2016R
−32.1%
8,45417,41527,885
2012R
−26.8%
9,29716,27626,075
2008R
−15.5%
10,67214,64825,727
2004R
−28.9%
8,27515,19223,898
2000R
−29.8%
5,83711,19317,974
1996R
−23.1%
5,1098,82816,100
1992R
−14.9%
3,9286,18215,145
1988R
−37.6%
3,1077,07410,555
1984R
−53.4%
1,8776,3858,449
1980R
−53.1%
1,3525,2547,343
1976R
−22.0%
1,9343,0955,282
1972R
−49.3%
9832,8983,881
1968R
−40.4%
6701,8012,798
1964R
−5.5%
1,0101,1272,137
1960R
−33.0%
5871,1641,751
1956R
−61.2%
2561,0631,319
1952R
−68.5%
1779481,125
1948R
−40.8%
2987191,032
1944R
−32.7%
282556838
1940R
−28.4%
330592922
1936D
+14.8%
466346812
1932D
+9.2%
398331729
1928R
−42.1%
186456642
1924R
−42.7%
95343581
1920R
−54.3%
147503656
1916R
−5.2%
301337692
1912D
+15.1%
14380417
1908R
−13.4%
173229419
1904R
−39.3%
112262382
1900D
+1.6%
219212431
1896D
+20.5%
265175440
1892R
−40.5%
36196395
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
0.6%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
18.5%
Other Christian
16.9%
Methodist
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nestled between the Sierra Nevada and the Carson Valley, Douglas County delivers some of Nevada's widest Republican margins, with its low-density, high-income rural character setting it apart from the urban corridors that define statewide outcomes.

The Republican margin in Douglas County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was thirty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Douglas County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,754, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 49,623 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 Allegan County and Snyder County.