Gage County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 10,916 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -BEATRICE WARD 4BEATRICE WARD 4 | 519 | 943 | 21 | 1,483 | 35.0% | 63.6% | R+28.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -BEATRICE WARD 1BEATRICE WARD 1 | 509 | 931 | 19 | 1,459 | 34.9% | 63.8% | R+28.9 |
| Precinct -BEATRICE WARD 2BEATRICE WARD 2 | 499 | 863 | 31 | 1,393 | 35.8% | 62.0% | R+26.1 |
| Precinct -NW QUAD AREANW QUAD AREA | 327 | 931 | 16 | 1,274 | 25.7% | 73.1% | R+47.4 |
| Precinct -ADAMS TWPADAMS TWP | 289 | 924 | 11 | 1,224 | 23.6% | 75.5% | R+51.9 |
| Precinct -BEATRICE WARD 3BEATRICE WARD 3 | 350 | 719 | 18 | 1,087 | 32.2% | 66.1% | R+33.9 |
| Precinct -WYMORE AREAWYMORE AREA | 282 | 737 | 13 | 1,032 | 27.3% | 71.4% | R+44.1 |
| Precinct -HOMESTEAD AREAHOMESTEAD AREA | 223 | 574 | 12 | 809 | 27.6% | 71.0% | R+43.4 |
| Precinct -FILLEY-VIRGINIA AREAFILLEY-VIRGINIA AREA | 131 | 485 | 8 | 624 | 21.0% | 77.7% | R+56.7 |
| Precinct -ODELL AREAODELL AREA | 113 | 416 | 2 | 531 | 21.3% | 78.3% | R+57.1 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −38.3% |
| 1896 | −14.2% |
| 1900 | −20.4% |
| 1904 | −48.3% |
| 1908 | −8.4% |
| 1912 | +19.8% |
| 1916 | +0.0% |
| 1920 | −40.8% |
| 1924 | −19.0% |
| 1928 | −40.4% |
| 1932 | +23.5% |
| 1936 | +15.2% |
| 1940 | −23.1% |
| 1944 | −26.9% |
| 1948 | −12.6% |
| 1952 | −47.7% |
| 1956 | −35.3% |
| 1960 | −33.5% |
| 1964 | +22.7% |
| 1968 | −18.0% |
| 1972 | −27.4% |
| 1976 | −7.0% |
| 1980 | −41.6% |
| 1984 | −38.3% |
| 1988 | −12.1% |
| 1992 | −6.8% |
| 1996 | −4.1% |
| 2000 | −21.3% |
| 2004 | −28.1% |
| 2008 | −9.5% |
| 2012 | −16.7% |
| 2016 | −34.3% |
| 2020 | −36.5% |
| 2024 | −39.0% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.7 points.
14,513 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+122 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +107 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $52,458 in average income, against $75,837 for residents who stayed — 31% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+4.5 on average — 35 points more Democratic-leaning than Gage County, NE itself (R+39.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Lancaster County, NE149D+4.3
- Saline County, NE28R+33.1
- Douglas County, NE24D+10.1
- Jefferson County, NE21R+45.2
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Lancaster County, NE155
- Jefferson County, NE41
- Douglas County, NE22
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −301 |
| 2012 | −219 |
| 2013 | +140 |
| 2014 | −194 |
| 2015 | +203 |
| 2016 | −49 |
| 2017 | +35 |
| 2018 | −111 |
| 2019 | +46 |
| 2021 | +48 |
| 2022 | +64 |
| 2023 | +188 |
| 2024 | +135 |
| 2025 | +122 |
Gage County's seat, Beatrice, is home to roughly half the county's population, giving it unusual influence over local results in a largely agricultural stretch of southeastern Nebraska that has shifted steadily toward lopsided Republican margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 48.3 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.0 points.
A population of 21,629, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,247 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson County and Cass County.
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Gage County, Nebraska. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/31067/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.