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1876–2024
Lander County, Nevada
Lander County·Nevada

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

One of Nevada's most Republican counties by a 62-point margin

18762024·38 elections
Lander County, Nevada · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+62
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,770
2024 ACS
Most similar
Humboldt County
NV · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 2,725 votes cast
Trump · R+62
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−62.3%
4822,1802,725
2020R
−61.6%
4962,1982,765
2016R
−59.1%
4031,8282,413
2012R
−48.3%
5341,5802,165
2008R
−42.7%
5771,4662,081
2004R
−57.9%
4141,6022,053
2000R
−57.8%
3951,6192,119
1996R
−20.2%
6601,1072,215
1992R
−23.2%
4238851,992
1988R
−45.2%
4391,2141,714
1984R
−59.0%
3011,2221,561
1980R
−40.3%
3619351,425
1976R
−3.8%
5185611,123
1972R
−26.1%
4687981,266
1968R
−17.6%
301461909
1964D
+7.3%
391338729
1960D
+1.0%
391383774
1956R
−31.2%
283540823
1952R
−35.8%
237501738
1948R
−14.1%
298397704
1944R
−5.2%
383425808
1940D
+9.4%
475393868
1936D
+42.3%
585237822
1932D
+32.7%
536272808
1928R
−18.4%
314456770
1924R
−21.3%
138254545
1920R
−22.8%
254416709
1916D
+16.3%
473321931
1912D
+24.9%
19768518
1908D
+3.3%
276257574
1904R
−36.5%
93227367
1900D
+38.6%
325144469
1896D
+86.4%
49436530
1892R
−4.2%
3052524
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
1.0%
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
43.0%
Other Christian
18.8%
Baptist
6.3%
Methodist
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A sparsely populated ranching and mining county in central Nevada, Lander delivers some of the state's widest presidential margins, with fewer than 6,000 residents spread across nearly 6,000 square miles of high desert.

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

Lander County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $89,014, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,770 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 Humboldt County and Kimball County.