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

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

A Red River border county where farming roots run as deep as the margins

18762024·38 elections
Pembina County, North Dakota · Unknown photographer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+53
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,727
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cavalier County
ND · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 3,112 votes cast
Trump · R+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−52.9%
7042,3503,112
2020R
−50.3%
7862,4603,331
2016R
−48.4%
6812,2083,153
2012R
−19.8%
1,2531,8993,255
2008R
−6.9%
1,4941,7223,307
2004R
−29.7%
1,3212,4663,856
2000R
−35.4%
1,0932,4303,779
1996R
−14.8%
1,1911,6783,294
1992R
−17.7%
1,1861,9174,127
1988R
−20.6%
1,6162,4714,149
1984R
−34.8%
1,3672,8954,387
1980R
−39.5%
1,2393,1014,718
1976R
−10.3%
2,2742,8105,209
1972R
−29.1%
1,8013,3175,203
1968R
−19.3%
1,6862,5744,596
1964D
+23.9%
3,1981,9615,167
1960R
−15.3%
2,4603,3485,810
1956R
−23.9%
1,8873,0774,977
1952R
−35.7%
1,8914,0125,944
1948D
+5.0%
2,6662,4065,155
1944D
+9.2%
2,9032,4105,361
1940D
+11.8%
3,7112,9246,655
1936D
+32.4%
4,1392,0406,481
1932D
+30.9%
3,6361,9115,590
1928R
−21.6%
2,1413,3245,472
1924R
−46.6%
5882,7834,715
1920R
−47.0%
1,4053,9255,359
1916R
−2.4%
1,4001,4692,897
1912D
+14.5%
9756152,485
1908R
−7.7%
1,1851,3892,643
1904R
−42.2%
7431,8702,671
1900R
−13.1%
1,3211,7323,130
1896D
+3.4%
1,8071,6873,546
1892R
−36.7%
09542,598
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
0.8%
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
Mainline Protestant
37.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
18.6%
Methodist
5.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pembina sits along the Manitoba line where sugar beets and grain dominate the economy, and its presidential margins have exceeded 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting a rural, agriculture-dependent electorate with little urban counterweight.

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

Pembina County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,393, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,727 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 Cavalier County and Cass County.