Bob Dole carried Nebraska R+18.7.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Nebraska, 1996. The state ran 27.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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Nebraska result

677,415 votes counted

Clinton (D)

236,761

35.0%

Dole (R)

363,467

53.7%

Perot (I)

71,278

10.5%

All others

5,909

0.9%

Margin

R+18.7

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1996 presidential election

Nebraska, 1996

DoleR+18.7

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bob Dole ✓Republican	53.7%	363,467
Bill ClintonDemocratic	35.0%	236,761
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	5,909

D+60

R+60

93 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Nebraska's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Nebraska's presidential margins

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%

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County results — 1996

93 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adams County	R	−23.9%	3,935	6,924	1,513	12,496
Antelope County	R	−33.3%	884	2,005	457	3,370
Arthur County	R	−62.8%	25	187	46	258
Banner County	R	−60.8%	62	309	30	406
Blaine County	R	−61.1%	53	284	39	378
Boone County	R	−30.2%	806	1,695	424	2,941
Box Butte County	R	−13.6%	1,782	2,458	695	4,975
Boyd County	R	−30.3%	372	778	181	1,342
Brown County	R	−42.2%	359	1,105	289	1,766
Buffalo County	R	−36.1%	4,277	10,004	1,484	15,856
Burt County	R	−13.4%	1,237	1,707	497	3,496
Butler County	R	−25.5%	1,099	2,042	512	3,696
Cass County	R	−14.5%	3,477	4,878	1,239	9,685
Cedar County	R	−22.9%	1,218	2,171	739	4,159
Chase County	R	−49.2%	365	1,277	197	1,854
Cherry County	R	−48.4%	551	1,905	332	2,800
Cheyenne County	R	−38.1%	1,059	2,571	287	3,966
Clay County	R	−33.3%	880	1,982	425	3,311
Colfax County	R	−25.1%	1,065	1,954	492	3,538
Cuming County	R	−36.3%	1,033	2,520	503	4,091
Custer County	R	−40.1%	1,293	3,453	615	5,383
Dakota County	D	+0.7%	2,632	2,592	721	5,985
Dawes County	R	−24.7%	1,108	1,991	442	3,575
Dawson County	R	−32.4%	2,180	4,794	1,044	8,065
Deuel County	R	−38.7%	245	629	111	991
Dixon County	R	−19.2%	931	1,478	414	2,845
Dodge County	R	−15.7%	5,181	7,484	1,894	14,688
Douglas County	R	−12.0%	70,708	92,334	14,863	179,721
Dundy County	R	−48.0%	224	752	112	1,101
Fillmore County	R	−20.6%	1,058	1,696	321	3,095
Franklin County	R	−30.9%	483	1,013	215	1,716
Frontier County	R	−42.6%	310	901	169	1,387
Furnas County	R	−33.7%	663	1,475	207	2,411
Gage County	R	−4.1%	4,008	4,413	1,346	9,843
Garden County	R	−44.1%	279	851	155	1,297
Garfield County	R	−38.1%	249	625	111	988
Gosper County	R	−32.2%	275	609	150	1,036
Grant County	R	−43.7%	84	258	55	398
Greeley County	R	−13.3%	472	642	155	1,277
Hall County	R	−17.9%	6,708	10,183	2,403	19,416
Hamilton County	R	−33.9%	1,172	2,623	457	4,274
Harlan County	R	−32.3%	520	1,120	203	1,858
Hayes County	R	−61.8%	87	439	39	570
Hitchcock County	R	−36.2%	409	977	173	1,569
Holt County	R	−44.2%	1,107	3,436	677	5,264
Hooker County	R	−37.5%	115	308	83	514
Howard County	R	−17.1%	853	1,294	417	2,583
Jefferson County	R	−11.4%	1,520	1,979	495	4,025
Johnson County	R	−11.4%	770	1,009	309	2,103
Kearney County	R	−38.4%	782	1,953	296	3,048
Keith County	R	−43.8%	830	2,504	460	3,823
Keya Paha County	R	−54.5%	94	385	47	534
Kimball County	R	−27.1%	527	1,011	212	1,784
Knox County	R	−21.8%	1,266	2,123	531	3,938
Lancaster County	R	−1.5%	43,339	44,812	8,595	97,708
Lincoln County	R	−15.7%	5,165	7,482	2,043	14,804
Logan County	R	−48.0%	79	294	72	448
Loup County	R	−46.5%	74	229	28	333
Madison County	R	−38.9%	3,047	7,965	1,554	12,649
McPherson County	R	−56.8%	50	233	33	322
Merrick County	R	−30.6%	997	2,084	449	3,552
Morrill County	R	−30.7%	620	1,296	262	2,202
Nance County	R	−17.8%	585	892	238	1,724
Nemaha County	R	−18.0%	1,232	1,888	485	3,635
Nuckolls County	R	−25.4%	757	1,383	306	2,469
Otoe County	R	−15.5%	2,279	3,290	877	6,505
Pawnee County	R	−11.9%	580	766	207	1,569
Perkins County	R	−43.2%	352	1,018	163	1,541
Phelps County	R	−42.5%	1,071	3,015	465	4,578
Pierce County	R	−39.8%	697	1,923	446	3,082
Platte County	R	−39.8%	3,010	7,948	1,353	12,398
Polk County	R	−29.5%	750	1,504	268	2,556
Red Willow County	R	−34.9%	1,365	3,112	499	5,011
Richardson County	R	−13.4%	1,517	2,089	633	4,276
Rock County	R	−43.4%	180	564	135	885
Saline County	D	+11.2%	2,523	1,945	689	5,175
Sarpy County	R	−25.6%	12,806	23,023	3,722	39,877
Saunders County	R	−20.2%	2,777	4,514	1,223	8,597
Scotts Bluff County	R	−22.8%	4,547	7,641	1,251	13,541
Seward County	R	−15.6%	2,432	3,479	745	6,709
Sheridan County	R	−46.4%	573	1,834	289	2,717
Sherman County	R	−15.3%	567	822	266	1,672
Sioux County	R	−53.8%	138	551	75	768
Stanton County	R	−36.0%	577	1,457	386	2,443
Thayer County	R	−25.6%	933	1,698	334	2,989
Thomas County	R	−55.7%	64	303	62	429
Thurston County	D	+6.0%	962	835	293	2,114
Valley County	R	−24.6%	758	1,346	274	2,392
Washington County	R	−27.8%	2,248	4,391	971	7,700
Wayne County	R	−30.0%	1,048	2,150	440	3,676
Webster County	R	−24.2%	621	1,094	236	1,955
Wheeler County	R	−32.3%	106	241	69	418
York County	R	−40.2%	1,653	4,266	559	6,507