Holt County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
13 precincts · 5,442 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -ATKINSONATKINSON | 84 | 554 | 9 | 647 | 13.0% | 85.6% | R+72.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -ATKINSON SURROUNDING TWPSATKINSON SURROUNDING TWPS | 67 | 536 | 3 | 606 | 11.1% | 88.4% | R+77.4 |
| Precinct -GRATTAN-SHIELDSGRATTAN-SHIELDS | 38 | 510 | 4 | 552 | 6.9% | 92.4% | R+85.5 |
| Precinct -GRATTAN-O'NEILL 1GRATTAN-O'NEILL 1 | 92 | 420 | 3 | 515 | 17.9% | 81.6% | R+63.7 |
| Precinct -STUART-CLEVELANDSTUART-CLEVELAND | 77 | 426 | 4 | 507 | 15.2% | 84.0% | R+68.8 |
| Precinct -CHAMBERS-SURROUNDING TWPSCHAMBERS-SURROUNDING TWPS | 36 | 458 | 6 | 500 | 7.2% | 91.6% | R+84.4 |
| Precinct -GRATTAN-O'NEILL 2GRATTAN-O'NEILL 2 | 81 | 406 | 4 | 491 | 16.5% | 82.7% | R+66.2 |
| Precinct -EWING-GOLDEN-DELOITEWING-GOLDEN-DELOIT | 16 | 341 | 2 | 359 | 4.5% | 95.0% | R+90.5 |
| Precinct -GRATTAN-O'NEILL 4GRATTAN-O'NEILL 4 | 48 | 251 | 7 | 306 | 15.7% | 82.0% | R+66.3 |
| Precinct -GRATTAN-O'NEILL 3GRATTAN-O'NEILL 3 | 44 | 255 | 3 | 302 | 14.6% | 84.4% | R+69.9 |
| Precinct -EMMET-NORTHEASTEMMET-NORTHEAST | 30 | 227 | 1 | 258 | 11.6% | 88.0% | R+76.4 |
| Precinct -ANTELOPE IOWA-VERDIGRISANTELOPE IOWA-VERDIGRIS | 37 | 188 | 4 | 229 | 16.2% | 82.1% | R+65.9 |
| Precinct -INMAN TWPINMAN TWP | 31 | 136 | 3 | 170 | 18.2% | 80.0% | R+61.8 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −30.5% |
| 1896 | +23.3% |
| 1900 | +5.9% |
| 1904 | −33.3% |
| 1908 | +6.8% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +16.5% |
| 1920 | −32.4% |
| 1924 | −11.4% |
| 1928 | −9.0% |
| 1932 | +33.1% |
| 1936 | +2.4% |
| 1940 | −23.2% |
| 1944 | −24.1% |
| 1948 | −9.1% |
| 1952 | −49.3% |
| 1956 | −38.7% |
| 1960 | −26.0% |
| 1964 | −7.7% |
| 1968 | −40.6% |
| 1972 | −59.5% |
| 1976 | −31.0% |
| 1980 | −59.6% |
| 1984 | −67.1% |
| 1988 | −50.4% |
| 1992 | −40.3% |
| 1996 | −44.2% |
| 2000 | −62.7% |
| 2004 | −64.2% |
| 2008 | −53.4% |
| 2012 | −61.6% |
| 2016 | −74.7% |
| 2020 | −73.6% |
| 2024 | −73.8% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.8 points more Democratic.
6,983 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
−10 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −699 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $45,186 in average income, against $69,178 for residents who stayed — 35% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Antelope County, NE20
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 | −20 |
| 2012 | −86 |
| 2013 | −13 |
| 2014 | −54 |
| 2015 | −93 |
| 2016 | −74 |
| 2017 | −67 |
| 2018 | −37 |
| 2019 | −107 |
| 2021 | −40 |
| 2022 | −53 |
| 2023 | +39 |
| 2024 | −84 |
| 2025 | −10 |
Holt County's cattle-ranching economy and sparse settlement — roughly 2 persons per square mile — anchor a voting pattern that has trended Republican by expanding margins across the last four presidential cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 74.7 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 73.8 points.
A population of 10,102, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,513 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sheridan County and Nemaha County.
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Holt County, Nebraska. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/31089/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.