United States presidential elections in Nebraska

Presidential elections in Nebraska

Number of elections	38
Voted Democrat	8
Voted Republican	30
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	24
Voted for losing candidate	14

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 splits its Electoral votes.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2016	Donald Trump	485,819	60.3	Hillary Clinton	273,858	34.0	-	-	?	5
2012	Barack Obama	302,081	38.03	Mitt Romney	475,064	59.8	-			5
2008	Barack Obama	333,319	41.6	John McCain	452,979	56.53	-			5	Electoral votes split, four to McCain, one to Obama.
2004	George W. Bush	512,814	65.9	John Kerry	254,328	32.68	-			5
2000	George W. Bush	433,862	62.25	Al Gore	231,780	33.25	-			5
1996	Bill Clinton	236,761	34.95	Bob Dole	363,467	53.65	Ross Perot	71,278	10.52	5
1992	Bill Clinton	217,344	29.4	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	39.2	-			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	70.5	George McGovern	169,991	29.5	-			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	-			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 Sr.	106,701	22.99	8
1920	Warren G. Harding	247,498	64.66	James M. Cox	119,608	31.25	-			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	47.6	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	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	-			3
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	17,413	35.3	Samuel J. Tilden	31,915	64.7	-			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

References

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.