United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2016

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2016

November 8, 2016
Turnout 71.06% Increase

 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 495,961 284,494
Percentage 58.7% 33.7%

County Results

Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county.

The 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On May 10, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Republican and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for president. Voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic party's nominee via caucus on March 5, 2016. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary, while unaffiliated voters chose any one primary in which to vote.

Donald Trump won the election in Nebraska with 58.7% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 33.7% of the vote.[1]

Democratic caucus

Results of the Democratic caucuses by county.
  Bernie Sanders
  Hillary Clinton

Democratic Presidential Caucuses

Nebraska Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 19,120 57.14% 15 1 16
Hillary Clinton 14,340 42.86% 10 3 13
Uncommitted N/A 0 1 1
Total 33,460 100% 25 5 30
Source: The Green Papers


Democratic Presidential Primary (Non-binding)
The Nebraska Democratic primary was held on May 10, 2016. The primary does not bind delegates. Delegates were bound by the caucuses on March 5, 2016.

Nebraska Democratic primary, May 10, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 42,692 53.08% N/A
Bernie Sanders 37,744 46.92% N/A
Total 80,436 100% N/A
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State Election - Official Primary Results

Republican primary

Nebraska Republican primary, 2016

May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)

 
Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz
Home state New York Texas
Delegate count 36 0
Popular vote 122,327 36,703
Percentage 61.47% 18.44%

 
Candidate John Kasich Ben Carson
Home state Ohio Maryland
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 22,709 10,016
Percentage 11.41% 5.03%

Nebraska results by county
  Donald Trump
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[2][3]

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 122,327 61.47% 36 0 36
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 36,703 18.44% 0 0 0
John Kasich (withdrawn) 22,709 11.41% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 10,016 5.03% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 7,233 3.63% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 198,988 100.00% 36 0 36
Source: The Green Papers

Libertarian primary

Nebraska Libertarian primary, 2016

May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)

 
Candidate Gary Johnson Austin Petersen John McAfee
Home state New Mexico Missouri Tennessee
Popular vote 375 135 124
Percentage 52.08% 18.75% 17.22%

 
Candidate Marc Allan Feldman Steve Kerbel
Home state Ohio Colorado
Popular vote 47 35
Percentage 6.53% 4.86%

Nebraska results by county
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

The Nebraska primary was held on May 10, 2016. Independents and registered Libertarians were allowed to vote in the state's Libertarian primary. The Nebraska Primary marked the third large victory for Gary Johnson in the handful of states that conduct Libertarian presidential primaries. However, since the Libertarian Party does not use such primaries for selecting to delegates to its national nominating convention, the results were effectively non-binding.

Nebraska Libertarian primary, 2016[4]
Candidate Popular vote
Count Percentage
Gary Johnson 375 52.08%
Austin Petersen 135 18.75%
John McAfee 124 17.22%
Marc Allan Feldman 47 6.53%
Steve Kerbel 35 4.86%
Total: 720 100%

General election polling

Nebraska's 1st Congressional District
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Hillary
Clinton (D)
Donald
Trump (R)
Gary
Johnson (L)
Other Undecided
Emerson College[5] September 25–27, 2016 233 29% 53%
Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Hillary
Clinton (D)
Donald
Trump (R)
Gary
Johnson (L)
Other Undecided
Emerson College[5] September 25–27, 2016 233 40% 49%
The Singularis Group, LLC[6] May 11–12, 2016 1,007 ± 3.08% 36% 44% 20%
Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Hillary
Clinton (D)
Donald
Trump (R)
Gary
Johnson (L)
Other Undecided
Emerson College[5] September 25–27, 2016 234 20% 65%

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Nebraska as of Election Day.

  1. Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump[7]
  2. CNN: Solid Trump[8]
  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump[9]
  4. NBC: Likely Trump[10]
  5. RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump[11]
  6. Fox News: Solid Republican[12]
  7. ABC: Solid Trump[13]

Results

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 495,961 58.75% 5
Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 284,494 33.70% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 38,946 4.61% 0
Write-Ins 16,051 1.90% 0
Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 8,775 1.04% 0
Totals 844,227 100.00% 5

Results by county

Final results by county from the Nebraska Secretary Of State.[14]

CountyCandidate Total
TrumpClintonJohnson(write-in)Stein
Adams %68.73%24.44%4.40%1.62%0.82%100.00%
Votes9,2873,30259421911113,513
Antelope %83.27%11.67%3.20%1.28%0.58%100.00%
Votes2,73238310542193,281
Arthur %89.38%6.23%4.03%0.37%0.00%100.00%
Votes244171110273
Banner %88.81%4.73%3.48%2.24%0.75%100.00%
Votes357191493402
Blaine %87.07%9.46%3.15%0.32%0.00%100.00%
Votes276301010317
Boone %79.14%14.25%4.72%1.31%0.59%100.00%
Votes2,29941413738172,905
Box Butte %73.46%19.60%4.67%1.54%0.73%100.00%
Votes3,61796523076364,924
Boyd %85.03%11.07%1.99%0.78%1.12%100.00%
Votes983128239131,156
Brown %86.73%9.58%2.44%0.81%0.44%100.00%
Votes1,385153391371,597
Buffalo %68.95%22.54%5.56%1.87%1.07%100.00%
Votes14,5694,7631,17439622721,129
Burt %66.53%26.14%5.54%0.70%1.10%100.00%
Votes2,36793019725393,558
Butler percent77.34%17.36%3.24%1.38%0.68%100.00%
votes3,07969112955273,981
Cass percent65.35%26.94%4.94%1.75%1.02%100.00%
votes8,4523,48463922613212,933
Cedar percent79.91%12.92%5.07%1.40%0.70%100.00%
votes3,53257122462314,420
Chase percent86.83%9.01%2.85%1.00%0.32%100.00%
votes1,648171541961,898
Cherry percent84.12%10.17%4.07%1.15%0.48%100.00%
votes2,62331712736153,118
Cheyenne percent77.80%15.09%4.52%1.61%0.98%100.00%
votes3,66571121376464,711
Clay percent79.02%15.56%3.78%1.14%0.49%100.00%
votes2,42247711635153,065
Colfax percent67.55%26.73%3.67%1.24%0.81%100.00%
votes2,17185911840263,214
Cuming percent76.63%17.65%3.85%1.23%0.64%100.00%
votes3,12271915750264,074
Custer percent83.07%11.34%3.64%1.29%0.65%100.00%
votes4,69564120673375,652
Dakota percent57.59%36.85%3.65%1.11%0.80%100.00%
votes3,6162,31422970506,279
Dawes percent71.60%21.79%5.20%0.00%1.41%100.00%
votes2,6328011910523,676
Dawson percent69.30%24.74%4.41%0.88%0.67%100.00%
votes5,9842,13638176588,635
Deuel percent82.22%12.20%4.78%0.71%0.10%100.00%
votes8091204771984
Dixon percent73.36%19.99%4.67%1.37%0.61%100.00%
votes2,04155613038172,782
Dodge percent63.96%29.26%4.02%1.71%1.04%100.00%
votes9,9334,54462426616215,529
Douglas percent44.95%47.33%4.33%2.19%1.20%100.00%
votes108,077113,79810,4025,2742,882240,433
Dundy percent86.36%9.34%3.25%0.42%0.63%100.00%
votes823893146953
Fillmore percent72.42%20.84%5.13%0.88%0.71%100.00%
votes2,13061315126212,941
Franklin percent80.51%14.94%3.23%0.90%0.42%100.00%
votes1,347250541571,673
Frontier percent83.58%12.12%2.71%0.98%0.60%100.00%
votes1,110161361381,328
Furnas percent82.09%12.99%3.63%0.81%0.47%100.00%
votes1,9213048519112,340
Gage percent63.50%29.21%4.90%1.36%1.04%100.00%
votes6,3802,93549213710410,048
Garden percent80.84%14.23%3.63%1.12%0.19%100.00%
votes869153391221,075
Garfield percent83.78%12.35%2.35%1.02%0.51%100.00%
votes82112123105980
Gosper percent78.61%16.44%3.76%0.59%0.59%100.00%
votes79416638661,010
Grant percent90.62%4.94%1.48%2.72%0.25%100.00%
votes367206111405
Greeley percent77.62%17.87%3.23%0.77%0.51%100.00%
votes91221038961,175
Hall percent65.31%28.48%4.06%1.28%0.87%100.00%
votes14,4086,28289528319222,060
Hamilton percent75.60%17.55%4.48%1.52%0.86%100.00%
votes3,78387822476435,004
Harlan percent81.66%13.86%3.38%0.71%0.38%100.00%
votes1,496254621371,832
Hayes percent91.83%5.84%1.56%0.58%0.19%100.00%
votes47230831514
Hitchcock percent83.92%10.97%4.16%0.48%0.48%100.00%
votes1,23216161771,468
Holt percent85.07%10.38%3.17%0.86%0.53%100.00%
votes4,35453116244275,118
Hooker percent85.13%9.59%3.84%0.72%0.72%100.00%
votes355401633417
Howard percent76.29%18.17%3.61%1.20%0.73%100.00%
votes2,28454410836222,994
Jefferson percent68.66%23.96%5.21%1.32%0.86%100.00%
votes2,39983718246303,494
Johnson percent64.86%26.95%5.84%1.29%1.05%100.00%
votes1,35556312227222,089
Kearney percent76.79%16.69%4.49%1.24%0.79%100.00%
votes2,53155014841263,296
Keith percent80.19%14.15%4.07%0.97%0.62%100.00%
votes3,23557116439254,034
Keya Paha percent88.63%7.71%3.28%0.39%0.00%100.00%
votes460401720519
Kimball percent79.31%13.71%4.65%1.25%1.07%100.00%
votes1,3302307821181,677
Knox percent77.47%17.50%3.33%1.00%0.70%100.00%
votes3,18872013741294,115
Lancaster percent45.21%45.44%5.22%2.68%1.45%100.00%
votes61,58861,8987,1093,6541,974136,223
Lincoln percent75.41%18.06%4.41%1.46%0.66%100.00%
votes12,1642,91371123610716,131
Logan percent88.30%7.06%3.97%0.44%0.22%100.00%
votes400321821453
Loup percent83.90%12.47%2.60%0.78%0.26%100.00%
votes323481031385
Madison percent74.10%18.90%4.66%1.46%0.88%100.00%
votes10,6282,71166920912614,343
McPherson percent89.55%4.88%4.88%0.35%0.35%100.00%
votes257141411287
Merrick percent77.24%15.89%4.36%1.74%0.77%100.00%
votes2,92660216566293,788
Morrill percent81.58%12.86%3.80%1.13%0.63%100.00%
votes1,8022848425142,209
Nance percent77.79%17.33%2.96%1.05%0.86%100.00%
votes1,2612814817141,621
Nemaha percent66.94%24.83%5.69%1.68%0.85%100.00%
votes2,11678518053273,161
Nuckolls percent78.28%16.01%3.99%0.82%0.91%100.00%
votes1,7263538818202,205
Otoe percent65.17%27.16%5.03%1.86%0.78%100.00%
votes4,8602,025375139587,457
Pawnee percent73.40%21.02%4.14%0.68%0.75%100.00%
votes974279559101,327
Perkins percent83.64%11.07%3.71%1.24%0.34%100.00%
votes1,217161541851,455
Phelps percent81.98%12.18%4.05%1.41%0.38%100.00%
votes3,84957219066184,695
Pierce percent84.08%10.52%3.44%1.38%0.58%100.00%
votes3,05238212550213,630
Platte percent75.97%18.33%3.43%1.67%0.60%100.00%
votes10,9652,6464952418614,433
Polk percent78.54%16.00%3.95%1.28%0.23%100.00%
votes2,0284131023362,582
Red Willow percent82.36%12.48%3.69%0.97%0.50%100.00%
votes4,25864519150265,170
Richardson percent72.77%21.50%4.18%0.84%0.71%100.00%
votes2,76981815932273,805
Rock percent86.09%8.77%4.14%0.50%0.50%100.00%
votes687703344798
Saline percent58.49%33.74%5.53%1.23%1.01%100.00%
votes3,0041,73328463525,136
Sarpy percent56.02%34.79%5.81%2.34%1.04%100.00%
votes45,14328,0334,6821,88683680,580
Saunders percent69.57%23.23%4.74%1.57%0.89%100.00%
votes7,5552,5235151709710,860
Scotts Bluff percent70.38%22.40%4.77%1.57%0.88%100.00%
votes10,0763,20768322512614,317
Seward percent68.85%23.67%4.25%2.17%1.06%100.00%
votes5,4541,875337172847,922
Sheridan percent84.78%11.00%2.68%0.84%0.69%100.00%
votes2,2112877022182,608
Sherman percent73.11%21.61%3.75%0.70%0.83%100.00%
votes1,1503405911131,573
Sioux percent83.70%11.01%3.80%0.95%0.54%100.00%
votes616812874736
Stanton percent78.08%14.89%5.14%1.39%0.50%100.00%
votes2,18741714439142,801
Thayer percent76.25%18.55%4.61%0.22%0.37%100.00%
votes2,0514991246102,690
Thomas percent87.53%7.63%2.54%1.53%0.76%100.00%
votes344301063393
Thurston percent49.95%44.01%2.68%1.01%2.35%100.00%
votes1,0439195621492,088
Valley percent80.73%15.37%2.40%0.95%0.54%100.00%
votes1,7803395321122,205
Washington percent68.54%24.22%4.74%1.62%0.90%100.00%
votes7,4242,6235131759710,832
Wayne percent71.32%22.11%5.35%0.29%0.93%100.00%
votes2,69383520211353,776
Webster percent77.87%17.92%2.99%0.64%0.59%100.00%
votes1,3303065111101,708
Wheeler percent81.08%13.33%3.66%1.08%0.86%100.00%
votes377621754465
York percent73.66%18.59%5.41%1.54%0.81%100.00%
votes4,7001,18634598526,381
Totalpercent58.75%33.70%4.61%1.90%1.04%100.00%
votes495,961284,49438,94616,0518,775844,227

By congressional district

Trump won all of the state's 3 congressional districts, winning all of the state's electoral votes. [15]

District Trump Clinton Representative
1st 56% 36% Jeff Fortenberry
2nd 47% 45% Brad Ashford
Don Bacon
3rd 74% 20% Adrian Smith

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican

Counties that swung from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/nebraska
  2. WRAL: NC approves 27 candidates for presidential primary ballots
  3. NC State Board of Elections presidential primary candidates' list (preliminary)
  4. "Unofficial Results: Primary Election - May 10, 2016". Nebraska Secretary of State. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Emerson Poll: Washington State Looks Safe for Democrats in the Presidential and Senate Races; Trump Has a Wide Lead in Nebraska" (PDF). Emerson College. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  6. "BACON LEADS ASHFORD IN LATEST POLL". The Singularis Group, LLC. Don Bacon for Congress. May 16, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  7. "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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  10. Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  11. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  12. "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  13. "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election". Abcnews.go.com. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  14. Revised Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers General Election November 8, 2016 John A. Gale Nebraska Secretary Of State.
  15. https://www.cookpolitical.com/introducing-2017-cook-political-report-partisan-voter-index
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