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Presidential elections in Nebraska Number of elections 39 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 had a push from some Republicans who attempted to get rid of split electoral college vote to an 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.
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Other national candidates[a]
Votes
Percent
Electoral Votes
Notes
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 ]
^ 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 ] [citation needed ]