Kearney County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
9 precincts · 3,604 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -NEWARK-BLAINE-LOGANNEWARK-BLAINE-LOGAN | 110 | 472 | 1 | 583 | 18.9% | 81.0% | R+62.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -SOUTHSOUTH | 132 | 412 | 5 | 549 | 24.0% | 75.0% | R+51.0 |
| Precinct -MIRAGEMIRAGE | 95 | 409 | 9 | 513 | 18.5% | 79.7% | R+61.2 |
| Precinct -NORTHNORTH | 95 | 325 | 5 | 425 | 22.4% | 76.5% | R+54.1 |
| Precinct -CENTERCENTER | 93 | 323 | 4 | 420 | 22.1% | 76.9% | R+54.8 |
| Precinct -LLMCGLLMCG | 71 | 255 | 5 | 331 | 21.5% | 77.0% | R+55.6 |
| Precinct -HAYES-SHERMANHAYES-SHERMAN | 54 | 230 | 5 | 289 | 18.7% | 79.6% | R+60.9 |
| Precinct -ONEIDAONEIDA | 39 | 221 | 5 | 265 | 14.7% | 83.4% | R+68.7 |
| Precinct -LOWELL-EATONLOWELL-EATON | 47 | 181 | 1 | 229 | 20.5% | 79.0% | R+58.5 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −35.2% |
| 1896 | +9.5% |
| 1900 | +2.4% |
| 1904 | −39.4% |
| 1908 | +7.8% |
| 1912 | +32.5% |
| 1916 | +28.6% |
| 1920 | −13.5% |
| 1924 | −6.5% |
| 1928 | −37.5% |
| 1932 | +34.7% |
| 1936 | +33.2% |
| 1940 | −6.9% |
| 1944 | −16.9% |
| 1948 | −1.4% |
| 1952 | −44.5% |
| 1956 | −29.6% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +13.3% |
| 1968 | −34.8% |
| 1972 | −48.8% |
| 1976 | −19.6% |
| 1980 | −50.6% |
| 1984 | −54.6% |
| 1988 | −33.1% |
| 1992 | −34.0% |
| 1996 | −38.4% |
| 2000 | −52.9% |
| 2004 | −56.6% |
| 2008 | −42.8% |
| 2012 | −49.6% |
| 2016 | −60.1% |
| 2020 | −58.6% |
| 2024 | −57.9% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.2 points.
4,653 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
+13 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −33 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $54,320 in average income, against $105,234 for residents who stayed — 48% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+44.7 on average — 13 points more Democratic-leaning than Kearney County, NE itself (R+57.9).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Buffalo County, NE91R+44.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Buffalo County, NE69
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 | +77 |
| 2012 | −66 |
| 2013 | −15 |
| 2014 | +74 |
| 2015 | −32 |
| 2016 | +4 |
| 2017 | −57 |
| 2018 | +22 |
| 2019 | −60 |
| 2021 | −34 |
| 2022 | −4 |
| 2023 | +32 |
| 2024 | +13 |
| 2025 | +13 |
With fewer than 7,000 residents spread across the Republican River watershed, Kearney County has delivered double-digit GOP margins in every recent presidential cycle, hitting R+58 in 2024 — among the widest gaps in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.9 points.
A population of 6,713, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,631 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Phelps County and Hamilton County.
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Kearney County, Nebraska. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/31099/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.