Phelps County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
12 precincts · 4,965 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -HOLDREGE WARD 4HOLDREGE WARD 4 | 133 | 704 | 9 | 846 | 15.7% | 83.2% | R+67.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -HOLDREGE WARD 2HOLDREGE WARD 2 | 161 | 577 | 10 | 748 | 21.5% | 77.1% | R+55.6 |
| Precinct -HOLDREGE WARD 3HOLDREGE WARD 3 | 138 | 540 | 5 | 683 | 20.2% | 79.1% | R+58.9 |
| Precinct -HOLDREGE WARD 1HOLDREGE WARD 1 | 117 | 539 | 4 | 660 | 17.7% | 81.7% | R+63.9 |
| Precinct -BERTRANDBERTRAND | 50 | 319 | 3 | 372 | 13.4% | 85.8% | R+72.3 |
| Precinct -WILLIAMSBURG-WESTSIDEWILLIAMSBURG-WESTSIDE | 37 | 290 | 0 | 327 | 11.3% | 88.7% | R+77.4 |
| Precinct -DIVIDE-LAKEDIVIDE-LAKE | 36 | 276 | 4 | 316 | 11.4% | 87.3% | R+75.9 |
| Precinct -HOLDREGE RURALHOLDREGE RURAL | 28 | 271 | 3 | 302 | 9.3% | 89.7% | R+80.5 |
| Precinct -WESTMARK-CENTERWESTMARK-CENTER | 13 | 235 | 5 | 253 | 5.1% | 92.9% | R+87.7 |
| Precinct -LAIRDLAIRD | 24 | 203 | 1 | 228 | 10.5% | 89.0% | R+78.5 |
| Precinct -COTTONWOOD-ANDERSONCOTTONWOOD-ANDERSON | 16 | 127 | 2 | 145 | 11.0% | 87.6% | R+76.6 |
| Precinct -ROCKFALL-INDUSTRYROCKFALL-INDUSTRY | 5 | 77 | 3 | 85 | 5.9% | 90.6% | R+84.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −32.7% |
| 1896 | +8.0% |
| 1900 | −9.9% |
| 1904 | −58.4% |
| 1908 | −7.3% |
| 1912 | +29.9% |
| 1916 | +18.1% |
| 1920 | −30.8% |
| 1924 | −23.7% |
| 1928 | −55.8% |
| 1932 | +20.1% |
| 1936 | +15.7% |
| 1940 | −15.3% |
| 1944 | −25.8% |
| 1948 | −15.7% |
| 1952 | −56.0% |
| 1956 | −45.5% |
| 1960 | −50.4% |
| 1964 | −6.2% |
| 1968 | −53.0% |
| 1972 | −64.1% |
| 1976 | −45.3% |
| 1980 | −61.4% |
| 1984 | −66.7% |
| 1988 | −51.7% |
| 1992 | −39.2% |
| 1996 | −42.5% |
| 2000 | −57.1% |
| 2004 | −64.1% |
| 2008 | −51.6% |
| 2012 | −57.5% |
| 2016 | −69.8% |
| 2020 | −67.8% |
| 2024 | −68.2% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.2 points more Democratic.
6,129 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
−41 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −232 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $51,948 in average income, against $93,770 for residents who stayed — 45% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+52.0 on average — 16 points more Democratic-leaning than Phelps County, NE itself (R+68.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Buffalo County, NE48R+44.7
- Harlan County, NE22R+67.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Buffalo County, NE43
- Lancaster 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 | −24 |
| 2012 | +45 |
| 2013 | −23 |
| 2014 | −31 |
| 2015 | +47 |
| 2016 | −25 |
| 2017 | −136 |
| 2018 | −53 |
| 2019 | −1 |
| 2021 | −29 |
| 2022 | +64 |
| 2023 | +58 |
| 2024 | −83 |
| 2025 | −41 |
Phelps County, anchored by the small city of Holdrege, returned a Republican presidential margin exceeding 68 points in 2024, reflecting the heavily Republican lean common across Nebraska's rural agricultural heartland.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 69.8 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 68.2 points.
A population of 9,009, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,919 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stanton County and Perkins County.
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Phelps County, Nebraska. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/31137/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.