United States presidential elections in Nebraska

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 has split its electoral votes between congressional districts.[1]

Presidential elections in Nebraska
No. of elections38
Voted Democratic7
Voted Republican31
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate24
Voted for losing candidate14

Winners of the state are in bold.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
2020TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
2016[2]Donald Trump[lower-alpha 2]495,96158.75Hillary Clinton284,49433.705
2012[3]Barack Obama302,08138.03Mitt Romney475,06459.805
2008[4]Barack Obama333,31941.60John McCain452,97956.535Electoral votes split, four to McCain, one to Obama.
2004George W. Bush512,81465.90John Kerry254,32832.685
2000George W. Bush[lower-alpha 2]433,86262.25Al Gore231,78033.255
1996Bill Clinton236,76134.95Bob Dole363,46753.65Ross Perot71,27810.525
1992Bill Clinton217,34429.40George H. W. Bush344,34646.58Ross Perot174,68723.635
1988George H. W. Bush398,44760.15Michael Dukakis259,64639.205
1984Ronald Reagan460,05470.55Walter Mondale187,86628.815
1980Ronald Reagan419,93765.53Jimmy Carter166,85126.04John B. Anderson44,9937.025
1976Jimmy Carter233,69238.46Gerald Ford359,70559.195
1972Richard Nixon406,29870.50George McGovern169,99129.505
1968Richard Nixon321,16359.82Hubert Humphrey170,78431.81George Wallace44,9048.365
1964Lyndon B. Johnson307,30752.61Barry Goldwater276,84747.395
1960John F. Kennedy232,54237.93Richard Nixon380,55362.076
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower378,10865.51Adlai Stevenson II199,02934.49T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 3]
6
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower421,60369.15Adlai Stevenson II188,05730.856
1948Harry S. Truman224,16545.85Thomas E. Dewey264,77454.15Strom Thurmond 6
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt233,24641.42Thomas E. Dewey329,88058.586
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt263,67742.81Wendell Willkie352,20157.197
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt347,44557.14Alf Landon247,73140.747
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt359,08262.98Herbert Hoover201,17735.297
1928Herbert Hoover345,74563.19Al Smith197,95936.188
1924Calvin Coolidge218,58547.09John W. Davis137,28929.58Robert M. La Follette Sr.106,70122.998
1920Warren G. Harding247,49864.66James M. Cox119,60831.25Parley P. Christensen 8
1916Woodrow Wilson158,82755.28Charles E. Hughes117,77140.99 8
1912Woodrow Wilson109,00843.69Theodore Roosevelt72,68129.13William H. Taft54,22621.748
1908William H. Taft126,99747.60William Jennings Bryan131,09949.14 8
1904Theodore Roosevelt138,55861.38Alton B. Parker52,92123.44 8
1900William McKinley121,83550.46William Jennings Bryan114,01347.22 8
1896William McKinley103,06446.18William Jennings Bryan115,00751.53 8
1892Grover Cleveland24,94312.46Benjamin Harrison87,21343.56James B. Weaver83,13441.538
1888Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 2]108,42553.51Grover Cleveland80,55239.75 5
1884Grover Cleveland54,39140.53James G. Blaine76,91257.31 5
1880James A. Garfield54,97962.87Winfield S. Hancock28,52332.62James B. Weaver3,9504.523
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes31,91564.7Samuel J. Tilden17,41335.3 3
1872Ulysses S. Grant18,32970.68Horace Greeley7,60329.32 3
1868Ulysses S. Grant9,77263.9Horatio Seymour5,51936.1 3

References

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
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