| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 845 | 6,691 | 7,580 | |
| 2020 | R | 829 | 6,840 | 7,782 | |
| 2016 | R | 701 | 6,500 | 7,405 | |
| 2012 | R | 886 | 6,443 | 7,389 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,153 | 6,924 | 8,133 | |
| 2004 | R | 1,289 | 7,260 | 8,572 | |
| 2000 | R | 1,376 | 6,732 | 8,185 | |
| 1996 | R | 2,114 | 6,102 | 8,824 | |
| 1992 | R | 2,426 | 6,105 | 10,372 | |
| 1988 | R | 2,460 | 7,259 | 9,781 | |
| 1984 | R | 2,003 | 8,955 | 10,988 | |
| 1980 | R | 2,786 | 7,187 | 10,149 | |
| 1976 | R | 3,872 | 6,010 | 9,962 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,367 | 7,968 | 9,444 | |
| 1968 | R | 2,374 | 5,994 | 10,795 | |
| 1964 | R | 3,633 | 5,011 | 8,650 | |
| 1960 | R | 2,802 | 6,197 | 9,013 | |
| 1956 | R | 3,034 | 5,047 | 8,153 | |
| 1952 | R | 3,367 | 5,467 | 8,857 | |
| 1948 | D | 3,699 | 1,594 | 5,696 | |
| 1944 | D | 3,067 | 1,739 | 4,989 | |
| 1940 | D | 4,315 | 1,217 | 5,540 | |
| 1936 | D | 4,347 | 464 | 4,839 | |
| 1932 | D | 3,446 | 505 | 3,975 | |
| 1928 | R | 986 | 1,871 | 2,863 | |
| 1924 | D | 608 | 581 | 1,189 | |
| 1920 | D | 529 | 251 | 811 | |
| 1916 | D | 482 | 69 | 588 | |
| 1912 | D | 272 | 13 | 422 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Gray County's 2024 presidential margin of R+77.1 ranks among the most lopsided in a region already defined by extreme partisan consistency, reflecting a sparsely populated, oil-adjacent economy with virtually no urban counterweight.
The Democratic margin in Gray County peaked at eighty points in 1936. By 1952 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventy-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Gray County's median household income of $59,614 sits well below state and national norms, and 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Roberts County and Hutchinson County.