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A small Nebraska county across seven election cycles — whether its voters distinguish between presidential candidates and down-ballot…
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Furnas County ran R+69.8 in 2024, a 68.4-point gap from the national R+1.4 margin and more than triple Nebraska's own R+20.6. The arc that opened that gap broke in a single cycle: the county swung 10.5 points right between 2008 and 2012, then layered another 8.4 points right by 2016, for a cumulative 19.6-point rightward move across 16 years. At 5,300 people and 97.1% non-Hispanic white with median household income of $30,498, Furnas now sits well to the right of NE-3's own R+53.8 baseline.
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Furnas in Nebraska, drawn against the state outline.
Cycle-by-cycle arc
Furnas County's break came in 2012, when the margin swung 10.5 points right in a single cycle from R+50.2 to R+60.7. That inflection drove the cumulative 19.6-point rightward arc across 2008→2024, ending at R+69.8. The 2012→2016 cycle added another 8.4 points right to R+69.1, locking in the post-Obama floor. Since 2016, the county has held that position within a 2-point band, moving D+1.3 in 2020 and back R+2.0 in 2024.
Shifted 19.6 pts left across 16 years.
Population, income, education
Furnas County is 98.2% white across 5,324 people, with a non-Hispanic white share of 97.1% and a foreign-born population of 0.34%. Median household income sits at $30,498, and 10.58% of residents fall below the poverty line. College attainment runs at 16.13% of adults holding a bachelor's degree. The demographic profile — small, overwhelmingly white, lower-income, low-credential — is the backdrop against which the county's cross-office voting behavior plays out.
Against county, state, and national
| Geography | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Change since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furnas | R+69.1 | R+67.8 | R+69.8 | -9.2 pts |
| Nebraska | R+25.1 | R+19.1 | R+20.6 | +4.5 pts |
| NE-3 | R+53.6 | R+51.8 | R+53.8 | -0.2 pts |
| United States | D+2.1 | D+4.5 | R+1.4 | -3.5 pts |
Akashic Atlas, "A small Nebraska county across seven election cycles — whether its voters distinguish between presidential candidates and down-ballot…", answer ID ECpuGGDUmu4S, generated 2026-04-29, retrieved 2026-04-30. https://akashicedge.com/atlas/a/ECpuGGDUmu4S
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