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

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

One of the most Republican-leaning counties in the northern plains

18762024·38 elections
Grant County, North Dakota · Andrew Filer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,269
2024 ACS
Most similar
Liberty County
MT · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 1,306 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−66.7%
2051,0761,306
2020R
−67.9%
2071,1451,381
2016R
−66.8%
1851,1081,381
2012R
−48.9%
3341,0251,413
2008R
−23.1%
2805871,329
2004R
−55.4%
2649521,242
2000R
−59.0%
2351,0771,427
1996R
−33.6%
3007601,369
1992R
−24.8%
4159001,959
1988R
−34.1%
6541,3512,043
1984R
−51.3%
5071,6072,145
1980R
−67.3%
3171,8912,339
1976R
−11.2%
9521,2052,258
1972R
−43.5%
5961,5692,236
1968R
−50.5%
4881,6482,296
1964R
−14.4%
1,0631,4212,488
1960R
−30.5%
9551,7942,751
1956R
−44.4%
7181,8722,599
1952R
−71.4%
4032,4652,889
1948R
−37.3%
6891,5552,323
1944R
−61.7%
4101,7452,164
1940R
−63.4%
6272,8153,453
1936D
+24.2%
1,8581,0223,456
1932D
+61.7%
2,9126573,654
1928R
−10.1%
1,4341,7593,222
1924R
−34.7%
1251,1202,867
1920R
−71.9%
2962,1842,626
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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%.
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
39.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
20.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Other Christian
2.7%
Baptist
1.7%
Methodist
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grant County's sparse, ranch-dominated landscape anchors a political alignment that has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 60 points in recent cycles, making it among the most lopsided rural counties in North Dakota.

The Republican margin in Grant County reached its widest at seventy-two points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was sixty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Grant County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $57,875, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,269 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 Liberty County and Dickey County.