Nebraska

Nebraska entered the Union in March 1867, 13 years after it became a territory under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the first state admitted after the end of the Civil War. The state is strongly Republican in presidential elections – it last voted Democratic in 1964. However, it is one of only two states (Maine being the other) to not use the winner-take-all approach to awarding electoral votes. The winner of the popular vote gets two electoral votes, while one is assigned to the winner of each of the state’s three congressional districts. This approach was established beginning with the 1992 election and has come into play twice, with the Democratic candidate winning the 2nd Congressional District (Omaha area) in both 2008 and in 2020.

Donald Trump won statewide over Joe Biden by 19% in 2020. Nebraska’s primarily rural population has not grown as quickly as other parts of the country, leading to declining electoral influence – from a peak of eight electoral votes before the Great Depression to its current total of five.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Republican
District 1 & 3
Safe Republican
District 2
Leans Democratic

Statewide (larger gauge) is two electoral votes; each district is one.

2024 Nebraska Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
39.2% 58.2%
2016
33.7% 58.8%
2012
38.0% 59.8%
2008
41.6% 56.5%
2004
32.7% 65.9%
2000
33.3% 62.4%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
R
1980
R
1984
R
1988
R
1992
R
1996
R
2000
R
2004
R
2008
R
2012
R
2016
R
2020
R

Electoral College Votes

Republican
Democratic

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
R
R
2
D
R
R
R
R
R
3

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
R
R
R
R
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R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
R
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
3
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

Governor Voting History

1978
R
1982
D
1986
R
1990
D
1994
D
1998
R
2002
R
2006
R
2010
R
2014
R
2018
R
2022
R

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.