United States presidential elections in Nebraska
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Number of elections | 39 |
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Voted Democratic | 7 |
Voted Republican | 32 |
Voted other | 0 |
Voted for winning candidate | 24 |
Voted for losing candidate | 15 |
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Nebraska, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1867, Nebraska has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Since 1992 Nebraska awards two electoral votes based on the statewide vote, and one vote for each of the three congressional districts.[1][2] The only other state to allow for split electoral college votes is Maine.[3]
In 2024 there was a push from some Republicans who attempted to get rid of split electoral college votes to replace it with Winner-takes-all voting.[4][5][6]
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
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Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[a] | Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes | Notes |
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2020[7] | Joe Biden | 374,583 | 39.36 | Donald Trump | 556,846 | 58.51 | — | 5 | Electoral votes split: 4 to Trump, 1 to Biden. (Trump won statewide and in the 1st and 3rd congressional districts; Biden won in the 2nd district.) | ||
2016[8] | Donald Trump[b] | 495,961 | 58.75 | Hillary Clinton | 284,494 | 33.70 | — | 5 | |||
2012[9] | Barack Obama | 302,081 | 38.03 | Mitt Romney | 475,064 | 59.80 | — | 5 | |||
2008[10] | Barack Obama | 333,319 | 41.60 | John McCain | 452,979 | 56.53 | — | 5 | Electoral votes split: 4 to McCain, 1 to Obama. (McCain won statewide and in the 1st and 3rd congressional districts; Obama won in the 2nd district.) | ||
2004[11] | George W. Bush | 512,814 | 65.90 | John Kerry | 254,328 | 32.68 | — | 5 | |||
2000[12] | George W. Bush[b] | 433,862 | 62.25 | Al Gore | 231,780 | 33.25 | — | 5 | |||
1996[13] | Bill Clinton | 236,761 | 34.95 | Bob Dole | 363,467 | 53.65 | Ross Perot | 71,278 | 10.52 | 5 | |
1992 | Bill Clinton | 217,344 | 29.40 | George H. W. Bush | 344,346 | 46.58 | Ross Perot | 174,687 | 23.63 | 5 | |
1988 | George H. W. Bush | 398,447 | 60.15 | Michael Dukakis | 259,646 | 39.20 | — | 5 | |||
1984 | Ronald Reagan | 460,054 | 70.55 | Walter Mondale | 187,866 | 28.81 | — | 5 | |||
1980 | Ronald Reagan | 419,937 | 65.53 | Jimmy Carter | 166,851 | 26.04 | John B. Anderson | 44,993 | 7.02 | 5 | |
1976 | Jimmy Carter | 233,692 | 38.46 | Gerald Ford | 359,705 | 59.19 | — | 5 | |||
1972 | Richard Nixon | 406,298 | 70.50 | George McGovern | 169,991 | 29.50 | — | 5 | |||
1968 | Richard Nixon | 321,163 | 59.82 | Hubert Humphrey | 170,784 | 31.81 | George Wallace | 44,904 | 8.36 | 5 | |
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 307,307 | 52.61 | Barry Goldwater | 276,847 | 47.39 | — | 5 | |||
1960 | John F. Kennedy | 232,542 | 37.93 | Richard Nixon | 380,553 | 62.07 | — | 6 | |||
1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 378,108 | 65.51 | Adlai Stevenson II | 199,029 | 34.49 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[c] | — | — | 6 | |
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 421,603 | 69.15 | Adlai Stevenson II | 188,057 | 30.85 | — | 6 | |||
1948 | Harry S. Truman | 224,165 | 45.85 | Thomas E. Dewey | 264,774 | 54.15 | Strom Thurmond | — | — | 6 | |
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 233,246 | 41.42 | Thomas E. Dewey | 329,880 | 58.58 | — | 6 | |||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 263,677 | 42.81 | Wendell Willkie | 352,201 | 57.19 | — | 7 | |||
1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 347,445 | 57.14 | Alf Landon | 247,731 | 40.74 | — | 7 | |||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 359,082 | 62.98 | Herbert Hoover | 201,177 | 35.29 | — | 7 | |||
1928 | Herbert Hoover | 345,745 | 63.19 | Al Smith | 197,959 | 36.18 | — | 8 | |||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 218,585 | 47.09 | John W. Davis | 137,289 | 29.58 | Robert M. La Follette | 106,701 | 22.99 | 8 | |
1920 | Warren G. Harding | 247,498 | 64.66 | James M. Cox | 119,608 | 31.25 | Parley P. Christensen | — | — | 8 | |
1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 158,827 | 55.28 | Charles E. Hughes | 117,771 | 40.99 | — | 8 | |||
1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 109,008 | 43.69 | Theodore Roosevelt | 72,681 | 29.13 | William H. Taft | 54,226 | 21.74 | 8 | |
1908 | William H. Taft | 126,997 | 47.60 | William Jennings Bryan | 131,099 | 49.14 | — | 8 | |||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 138,558 | 61.38 | Alton B. Parker | 52,921 | 23.44 | — | 8 | |||
1900 | William McKinley | 121,835 | 50.46 | William Jennings Bryan | 114,013 | 47.22 | — | 8 | |||
1896 | William McKinley | 103,064 | 46.18 | William Jennings Bryan | 115,007 | 51.53 | — | 8 | |||
1892 | Grover Cleveland | 24,943 | 12.46 | Benjamin Harrison | 87,213 | 43.56 | James B. Weaver | 83,134 | 41.53 | 8 | |
1888 | Benjamin Harrison[b] | 108,425 | 53.51 | Grover Cleveland | 80,552 | 39.75 | — | 5 | |||
1884 | Grover Cleveland | 54,391 | 40.53 | James G. Blaine | 76,912 | 57.31 | — | 5 | |||
1880 | James A. Garfield | 54,979 | 62.87 | Winfield S. Hancock | 28,523 | 32.62 | James B. Weaver | 3,950 | 4.52 | 3 | |
1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 31,915 | 64.7 | Samuel J. Tilden | 17,413 | 35.3 | — | 3 | |||
1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 18,329 | 70.68 | Horace Greeley | 7,603 | 29.32 | — | 3 | |||
1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 9,772 | 63.9 | Horatio Seymour | 5,519 | 36.1 | — | 3 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
- ^ a b c Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
- ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
References
[edit]- ^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes | National Archives". 19 September 2019.
- ^ 270 to win; Nebraska.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Pengelly, Martin (2024-04-03). "Far-right podcaster prompts Nebraska move to change electoral system". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Kerr, Nicholas (3 April 2024). "Lawmakers skeptical of enacting Trump-backed bill in Nebraska that could give him edge over Biden". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Kamisar, Ben; Bowman, Bridget; Allan, Smith (2024-04-03). "Trump and GOP leaders push to change Nebraska electoral votes to winner-take-all". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
- ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
- ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.