Wayne County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 4,073 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -4TH WARD4TH WARD | 237 | 431 | 8 | 676 | 35.1% | 63.8% | R+28.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -1ST WARD1ST WARD | 146 | 290 | 13 | 449 | 32.5% | 64.6% | R+32.1 |
| Precinct -HOSKINS-GARFIELDHOSKINS-GARFIELD | 42 | 402 | 4 | 448 | 9.4% | 89.7% | R+80.4 |
| Precinct -2ND WARD2ND WARD | 148 | 294 | 3 | 445 | 33.3% | 66.1% | R+32.8 |
| Precinct -CHAPIN-HANCOCK-WINSIDECHAPIN-HANCOCK-WINSIDE | 60 | 372 | 6 | 438 | 13.7% | 84.9% | R+71.2 |
| Precinct -3RD WARD3RD WARD | 174 | 229 | 7 | 410 | 42.4% | 55.9% | R+13.4 |
| Precinct -BRENNA-PLUM CREEK-HUNTERBRENNA-PLUM CREEK-HUNTER | 66 | 302 | 4 | 372 | 17.7% | 81.2% | R+63.4 |
| Precinct -LOGAN-LESLIELOGAN-LESLIE | 60 | 214 | 6 | 280 | 21.4% | 76.4% | R+55.0 |
| Precinct -DEER CREEK-SHERMANDEER CREEK-SHERMAN | 29 | 246 | 3 | 278 | 10.4% | 88.5% | R+78.1 |
| Precinct -STRAHAN-WILBURSTRAHAN-WILBUR | 44 | 231 | 2 | 277 | 15.9% | 83.4% | R+67.5 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −26.2% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −13.3% |
| 1904 | −42.5% |
| 1908 | −10.1% |
| 1912 | +9.6% |
| 1916 | −8.9% |
| 1920 | −52.5% |
| 1924 | −30.4% |
| 1928 | −30.8% |
| 1932 | +27.8% |
| 1936 | +3.8% |
| 1940 | −39.4% |
| 1944 | −47.7% |
| 1948 | −33.5% |
| 1952 | −58.8% |
| 1956 | −45.4% |
| 1960 | −52.3% |
| 1964 | −18.3% |
| 1968 | −50.4% |
| 1972 | −49.3% |
| 1976 | −38.6% |
| 1980 | −53.8% |
| 1984 | −57.0% |
| 1988 | −37.7% |
| 1992 | −29.3% |
| 1996 | −30.0% |
| 2000 | −45.0% |
| 2004 | −46.8% |
| 2008 | −32.9% |
| 2012 | −38.5% |
| 2016 | −49.2% |
| 2020 | −48.4% |
| 2024 | −48.8% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.6 points.
5,222 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
+74 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −573 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,743 in average income, against $87,238 for residents who stayed — 42% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+57.4 on average — 8.5 points more Republican-leaning than Wayne County, NE itself (R+48.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Dixon County, NE33R+58.5
- Madison County, NE23R+55.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Madison County, NE47
- Douglas County, NE32
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 | −216 |
| 2012 | +10 |
| 2013 | −124 |
| 2014 | −76 |
| 2015 | −74 |
| 2016 | −28 |
| 2017 | −214 |
| 2018 | +75 |
| 2019 | +40 |
| 2021 | +134 |
| 2022 | −12 |
| 2023 | −74 |
| 2024 | −88 |
| 2025 | +74 |
Wayne County's R+49.2 margin in 2024 reflects the broader shift toward Republican dominance across Nebraska's agricultural northeast, where small-town and farm-based communities have voted consistently red for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 58.8 points in 1952. The 2024 margin was 48.8 points.
A population of 9,844, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,215 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Adams County and Buffalo County.
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Wayne County, Nebraska. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/31179/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.