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

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

One of North Dakota's least-populated counties, tilting sharply red

18762024·38 elections
Renville County, North Dakota · Unknown photographer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,304
2024 ACS
Most similar
McHenry County
ND · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 1,208 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.4%
1799931,208
2020R
−64.1%
2201,0651,319
2016R
−61.3%
2019931,293
2012R
−35.4%
3988511,278
2008R
−21.8%
5057991,346
2004R
−31.0%
4979531,469
2000R
−28.3%
4438201,332
1996R
−1.0%
5625761,354
1992R
−4.5%
5806551,670
1988R
−3.2%
8378931,750
1984R
−32.2%
5921,1631,774
1980R
−31.7%
5701,1541,842
1976D
+10.6%
1,0088121,846
1972R
−22.8%
7021,1211,835
1968D
+1.6%
8808511,816
1964D
+35.9%
1,3566401,997
1960D
+9.2%
1,2171,0122,230
1956R
−0.5%
1,0251,0352,061
1952R
−34.1%
7671,5712,360
1948D
+1.5%
8388121,742
1944D
+2.3%
1,0951,0462,164
1940D
+3.8%
1,2981,2022,556
1936D
+40.4%
1,7666112,861
1932D
+46.9%
1,9696892,731
1928R
−11.2%
1,1741,4732,674
1924R
−26.2%
1206492,017
1920R
−52.1%
5811,9872,698
1916D
+28.5%
1,0125321,687
1912D
+15.4%
4202241,274
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%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
66.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.2%
Baptist
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Methodist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 15.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Renville County's 2,610 residents are spread across a sparse agricultural landscape where Republican presidential margins have exceeded 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red voting patterns typical of the state's rural grain-belt counties.

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

Renville County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,301, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,304 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 McHenry County and Ida County.