Logan County is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Logan County typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Logan County, ~7% vote Democratic, ~77% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Logan County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Logan County leans more Republican than 5 of 6 neighbors.
Logan County runs about 63 points more Republican than Nebraska as a whole.
Why Logan County leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Logan County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 74% of households in Logan County are family households, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Logan County, NE sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Logan County looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Logan County is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Logan County have completed high school, in the top fraction of counties. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- McPherson County, NE R+84
- Lincoln County, NE R+46
- Thomas County, NE R+76
- Blaine County, NE R+81
- Custer County, NE R+68
- Hooker County, NE R+79
- Dawson County, NE R+35
- Arthur County, NE R+59
- Loup County, NE R+72
- Frontier County, NE R+74
Counties with Similar Populations
- Hooker County, NE R+79
- Slope County, ND R+74
- San Juan County, CO D+29
- Esmeralda County, NV R+61
- Kent County, TX R+79
- Banner County, NE R+79
- Terrell County, TX R+65
- Treasure County, MT R+66
- Thomas County, NE R+76
- Keya Paha County, NE R+82
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nebraska Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.