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1876–2024
Lincoln County, Nevada
Lincoln County·Nevada

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

One of Nevada's most one-sided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Lincoln County, Nevada · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+73
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,405
2024 ACS
Most similar
Newton County
MO · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 2,472 votes cast
Trump · R+73
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.6%
3142,1082,472
2020R
−71.0%
3302,0672,446
2016R
−65.0%
2851,6712,132
2012R
−60.0%
4001,6912,152
2008R
−47.3%
5181,4982,072
2004R
−56.7%
4181,5792,047
2000R
−46.6%
4611,3721,956
1996R
−24.5%
4999361,783
1992R
−20.4%
5118901,857
1988R
−36.4%
4661,0351,564
1984R
−48.1%
3971,1751,616
1980R
−43.6%
3961,0871,586
1976R
−4.1%
6427001,399
1972R
−37.5%
3828411,223
1968R
−12.7%
4145551,113
1964D
+28.2%
7854401,225
1960D
+18.5%
7715301,301
1956R
−4.9%
8038851,688
1952D
+2.1%
9419031,844
1948D
+31.2%
1,0045201,553
1944D
+42.4%
1,2955241,819
1940D
+55.3%
1,6014612,062
1936D
+73.2%
1,6392541,893
1932D
+57.9%
1,1052951,400
1928R
−1.0%
5425531,095
1924D
+7.7%
257200738
1920R
−0.9%
366373783
1916D
+48.5%
634202891
1912D
+32.0%
275100547
1908D
+4.8%
7686901,615
1904R
−14.4%
295405763
1900D
+41.5%
564233797
1896D
+93.2%
84730877
1892R
−13.5%
2699540
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
0.8%
African American
2.2%
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
Other Christian
62.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.2%
Baptist
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Methodist
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lincoln County's sparse ranching communities and vast open terrain produce some of the most lopsided margins in Nevada, with the 2024 presidential result landing at R+72.6 across a population of roughly 4,000.

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

Lincoln County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,307, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,405 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 Newton County and Fulton County.