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1876–2024
State Senate District 42·Nebraska

Nebraska 42nd State Senate District has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NE
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
38,308
2024 ACS

Nebraska 42nd State Senate District, Nebraska: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+60 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+58MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
38,3082024 5-year
Median household income
$65,3932024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.5%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
8.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+31 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+60 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
6 counties · 0 D · 6 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−58.1%
3,85814,95519,115
R
−57.6%
3,99515,46519,905
R
−60.1%
3,14614,40318,737
R
−44.0%
4,83312,83518,192
R
−38.9%
5,52312,86218,844
R
−42.4%
5,33513,37518,976
R
−32.1%
5,61811,29517,685
R
−20.6%
5,7289,35917,635
R
−16.6%
5,6458,71918,574
R
−21.8%
6,78310,59917,495
R
−45.0%
4,98413,22018,304
R
−44.5%
4,24312,03617,511
R
−16.9%
6,3088,96115,658
R
−44.6%
3,7179,70613,423
R
−31.2%
4,0348,14513,184
D
+8.4%
7,8326,61314,445
R
−27.8%
5,76010,18615,947
R
−29.5%
5,3909,90215,291
R
−43.0%
4,45411,18415,638
R
−6.0%
5,4136,09911,512
R
−19.6%
5,6088,34213,950
R
−13.6%
6,6388,73515,373
D
+21.5%
9,1635,87215,275
D
+31.0%
8,9694,63214,000
R
−44.1%
3,3658,78212,280
R
−19.4%
2,3194,33610,410
R
−25.9%
2,7564,9428,454
D
+22.5%
3,4262,0925,936
O
+14.8%
1,9391,1635,257
R
−3.8%
2,1152,2944,734
R
−48.3%
4651,9453,065
R
−5.6%
1,6161,8143,508
D
+14.2%
1,8141,3533,246
O
+31.2%
1,4103133,517
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.7%
Irish
14.4%
English
12.8%
American
4.6%
Polish
2.1%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.6%
2.8%
75–84
3.6%
6.2%
65–74
6.4%
6.5%
55–64
6.5%
6.1%
45–54
5.9%
6.4%
35–44
6.3%
5.2%
25–34
5.4%
4.1%
18–24
3.3%
9.1%
5–17
8.3%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,393
State Senate District 42 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 42$65,393
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.7%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)10.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Other languages0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
9.4%
Other Christian
7.1%
Methodist
5.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Baptist
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nebraska 42nd State Senate District sits in the Great Plains. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Nebraska 42nd State Senate District reached its widest at sixty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was fifty-eight points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,393, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 38,308 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 42, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 42, Nebraska voted Republican by 58.1 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,115 votes cast, 3,858 went Democratic and 14,955 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 42, Nebraska's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 42, Nebraska as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 27 times, and other 2 times.
When did State Senate District 42, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 42, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in State Senate District 42, Nebraska?
State Senate District 42, Nebraska has a population of 38,308 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 42, Nebraska?
Median household income in State Senate District 42, Nebraska is $65,393 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of State Senate District 42, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 42, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.