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United States presidential elections in Nebraska

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Presidential elections in Nebraska
Map of the United States with Nebraska highlighted
Number of elections40
Voted Democratic7
Voted Republican33
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate25
Voted for losing candidate15

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] Republicans in Nebraska have attempted to switch the state back to the Winner-take-all system without success. Proposals to institute winner-take-all passed the Nebraska Legislature in 1995 and 1997 but were vetoed by Democratic governor Ben Nelson. In 2016, an effort to institute winner-take-all failed after two Republicans switched their vote at the last minute.[4] A renewed push for winner-take-all, with support from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was attempted in 2024.[5][6][7]

Nebraska is a predominantly Republican state, making it a rare occurrence for a Democrat to win the state in its entirety. Since 1940, the Democratic Party has only secured the full slate of electoral votes once—during the 1964 election, when President Lyndon B. Johnson achieved a landslide victory on the national scale.[8] However, in more recent elections, the Democratic Party has been able to capture a single electoral vote from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.[9][10] Democrats have nicknamed the district the blue dot from its depiction on electoral maps surrounded by red states.[11]

Presidential elections

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Key for parties
  Democratic Party – (D)
  Green Party – (G)
  Greenback Party – (GB)
  Libertarian Party – (LI)
  People's Party – (PO)
  Progressive Party (1912) – (PR-1912)
  Progressive Party (1924) – (PR-1924)
  Prohibition Party – (PRO)
  Reform Party – (RE)
  Republican Party – (R)
  Union Party – (U)
Note – A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner.
Presidential elections in Utah from 1896 to present
Year Winner Runner-up Third-place candidate Refs.
Candidate Votes % EV Candidate Votes % EV Candidate Votes % EV
Ulysses S. Grant(R) 9,772 63.91% 3 Horatio Seymour (D) 5,519 36.09% 0
Ulysses S. Grant(R) 18,329 70.68% 3 Horace Greeley (LR) 7,603 29.32% 0
Rutherford B. Hayes(R) 31,915 64.7% 3 Samuel J. Tilden (D) 17,413 35.3% 0
James A. Garfield(R) 54,979 62.87% 3 Winfield S. Hancock (D) 28,523 32.62% 0 James B. Weaver (GB) 3,950 4.52% 0
James G. Blaine (R) 76,912 57.31% 5 Grover Cleveland(D) 54,391 40.53% 0 John Pierce St. John (PRO) 2,899 2.16% 0
Benjamin Harrison(R) 108,425 53.51% 5 Grover Cleveland (D) 80,552 39.75% 0 Clinton Bowen Fisk (PRO) 9,429 4.65% 0
Benjamin Harrison (R) 87,213 43.56% 8 James Weaver (PO) 83,134 41.53% 0 Grover Cleveland(D) 24,943 12.46% 0
William Jennings Bryan (D) 115,007 51.53% 8 William McKinley(R) 103,064 46.18% 0 John M. Palmer (ND) 2,885 1.29% 0
William McKinley(R) 121,835 50.46% 8 William Jennings Bryan (D) 114,013 47.22% 0 John G. Woolley (PRO) 3,655 1.51% 0
Theodore Roosevelt(R) 138,558 61.38% 8 Alton B. Parker (D) 52,921 23.44% 0 Thomas E. Watson (PO) 20,518 9.09% 0
William Jennings Bryan (D) 131,099 49.14% 8 William Howard Taft(R) 126,997 47.6% 0 Eugene W. Chafin (PRO) 5,179 1.94% 0
Woodrow Wilson(D) 109,008 44.77% 8 Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912) 72,681 29.85% 0 William Howard Taft (R) 54,226 22.27% 0
Woodrow Wilson(D) 158,827 55.28% 8 Charles Evans Hughes (R) 117,347 40.84% 0 Allan L. Benson (S) 7,141 2.49% 0
Warren G. Harding(R) 247,498 64.66% 8 James M. Cox (D) 119,608 31.25% 0 Eugene V. Debs (S) 9,600 2.51% 0
Calvin Coolidge(R) 218,585 47.25% 8 John W. Davis (D) 137,289 29.68% 0 Robert M. La Follette (PR-1924) 106701 0.74% 0
Herbert Hoover(R) 345,745 63.19% 8 Al Smith (D) 197,959 36.18% 0 Norman Thomas (S) 3,434 0.63% 0
Franklin D. Roosevelt(D) 347,445 57.14% 7 Herbert Hoover (R) 247,731 40.74% 0 Norman Thomas (S) 12,847 2.11% 0
Franklin D. Roosevelt(D) 347,445 57.14% 7 Alf Landon (R) 247,731 40.74% 0 William Lemke (U) 12,847 2.11% 0
Wendell Willkie (R) 352,201 57.19% 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt(D) 263,677 42.81% 0
Thomas E. Dewey (R) 329,880 58.58% 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt(D) 233,246 41.42% 0
Thomas E. Dewey (R) 264,774 54.15% 6 Harry S. Truman(D) 224,165 45.85% 0 Write-in 1 0% 0
Dwight D. Eisenhower(R) 421,603 69.15% 6 Adlai Stevenson III (D) 188,057 30.85% 0
Dwight D. Eisenhower(R) 378,108 65.51% 6 Adlai Stevenson III (D) 199,029 34.49% 0
Richard Nixon (R) 380,553 62.07% 6 John F. Kennedy(D) 232,542 37.93% 0
Lyndon B. Johnson(D) 307,307 52.61% 5 Barry Goldwater (R) 276,847 47.39% 0
Richard Nixon(R) 321,163 59.82% 5 Hubert Humphrey (D) 170,784 31.81% 0 George Wallace (AI) 44,904 8.36% 0
Richard Nixon(R) 406,298 70.5% 5 George McGovern (D) 169,991 29.5% 0
Gerald Ford (R) 359,705 59.19% 5 Jimmy Carter(D) 233,692 38.46% 0 Eugene McCarthy (I) 9,409 1.55% 0
Ronald Reagan(R) 419,937 65.53% 5 Jimmy Carter (D) 166,851 26.04% 0 John B. Anderson (I) 44,993 7.02% 0
Ronald Reagan(R) 460,054 70.55% 5 Walter Mondale (D) 187,866 28.81% 0 David Bergland (LI) 2,079 0.32% 0
George H. W. Bush(R) 398,447 60.15% 5 Michael Dukakis (D) 259,646 39.2% 0 Ron Paul (LI) 2,536 0.38% 0
George H. W. Bush (R) 344,346 46.58% 5 Bill Clinton(D) 217,344 29.4% 0 Ross Perot (I) 174,687 23.63% 0
Bob Dole (R) 363,467 53.65% 5 Bill Clinton(D) 236,761 34.95% 0 Ross Perot (RE) 71,278 10.52% 0
George W. Bush(R) 433,862 62.25% 5 Al Gore (D) 231,780 33.25% 0 Ralph Nader (G) 24,540 3.52% 0
George W. Bush(R) 512,814 65.9% 5 John Kerry (D) 254,328 32.68% 0 Ralph Nader (RE) 5,698 0.73% 0
John McCain (R) 452,979 56.53% 4 Barack Obama(D) 333,319 41.6% 1 Ralph Nader (I) 5,406 0.67% 0
Mitt Romney (R) 475,064 59.8% 5 Barack Obama(D) 302,081 38.03% 0 Gary Johnson (LI) 11,109 1.4% 0
Donald Trump(R) 495,961 58.75% 5 Hillary Clinton (D) 284,494 33.7% 0 Gary Johnson (LI) 38,946 4.61% 0
Donald Trump (R) 556,846 58.22% 4 Joe Biden(D) 374,583 39.17% 1 Jo Jorgensen (LI) 20,283 2.12% 0
Donald Trump(R) 564,816 59.32% 4 Kamala Harris (D) 369,995 38.86% 1 Chase Oliver (LI) 6,399 0.67% 0

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Obama won in the 2nd district.
  2. ^ Biden won in the 2nd district.
  3. ^ Harris won in the 2nd district.

References

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  5. ^ Pengelly, Martin (2024-04-03). "Far-right podcaster prompts Nebraska move to change electoral system". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
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  110. ^ Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 127.
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