Nebraska — 1944 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1944 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentDeweyR+17.2
How it voted
Share of the 1944 vote
| Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican | 58.6% | 329,880 |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic | 41.4% | 233,246 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1944presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Butler County, NE | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+32.6 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Dakota County, NE | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Douglas County, NE | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+30.6 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+36.7 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Greeley County, NE | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+52.4 |
| Howard County, NE | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+44.4 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+34.3 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+44.9 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+29.3 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+27.7 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Saline County, NE | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+22.3 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Sherman County, NE | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+36.7 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Thurston County, NE | Democratic | D+1.5 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+47.7 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+11.7 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+46.0 |
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 | Thomas E. Dewey+2,553 | 7,16560.8% | 4,61239.2% | 00.0% | 11,777 |
| Antelope County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,270 | 3,88870.6% | 1,61829.4% | 00.0% | 5,506 |
| Arthur County | Thomas E. Dewey+115 | 26863.7% | 15336.3% | 00.0% | 421 |
| Banner County | Thomas E. Dewey+224 | 37871.1% | 15428.9% | 00.0% | 532 |
| Blaine County | Thomas E. Dewey+118 | 36659.6% | 24840.4% | 00.0% | 614 |
| Boone County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,200 | 2,86563.2% | 1,66536.8% | 00.0% | 4,530 |
| Box Butte County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,258 | 2,99463.3% | 1,73636.7% | 00.0% | 4,730 |
| Boyd County | Thomas E. Dewey+561 | 1,45661.9% | 89538.1% | 00.0% | 2,351 |
| Brown County | Thomas E. Dewey+804 | 1,54967.5% | 74532.5% | 00.0% | 2,294 |
| Buffalo County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,221 | 6,07361.2% | 3,85238.8% | 00.0% | 9,925 |
| Burt County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,027 | 3,18959.6% | 2,16240.4% | 00.0% | 5,351 |
| Butler County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+429 | 2,49346.0% | 2,92254.0% | 00.0% | 5,415 |
| Cass County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,444 | 4,58859.3% | 3,14440.7% | 00.0% | 7,732 |
| Cedar County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,777 | 3,61666.3% | 1,83933.7% | 00.0% | 5,455 |
| Chase County | Thomas E. Dewey+796 | 1,44469.0% | 64831.0% | 00.0% | 2,092 |
| Cherry County | Thomas E. Dewey+943 | 2,31462.8% | 1,37137.2% | 00.0% | 3,685 |
| Cheyenne County | Thomas E. Dewey+902 | 2,65460.2% | 1,75239.8% | 00.0% | 4,406 |
| Clay County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,845 | 3,37568.8% | 1,53031.2% | 00.0% | 4,905 |
| Colfax County | Thomas E. Dewey+136 | 2,31451.5% | 2,17848.5% | 00.0% | 4,492 |
| Cuming County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,607 | 4,00874.1% | 1,40125.9% | 00.0% | 5,409 |
| Custer County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,009 | 5,33061.6% | 3,32138.4% | 00.0% | 8,651 |
| Dakota County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+286 | 1,70346.1% | 1,98953.9% | 00.0% | 3,692 |
| Dawes County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,300 | 2,74765.5% | 1,44734.5% | 00.0% | 4,194 |
| Dawson County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,747 | 5,01768.8% | 2,27031.2% | 00.0% | 7,287 |
| Deuel County | Thomas E. Dewey+719 | 1,12573.5% | 40626.5% | 00.0% | 1,531 |
| Dixon County | Thomas E. Dewey+919 | 2,38262.0% | 1,46338.0% | 00.0% | 3,845 |
| Dodge County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,525 | 6,80361.4% | 4,27838.6% | 00.0% | 11,081 |
| Douglas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+10,319 | 53,44345.6% | 63,76254.4% | 00.0% | 117,205 |
| Dundy County | Thomas E. Dewey+707 | 1,32068.3% | 61331.7% | 00.0% | 1,933 |
| Fillmore County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,574 | 3,36265.3% | 1,78834.7% | 00.0% | 5,150 |
| Franklin County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,116 | 2,08568.3% | 96931.7% | 00.0% | 3,054 |
| Frontier County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,097 | 1,85571.0% | 75829.0% | 00.0% | 2,613 |
| Furnas County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,541 | 2,87068.3% | 1,32931.7% | 00.0% | 4,199 |
| Gage County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,114 | 7,35263.4% | 4,23836.6% | 00.0% | 11,590 |
| Garden County | Thomas E. Dewey+707 | 1,24869.8% | 54130.2% | 00.0% | 1,789 |
| Garfield County | Thomas E. Dewey+488 | 89668.7% | 40831.3% | 00.0% | 1,304 |
| Gosper County | Thomas E. Dewey+451 | 93565.9% | 48434.1% | 00.0% | 1,419 |
| Grant County | Thomas E. Dewey+155 | 32765.5% | 17234.5% | 00.0% | 499 |
| Greeley County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+23 | 1,24249.5% | 1,26550.5% | 00.0% | 2,507 |
| Hall County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,883 | 7,65161.6% | 4,76838.4% | 00.0% | 12,419 |
| Hamilton County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,727 | 3,05769.7% | 1,33030.3% | 00.0% | 4,387 |
| Harlan County | Thomas E. Dewey+985 | 1,99166.4% | 1,00633.6% | 00.0% | 2,997 |
| Hayes County | Thomas E. Dewey+395 | 78266.9% | 38733.1% | 00.0% | 1,169 |
| Hitchcock County | Thomas E. Dewey+679 | 1,55664.0% | 87736.0% | 00.0% | 2,433 |
| Holt County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,633 | 4,19862.1% | 2,56537.9% | 00.0% | 6,763 |
| Hooker County | Thomas E. Dewey+227 | 33076.2% | 10323.8% | 00.0% | 433 |
| Howard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+486 | 1,55643.2% | 2,04256.8% | 00.0% | 3,598 |
| Jefferson County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,070 | 4,25766.1% | 2,18733.9% | 00.0% | 6,444 |
| Johnson County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,630 | 2,64972.2% | 1,01927.8% | 00.0% | 3,668 |
| Kearney County | Thomas E. Dewey+515 | 1,78258.4% | 1,26741.6% | 00.0% | 3,049 |
| Keith County | Thomas E. Dewey+592 | 1,73960.3% | 1,14739.7% | 00.0% | 2,886 |
| Keya Paha County | Thomas E. Dewey+447 | 78170.0% | 33430.0% | 00.0% | 1,115 |
| Kimball County | Thomas E. Dewey+593 | 1,16967.0% | 57633.0% | 00.0% | 1,745 |
| Knox County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,275 | 3,76260.2% | 2,48739.8% | 00.0% | 6,249 |
| Lancaster County | Thomas E. Dewey+7,377 | 26,71558.0% | 19,33842.0% | 00.0% | 46,053 |
| Lincoln County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,625 | 5,96957.9% | 4,34442.1% | 00.0% | 10,313 |
| Logan County | Thomas E. Dewey+206 | 45064.8% | 24435.2% | 00.0% | 694 |
| Loup County | Thomas E. Dewey+306 | 48872.8% | 18227.2% | 00.0% | 670 |
| Madison County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,519 | 6,89267.1% | 3,37332.9% | 00.0% | 10,265 |
| McPherson County | Thomas E. Dewey+192 | 31072.4% | 11827.6% | 00.0% | 428 |
| Merrick County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,301 | 2,69165.9% | 1,39034.1% | 00.0% | 4,081 |
| Morrill County | Thomas E. Dewey+890 | 1,99864.3% | 1,10835.7% | 00.0% | 3,106 |
| Nance County | Thomas E. Dewey+584 | 1,69760.4% | 1,11339.6% | 00.0% | 2,810 |
| Nemaha County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,482 | 3,26764.7% | 1,78535.3% | 00.0% | 5,052 |
| Nuckolls County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,078 | 2,68562.6% | 1,60737.4% | 00.0% | 4,292 |
| Otoe County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,627 | 5,29166.5% | 2,66433.5% | 00.0% | 7,955 |
| Pawnee County | Thomas E. Dewey+979 | 2,25463.9% | 1,27536.1% | 00.0% | 3,529 |
| Perkins County | Thomas E. Dewey+495 | 1,30161.7% | 80638.3% | 00.0% | 2,107 |
| Phelps County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,009 | 2,46062.9% | 1,45137.1% | 00.0% | 3,911 |
| Pierce County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,752 | 2,95671.1% | 1,20428.9% | 00.0% | 4,160 |
| Platte County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,061 | 4,50956.7% | 3,44843.3% | 00.0% | 7,957 |
| Polk County | Thomas E. Dewey+840 | 2,35760.8% | 1,51739.2% | 00.0% | 3,874 |
| Red Willow County | Thomas E. Dewey+975 | 3,10759.3% | 2,13240.7% | 00.0% | 5,239 |
| Richardson County | Thomas E. Dewey+999 | 4,48256.3% | 3,48343.7% | 00.0% | 7,965 |
| Rock County | Thomas E. Dewey+478 | 98466.0% | 50634.0% | 00.0% | 1,490 |
| Saline County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+644 | 3,25545.5% | 3,89954.5% | 00.0% | 7,154 |
| Sarpy County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+13 | 2,64149.9% | 2,65450.1% | 00.0% | 5,295 |
| Saunders County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,416 | 6,61561.2% | 4,19938.8% | 00.0% | 10,814 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,214 | 6,94765.0% | 3,73335.0% | 00.0% | 10,680 |
| Seward County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,638 | 3,72164.1% | 2,08335.9% | 00.0% | 5,804 |
| Sheridan County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,539 | 2,57071.4% | 1,03128.6% | 00.0% | 3,601 |
| Sherman County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+275 | 1,30945.2% | 1,58454.8% | 00.0% | 2,893 |
| Sioux County | Thomas E. Dewey+468 | 87668.2% | 40831.8% | 00.0% | 1,284 |
| Stanton County | Thomas E. Dewey+808 | 1,68265.8% | 87434.2% | 00.0% | 2,556 |
| Thayer County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,910 | 3,55468.4% | 1,64431.6% | 00.0% | 5,198 |
| Thomas County | Thomas E. Dewey+124 | 33861.2% | 21438.8% | 00.0% | 552 |
| Thurston County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+48 | 1,58449.3% | 1,63250.7% | 00.0% | 3,216 |
| Valley County | Thomas E. Dewey+621 | 2,09658.7% | 1,47541.3% | 00.0% | 3,571 |
| Washington County | Thomas E. Dewey+570 | 2,84455.6% | 2,27444.4% | 00.0% | 5,118 |
| Wayne County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,865 | 2,88673.9% | 1,02126.1% | 00.0% | 3,907 |
| Webster County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,429 | 2,52369.8% | 1,09430.2% | 00.0% | 3,617 |
| Wheeler County | Thomas E. Dewey+82 | 39255.8% | 31044.2% | 00.0% | 702 |
| York County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,077 | 4,88573.0% | 1,80827.0% | 00.0% | 6,693 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1944 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 — 1944 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.