Nebraska — 1976 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1976 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentFordR+20.7
How it voted
Share of the 1976 vote
| Gerald Ford ✓Republican | 59.2% | 359,705 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 38.5% | 233,692 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.3% | 14,271 |
1976presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+49.2 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+31.4 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+37.3 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Butler County, NE | Democratic | D+12.4 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+44.4 |
| Greeley County, NE | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+53.4 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+38.5 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+45.3 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Saline County, NE | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Sherman County, NE | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+51.3 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+29.4 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+42.2 |
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 | Gerald Ford+2,664 | 7,62359.4% | 4,95938.6% | 2572.0% | 12,839 |
| Antelope County | Gerald Ford+1,163 | 2,48864.0% | 1,32534.1% | 741.9% | 3,887 |
| Arthur County | Gerald Ford+129 | 19373.7% | 6424.4% | 51.9% | 262 |
| Banner County | Gerald Ford+71 | 28154.8% | 21040.9% | 224.3% | 513 |
| Blaine County | Gerald Ford+148 | 28166.6% | 13331.5% | 81.9% | 422 |
| Boone County | Gerald Ford+706 | 2,03559.2% | 1,32938.7% | 732.1% | 3,437 |
| Box Butte County | Gerald Ford+1,440 | 2,95664.6% | 1,51633.1% | 1072.3% | 4,579 |
| Boyd County | Gerald Ford+212 | 1,00455.1% | 79243.5% | 251.4% | 1,821 |
| Brown County | Gerald Ford+684 | 1,24167.6% | 55730.3% | 382.1% | 1,836 |
| Buffalo County | Gerald Ford+3,787 | 8,09563.4% | 4,30833.7% | 3742.9% | 12,777 |
| Burt County | Gerald Ford+1,135 | 2,51063.3% | 1,37534.7% | 822.1% | 3,967 |
| Butler County | Jimmy Carter+528 | 1,80942.4% | 2,33754.7% | 1252.9% | 4,271 |
| Cass County | Gerald Ford+602 | 3,80753.3% | 3,20544.9% | 1291.8% | 7,141 |
| Cedar County | Gerald Ford+190 | 2,41550.7% | 2,22546.7% | 1202.5% | 4,760 |
| Chase County | Gerald Ford+421 | 1,14659.2% | 72537.4% | 663.4% | 1,937 |
| Cherry County | Gerald Ford+1,291 | 2,19768.8% | 90628.4% | 892.8% | 3,192 |
| Cheyenne County | Gerald Ford+620 | 2,28556.4% | 1,66541.1% | 1022.5% | 4,052 |
| Clay County | Gerald Ford+885 | 2,25460.9% | 1,36937.0% | 802.2% | 3,703 |
| Colfax County | Gerald Ford+698 | 2,36457.3% | 1,66640.4% | 932.3% | 4,123 |
| Cuming County | Gerald Ford+1,929 | 3,30369.2% | 1,37428.8% | 972.0% | 4,774 |
| Custer County | Gerald Ford+1,950 | 3,93563.7% | 1,98532.1% | 2554.1% | 6,175 |
| Dakota County | Gerald Ford+339 | 2,63152.7% | 2,29245.9% | 721.4% | 4,995 |
| Dawes County | Gerald Ford+1,160 | 2,44662.6% | 1,28632.9% | 1784.6% | 3,910 |
| Dawson County | Gerald Ford+3,018 | 5,41367.8% | 2,39530.0% | 1772.2% | 7,985 |
| Deuel County | Gerald Ford+378 | 77665.2% | 39833.4% | 171.4% | 1,191 |
| Dixon County | Gerald Ford+695 | 1,98159.3% | 1,28638.5% | 712.1% | 3,338 |
| Dodge County | Gerald Ford+3,699 | 8,98262.0% | 5,28336.5% | 2161.5% | 14,481 |
| Douglas County | Gerald Ford+31,327 | 93,20458.7% | 61,87739.0% | 3,6262.3% | 158,707 |
| Dundy County | Gerald Ford+317 | 77461.3% | 45736.2% | 322.5% | 1,263 |
| Fillmore County | Gerald Ford+609 | 2,09857.2% | 1,48940.6% | 842.3% | 3,671 |
| Franklin County | Gerald Ford+229 | 1,17054.1% | 94143.5% | 522.4% | 2,163 |
| Frontier County | Gerald Ford+406 | 99460.8% | 58836.0% | 533.2% | 1,635 |
| Furnas County | Gerald Ford+719 | 1,85160.2% | 1,13236.8% | 913.0% | 3,074 |
| Gage County | Gerald Ford+693 | 5,19952.5% | 4,50645.5% | 1901.9% | 9,895 |
| Garden County | Gerald Ford+483 | 92864.4% | 44530.9% | 694.8% | 1,442 |
| Garfield County | Gerald Ford+383 | 72664.8% | 34330.6% | 524.6% | 1,121 |
| Gosper County | Gerald Ford+322 | 65464.8% | 33232.9% | 232.3% | 1,009 |
| Grant County | Gerald Ford+198 | 31470.4% | 11626.0% | 163.6% | 446 |
| Greeley County | Jimmy Carter+90 | 78746.1% | 87751.3% | 452.6% | 1,709 |
| Hall County | Gerald Ford+4,856 | 10,93562.9% | 6,07935.0% | 3722.1% | 17,386 |
| Hamilton County | Gerald Ford+1,400 | 2,73765.5% | 1,33732.0% | 1072.6% | 4,181 |
| Harlan County | Gerald Ford+446 | 1,32558.8% | 87939.0% | 512.3% | 2,255 |
| Hayes County | Gerald Ford+144 | 41159.1% | 26738.4% | 172.4% | 695 |
| Hitchcock County | Gerald Ford+112 | 89851.8% | 78645.4% | 482.8% | 1,732 |
| Holt County | Gerald Ford+1,638 | 3,38964.2% | 1,75133.2% | 1382.6% | 5,278 |
| Hooker County | Gerald Ford+228 | 32676.3% | 9823.0% | 30.7% | 427 |
| Howard County | Gerald Ford+46 | 1,36249.8% | 1,31648.1% | 582.1% | 2,736 |
| Jefferson County | Gerald Ford+560 | 2,62854.9% | 2,06843.2% | 931.9% | 4,789 |
| Johnson County | Gerald Ford+183 | 1,29852.9% | 1,11545.4% | 421.7% | 2,455 |
| Kearney County | Gerald Ford+611 | 1,83058.6% | 1,21939.0% | 752.4% | 3,124 |
| Keith County | Gerald Ford+1,346 | 2,48566.1% | 1,13930.3% | 1363.6% | 3,760 |
| Keya Paha County | Gerald Ford+160 | 40560.7% | 24536.7% | 172.5% | 667 |
| Kimball County | Gerald Ford+561 | 1,25762.8% | 69634.8% | 482.4% | 2,001 |
| Knox County | Gerald Ford+688 | 2,61056.1% | 1,92241.3% | 1222.6% | 4,654 |
| Lancaster County | Gerald Ford+10,740 | 39,04156.5% | 28,30140.9% | 1,7892.6% | 69,131 |
| Lincoln County | Gerald Ford+1,721 | 7,07655.5% | 5,35542.0% | 3082.4% | 12,739 |
| Logan County | Gerald Ford+87 | 28357.3% | 19639.7% | 153.0% | 494 |
| Loup County | Gerald Ford+159 | 29965.6% | 14030.7% | 173.7% | 456 |
| Madison County | Gerald Ford+4,413 | 7,84668.5% | 3,43330.0% | 1761.5% | 11,455 |
| McPherson County | Gerald Ford+117 | 22166.4% | 10431.2% | 82.4% | 333 |
| Merrick County | Gerald Ford+869 | 2,22960.2% | 1,36036.7% | 1133.1% | 3,702 |
| Morrill County | Gerald Ford+380 | 1,35156.8% | 97140.8% | 572.4% | 2,379 |
| Nance County | Gerald Ford+185 | 1,12153.1% | 93644.3% | 562.7% | 2,113 |
| Nemaha County | Gerald Ford+687 | 2,09359.1% | 1,40639.7% | 451.3% | 3,544 |
| Nuckolls County | Gerald Ford+329 | 1,75354.4% | 1,42444.2% | 471.5% | 3,224 |
| Otoe County | Gerald Ford+1,279 | 3,71559.6% | 2,43639.1% | 861.4% | 6,237 |
| Pawnee County | Gerald Ford+145 | 99052.9% | 84545.1% | 382.0% | 1,873 |
| Perkins County | Gerald Ford+359 | 98159.5% | 62237.7% | 462.8% | 1,649 |
| Phelps County | Gerald Ford+2,042 | 3,21071.2% | 1,16825.9% | 1312.9% | 4,509 |
| Pierce County | Gerald Ford+1,168 | 2,17267.0% | 1,00430.9% | 682.1% | 3,244 |
| Platte County | Gerald Ford+3,524 | 7,21764.6% | 3,69333.0% | 2692.4% | 11,179 |
| Polk County | Gerald Ford+607 | 1,79758.9% | 1,19039.0% | 662.2% | 3,053 |
| Red Willow County | Gerald Ford+1,256 | 2,97861.9% | 1,72235.8% | 1102.3% | 4,810 |
| Richardson County | Gerald Ford+703 | 3,11955.4% | 2,41642.9% | 921.6% | 5,627 |
| Rock County | Gerald Ford+477 | 73272.5% | 25525.3% | 222.2% | 1,009 |
| Saline County | Jimmy Carter+875 | 2,33041.2% | 3,20556.6% | 1272.2% | 5,662 |
| Sarpy County | Gerald Ford+4,532 | 11,91760.4% | 7,38537.5% | 4142.1% | 19,716 |
| Saunders County | Gerald Ford+337 | 3,84451.2% | 3,50746.7% | 1512.0% | 7,502 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Gerald Ford+2,589 | 6,88760.1% | 4,29837.5% | 2832.5% | 11,468 |
| Seward County | Gerald Ford+610 | 3,22054.1% | 2,61043.9% | 1202.0% | 5,950 |
| Sheridan County | Gerald Ford+1,193 | 2,00367.8% | 81027.4% | 1404.7% | 2,953 |
| Sherman County | Jimmy Carter+143 | 93544.7% | 1,07851.5% | 803.8% | 2,093 |
| Sioux County | Gerald Ford+203 | 53260.2% | 32937.3% | 222.5% | 883 |
| Stanton County | Gerald Ford+705 | 1,46964.3% | 76433.4% | 532.3% | 2,286 |
| Thayer County | Gerald Ford+679 | 1,99459.3% | 1,31539.1% | 511.5% | 3,360 |
| Thomas County | Gerald Ford+240 | 34373.3% | 10322.0% | 224.7% | 468 |
| Thurston County | Gerald Ford+269 | 1,29053.9% | 1,02142.7% | 823.4% | 2,393 |
| Valley County | Gerald Ford+545 | 1,58757.3% | 1,04237.6% | 1405.1% | 2,769 |
| Washington County | Gerald Ford+1,566 | 3,79962.2% | 2,23336.5% | 791.3% | 6,111 |
| Wayne County | Gerald Ford+1,432 | 2,52168.0% | 1,08929.4% | 982.6% | 3,708 |
| Webster County | Gerald Ford+137 | 1,26751.9% | 1,13046.3% | 441.8% | 2,441 |
| Wheeler County | Gerald Ford+128 | 27462.8% | 14633.5% | 163.7% | 436 |
| York County | Gerald Ford+2,558 | 4,22369.6% | 1,66527.4% | 1782.9% | 6,066 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1976 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% |
Same ballot, 1976NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1976 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.