Lincoln & Hastings-Krny, Nebraska: Populist market. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+46 in 1952.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 756,4002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,4972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1952MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 126,972 | 234,363 | 368,076 | ||
| R | 130,492 | 231,762 | 372,044 | ||
| R | 100,970 | 206,017 | 331,986 | ||
| R | 112,598 | 194,536 | 314,217 | ||
| R | 124,557 | 188,104 | 318,875 | ||
| R | 101,246 | 215,771 | 321,903 | ||
| R | 93,515 | 185,059 | 292,653 | ||
| R | 99,417 | 153,666 | 285,863 | ||
| R | 91,688 | 139,973 | 311,421 | ||
| R | 110,382 | 169,874 | 282,343 | ||
| R | 79,404 | 196,566 | 277,893 | ||
| R | 71,819 | 182,403 | 278,884 | ||
| R | 103,848 | 155,896 | 266,391 | ||
| R | 77,559 | 179,670 | 257,557 | ||
| R | 77,074 | 151,026 | 243,907 | ||
| D | 142,091 | 124,163 | 266,399 | ||
| R | 99,070 | 186,015 | 285,184 | ||
| R | 88,825 | 187,362 | 276,339 | ||
| R | 79,699 | 215,619 | 295,533 | ||
| R | 105,977 | 137,116 | 243,715 | ||
| R | 103,124 | 171,594 | 274,909 | ||
| R | 118,884 | 187,106 | 306,238 | ||
| D | 167,573 | 141,822 | 315,439 | ||
| D | 180,510 | 114,184 | 300,836 | ||
| R | 92,245 | 198,059 | 292,334 | ||
| R | 79,645 | 130,422 | 260,278 | ||
| R | 68,394 | 142,368 | 219,853 | ||
| D | 94,732 | 71,477 | 172,691 | ||
| D | 65,535 | 30,719 | 148,882 | ||
| D | 78,431 | 77,169 | 161,285 | ||
| R | 26,764 | 85,764 | 136,075 | ||
| R | 68,294 | 72,963 | 144,915 | ||
| D | 69,200 | 61,282 | 133,301 | ||
| O | 48,913 | 18,647 | 125,793 | ||
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Demographics
The Lincoln DMA spans Nebraska's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, the latter of which allocates one presidential electoral vote independently and has split from the statewide result in recent cycles.
The Democratic margin in Lincoln & Hastings-Krny peaked at twenty-four points in 1892. By 1968 the market had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points, the most Republican-leaning result in the market's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $72,497 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
Lincoln & Hastings-Krny, Nebraska — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/722/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.