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

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

One of North Dakota's least-populous counties, with margins to match its isolation

18762024·38 elections
Foster County, North Dakota · Matt · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,358
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gage County
NE · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 1,703 votes cast
Trump · R+58
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.2%
3351,3261,703
2020R
−55.6%
3731,3621,778
2016R
−52.0%
3471,2411,719
2012R
−25.1%
6071,0301,682
2008R
−13.7%
6879141,651
2004R
−39.7%
5181,2191,766
2000R
−40.0%
4741,1721,743
1996R
−7.9%
6648011,744
1992R
−12.3%
5658031,940
1988R
−18.4%
8371,2182,070
1984R
−29.7%
7651,4222,214
1980R
−41.2%
5861,5342,303
1976D
+1.2%
1,1471,1202,305
1972R
−21.9%
8611,3522,243
1968R
−10.4%
8971,1192,139
1964D
+17.3%
1,3159272,244
1960R
−6.7%
1,1821,3512,533
1956R
−7.5%
1,0621,2342,306
1952R
−28.7%
8621,5582,428
1948D
+7.2%
1,0899382,093
1944D
+10.5%
1,1028912,007
1940D
+13.1%
1,4461,1092,567
1936D
+43.8%
1,8946852,759
1932D
+49.7%
1,8386092,471
1928D
+1.8%
1,1781,1372,321
1924R
−31.1%
2879222,043
1920R
−60.5%
3711,5832,004
1916D
+9.1%
6625491,235
1912D
+12.4%
403285951
1908R
−13.3%
4345691,016
1904R
−45.8%
223618862
1900R
−25.8%
241415675
1896R
−20.2%
143216361
1892R
−54.1%
0192355
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%
Polish
0.9%
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
Mainline Protestant
23.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.2%
Other Christian
2.9%
Methodist
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Foster County's small, rural population has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 55 points in recent cycles, reflecting the broader consolidation of agrarian Great Plains counties around a single party over the past two decades.

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

Foster County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,831, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,358 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 Gage County and Roseau County.