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1876–2024
Cavalier County, North Dakota
Cavalier County·North Dakota

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

A sparsely settled prairie county where margins routinely exceed 40 points

18762024·38 elections
Cavalier County, North Dakota · Andrew Filer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,633
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pembina County
ND · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 1,987 votes cast
Trump · R+49
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.8%
4911,4611,987
2020R
−50.7%
4741,4992,020
2016R
−43.9%
4761,3572,006
2012R
−18.2%
8181,1952,069
2008R
−9.3%
9301,1282,130
2004R
−26.0%
8871,5222,444
2000R
−37.7%
6181,5132,371
1996R
−9.9%
9411,1882,483
1992R
−21.1%
8661,5273,126
1988R
−22.1%
1,3332,0963,457
1984R
−40.8%
1,1102,6613,804
1980R
−37.1%
1,1052,5823,977
1976D
+3.1%
2,1782,0464,300
1972R
−21.4%
1,8672,8984,824
1968R
−8.4%
1,6311,9533,841
1964D
+32.9%
2,8101,4174,231
1960R
−2.5%
2,3122,4304,743
1956R
−14.3%
1,8362,4504,295
1952R
−40.0%
1,4963,5195,052
1948D
+8.0%
2,1981,8644,158
1944D
+6.1%
2,2742,0114,308
1940R
−1.6%
2,7572,8455,618
1936D
+32.3%
3,5331,6575,809
1932D
+43.5%
3,7701,4715,285
1928R
−10.0%
2,5103,0685,592
1924R
−42.5%
5392,4284,443
1920R
−59.5%
9813,9364,969
1916R
−12.9%
1,1491,5022,727
1912D
+15.9%
9325612,331
1908R
−12.2%
1,1901,5282,775
1904R
−35.8%
7711,6642,492
1900R
−5.7%
1,2111,3612,651
1896D
+22.5%
1,1587301,900
1892R
−25.3%
02971,172
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
42.0%
Mainline Protestant
38.4%
Other Christian
6.6%
Methodist
3.4%
Baptist
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 7.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cavalier County sits along the Canadian border in northeastern North Dakota, where agriculture dominates the economy and a shrinking, homogeneous population has driven presidential margins to near-supermajority levels for over a decade.

The Republican margin in Cavalier County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cavalier County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,531, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,633 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 Pembina County and Cass County.