Nebraska — 1920 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1920 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentHardingR+33.4
How it voted
Share of the 1920 vote
| Warren G. Harding ✓Republican | 64.7% | 247,498 |
|---|---|---|
| James M. CoxDemocratic | 31.3% | 119,608 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.1% | 15,637 |
1920presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 8 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+50.1 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+48.5 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+34.4 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+34.4 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+44.7 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+44.2 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+49.0 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+47.1 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+38.4 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+52.6 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+49.0 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+47.7 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+17.9 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+30.6 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
Nebraska results by county
93 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Warren G. Harding+2,917 | 4,84969.2% | 1,93227.6% | 2273.2% | 7,008 |
| Antelope County | Warren G. Harding+2,168 | 3,32270.9% | 1,15424.6% | 2094.5% | 4,685 |
| Arthur County | Warren G. Harding+73 | 16757.0% | 9432.1% | 3210.9% | 293 |
| Banner County | Warren G. Harding+189 | 25872.5% | 6919.4% | 298.1% | 356 |
| Blaine County | Warren G. Harding+152 | 32863.8% | 17634.2% | 101.9% | 514 |
| Boone County | Warren G. Harding+1,647 | 3,10866.0% | 1,46131.0% | 1423.0% | 4,711 |
| Box Butte County | Warren G. Harding+874 | 1,63065.1% | 75630.2% | 1174.7% | 2,503 |
| Boyd County | Warren G. Harding+955 | 1,48270.0% | 52724.9% | 1075.1% | 2,116 |
| Brown County | Warren G. Harding+859 | 1,41768.6% | 55827.0% | 904.4% | 2,065 |
| Buffalo County | Warren G. Harding+2,696 | 4,95465.6% | 2,25829.9% | 3454.6% | 7,557 |
| Burt County | Warren G. Harding+1,775 | 2,96970.2% | 1,19428.2% | 651.5% | 4,228 |
| Butler County | Warren G. Harding+560 | 2,47855.2% | 1,91842.8% | 902.0% | 4,486 |
| Cass County | Warren G. Harding+1,383 | 3,57558.3% | 2,19235.8% | 3605.9% | 6,127 |
| Cedar County | Warren G. Harding+2,627 | 3,90674.5% | 1,27924.4% | 581.1% | 5,243 |
| Chase County | Warren G. Harding+562 | 97666.2% | 41428.1% | 855.8% | 1,475 |
| Cherry County | Warren G. Harding+925 | 1,63666.4% | 71128.8% | 1184.8% | 2,465 |
| Cheyenne County | Warren G. Harding+1,253 | 1,85771.9% | 60423.4% | 1214.7% | 2,582 |
| Clay County | Warren G. Harding+1,926 | 3,39267.7% | 1,46629.3% | 1503.0% | 5,008 |
| Colfax County | Warren G. Harding+1,035 | 1,99266.3% | 95731.8% | 561.9% | 3,005 |
| Cuming County | Warren G. Harding+2,413 | 3,17778.6% | 76418.9% | 992.5% | 4,040 |
| Custer County | Warren G. Harding+2,235 | 4,97459.3% | 2,73932.7% | 6748.0% | 8,387 |
| Dakota County | Warren G. Harding+652 | 1,52562.6% | 87335.8% | 391.6% | 2,437 |
| Dawes County | Warren G. Harding+901 | 1,80164.6% | 90032.3% | 873.1% | 2,788 |
| Dawson County | Warren G. Harding+1,940 | 3,38466.0% | 1,44428.2% | 3005.9% | 5,128 |
| Deuel County | Warren G. Harding+363 | 68464.8% | 32130.4% | 504.7% | 1,055 |
| Dixon County | Warren G. Harding+1,524 | 2,43571.4% | 91126.7% | 631.8% | 3,409 |
| Dodge County | Warren G. Harding+3,033 | 4,83270.4% | 1,79926.2% | 2333.4% | 6,864 |
| Douglas County | Warren G. Harding+10,104 | 28,54357.8% | 18,43937.3% | 2,3934.8% | 49,375 |
| Dundy County | Warren G. Harding+719 | 1,09469.6% | 37523.9% | 1036.6% | 1,572 |
| Fillmore County | Warren G. Harding+1,254 | 2,80363.4% | 1,54935.1% | 671.5% | 4,419 |
| Franklin County | Warren G. Harding+1,264 | 2,29467.4% | 1,03030.3% | 792.3% | 3,403 |
| Frontier County | Warren G. Harding+1,077 | 1,75068.1% | 67326.2% | 1475.7% | 2,570 |
| Furnas County | Warren G. Harding+1,074 | 2,44560.5% | 1,37133.9% | 2235.5% | 4,039 |
| Gage County | Warren G. Harding+3,582 | 6,05969.0% | 2,47728.2% | 2502.8% | 8,786 |
| Garden County | Warren G. Harding+503 | 92466.2% | 42130.2% | 503.6% | 1,395 |
| Garfield County | Warren G. Harding+359 | 61164.3% | 25226.5% | 879.2% | 950 |
| Gosper County | Warren G. Harding+308 | 79458.0% | 48635.5% | 886.4% | 1,368 |
| Grant County | Warren G. Harding+115 | 25664.2% | 14135.3% | 20.5% | 399 |
| Greeley County | Warren G. Harding+165 | 1,34551.4% | 1,18045.1% | 933.6% | 2,618 |
| Hall County | Warren G. Harding+2,995 | 4,71966.3% | 1,72424.2% | 6809.5% | 7,123 |
| Hamilton County | Warren G. Harding+1,594 | 2,95066.9% | 1,35630.7% | 1042.4% | 4,410 |
| Harlan County | Warren G. Harding+782 | 1,75659.6% | 97433.1% | 2177.4% | 2,947 |
| Hayes County | Warren G. Harding+305 | 51266.4% | 20726.8% | 526.7% | 771 |
| Hitchcock County | Warren G. Harding+512 | 1,12761.6% | 61533.6% | 884.8% | 1,830 |
| Holt County | Warren G. Harding+1,586 | 3,16364.6% | 1,57732.2% | 1583.2% | 4,898 |
| Hooker County | Warren G. Harding+113 | 23063.5% | 11732.3% | 154.1% | 362 |
| Howard County | Warren G. Harding+197 | 1,50850.8% | 1,31144.1% | 1525.1% | 2,971 |
| Jefferson County | Warren G. Harding+2,080 | 3,48867.9% | 1,40827.4% | 2384.6% | 5,134 |
| Johnson County | Warren G. Harding+1,507 | 2,41671.3% | 90926.8% | 641.9% | 3,389 |
| Kearney County | Warren G. Harding+410 | 1,68355.3% | 1,27341.8% | 872.9% | 3,043 |
| Keith County | Warren G. Harding+578 | 1,05064.7% | 47229.1% | 1006.2% | 1,622 |
| Keya Paha County | Warren G. Harding+261 | 47964.7% | 21829.5% | 435.8% | 740 |
| Kimball County | Warren G. Harding+571 | 91070.1% | 33926.1% | 503.8% | 1,299 |
| Knox County | Warren G. Harding+2,208 | 3,67869.9% | 1,47027.9% | 1162.2% | 5,264 |
| Lancaster County | Warren G. Harding+7,203 | 15,63862.6% | 8,43533.8% | 9173.7% | 24,990 |
| Lincoln County | Warren G. Harding+1,446 | 3,34257.4% | 1,89632.6% | 58410.0% | 5,822 |
| Logan County | Warren G. Harding+132 | 31257.8% | 18033.3% | 488.9% | 540 |
| Loup County | Warren G. Harding+226 | 34366.7% | 11722.8% | 5410.5% | 514 |
| Madison County | Warren G. Harding+3,455 | 5,17173.3% | 1,71624.3% | 1692.4% | 7,056 |
| McPherson County | Warren G. Harding+154 | 22970.0% | 7522.9% | 237.0% | 327 |
| Merrick County | Warren G. Harding+1,310 | 2,38565.1% | 1,07529.3% | 2035.5% | 3,663 |
| Morrill County | Warren G. Harding+699 | 1,36665.5% | 66732.0% | 522.5% | 2,085 |
| Nance County | Warren G. Harding+1,131 | 1,87769.5% | 74627.6% | 782.9% | 2,701 |
| Nemaha County | Warren G. Harding+1,376 | 2,88864.0% | 1,51233.5% | 1112.5% | 4,511 |
| Nuckolls County | Warren G. Harding+1,300 | 2,63764.1% | 1,33732.5% | 1423.4% | 4,116 |
| Otoe County | Warren G. Harding+2,198 | 3,86967.6% | 1,67129.2% | 1823.2% | 5,722 |
| Pawnee County | Warren G. Harding+1,538 | 2,51069.9% | 97227.1% | 1103.1% | 3,592 |
| Perkins County | Warren G. Harding+335 | 72261.2% | 38732.8% | 716.0% | 1,180 |
| Phelps County | Warren G. Harding+1,155 | 2,32461.9% | 1,16931.1% | 2617.0% | 3,754 |
| Pierce County | Warren G. Harding+1,735 | 2,47875.1% | 74322.5% | 782.4% | 3,299 |
| Platte County | Warren G. Harding+2,691 | 4,05873.9% | 1,36724.9% | 681.2% | 5,493 |
| Polk County | Warren G. Harding+1,157 | 2,39363.8% | 1,23633.0% | 1223.3% | 3,751 |
| Red Willow County | Warren G. Harding+860 | 1,99358.9% | 1,13333.5% | 2597.7% | 3,385 |
| Richardson County | Warren G. Harding+1,817 | 4,49661.7% | 2,67936.8% | 1091.5% | 7,284 |
| Rock County | Warren G. Harding+382 | 62170.2% | 23927.0% | 252.8% | 885 |
| Saline County | Warren G. Harding+1,025 | 3,19758.7% | 2,17239.9% | 801.5% | 5,449 |
| Sarpy County | Warren G. Harding+635 | 1,66259.8% | 1,02736.9% | 913.3% | 2,780 |
| Saunders County | Warren G. Harding+1,437 | 3,73360.0% | 2,29636.9% | 1943.1% | 6,223 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Warren G. Harding+2,220 | 3,18971.5% | 96921.7% | 3016.8% | 4,459 |
| Seward County | Warren G. Harding+2,193 | 3,69070.0% | 1,49728.4% | 861.6% | 5,273 |
| Sheridan County | Warren G. Harding+930 | 1,71464.5% | 78429.5% | 1585.9% | 2,656 |
| Sherman County | Warren G. Harding+734 | 1,58261.0% | 84832.7% | 1656.4% | 2,595 |
| Sioux County | Warren G. Harding+375 | 62765.0% | 25226.1% | 868.9% | 965 |
| Stanton County | Warren G. Harding+956 | 1,45772.7% | 50125.0% | 472.3% | 2,005 |
| Thayer County | Warren G. Harding+2,336 | 3,45673.3% | 1,12023.8% | 1382.9% | 4,714 |
| Thomas County | Warren G. Harding+98 | 30555.9% | 20737.9% | 346.2% | 546 |
| Thurston County | Warren G. Harding+742 | 1,66763.3% | 92535.1% | 401.5% | 2,632 |
| Valley County | Warren G. Harding+1,023 | 1,93564.8% | 91230.5% | 1394.7% | 2,986 |
| Washington County | Warren G. Harding+1,114 | 2,40963.6% | 1,29534.2% | 842.2% | 3,788 |
| Wayne County | Warren G. Harding+1,631 | 2,31274.5% | 68121.9% | 1123.6% | 3,105 |
| Webster County | Warren G. Harding+1,686 | 2,59970.7% | 91324.8% | 1634.4% | 3,675 |
| Wheeler County | Warren G. Harding+187 | 35257.5% | 16527.0% | 9515.5% | 612 |
| York County | Warren G. Harding+2,408 | 4,26566.9% | 1,85729.1% | 2564.0% | 6,378 |
Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1920 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.