Nebraska — 2004 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2004 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentBushR+33.2
How it voted
Share of the 2004 vote
| George W. Bush ✓Republican | 65.9% | 512,814 |
|---|---|---|
| John KerryDemocratic | 32.7% | 254,328 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.4% | 11,044 |
2004presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 2004 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+41.0 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+81.2 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+73.9 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+77.6 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+60.9 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+59.5 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+46.7 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+35.9 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+50.8 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+68.4 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+66.6 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+61.1 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+53.9 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+62.0 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+55.6 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+56.8 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+63.8 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+46.5 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+60.3 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+59.1 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+65.0 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+78.5 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+57.0 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+56.4 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+76.6 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+58.9 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+64.2 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+71.1 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+56.6 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+63.2 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+67.6 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+63.7 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+57.1 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+67.3 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+53.0 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+44.9 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+65.7 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+64.1 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+67.0 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+60.6 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+58.6 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+58.5 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+69.1 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+65.6 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+68.5 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+58.3 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+45.6 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+71.6 |
| Thurston County, NE | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+62.9 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+60.2 |
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 | Bush, George W.+5,442 | 9,23369.5% | 3,79128.5% | 2622.0% | 13,286 |
| Antelope County | Bush, George W.+2,148 | 2,76180.6% | 61317.9% | 501.5% | 3,424 |
| Arthur County | Bush, George W.+216 | 24090.2% | 249.0% | 20.8% | 266 |
| Banner County | Bush, George W.+323 | 37986.7% | 5612.8% | 20.5% | 437 |
| Blaine County | Bush, George W.+263 | 30188.8% | 3811.2% | 00.0% | 339 |
| Boone County | Bush, George W.+1,763 | 2,30979.8% | 54618.9% | 401.4% | 2,895 |
| Box Butte County | Bush, George W.+1,739 | 3,39665.9% | 1,65732.2% | 991.9% | 5,152 |
| Boyd County | Bush, George W.+683 | 91179.4% | 22819.9% | 90.8% | 1,148 |
| Brown County | Bush, George W.+1,158 | 1,42682.3% | 26815.5% | 392.3% | 1,733 |
| Buffalo County | Bush, George W.+10,122 | 14,22276.4% | 4,10022.0% | 2861.5% | 18,608 |
| Burt County | Bush, George W.+1,077 | 2,34964.0% | 1,27234.7% | 471.3% | 3,668 |
| Butler County | Bush, George W.+1,948 | 3,01672.4% | 1,06825.6% | 842.0% | 4,168 |
| Cass County | Bush, George W.+4,144 | 7,76367.3% | 3,61931.4% | 1471.3% | 11,529 |
| Cedar County | Bush, George W.+2,304 | 3,38774.7% | 1,08323.9% | 661.5% | 4,536 |
| Chase County | Bush, George W.+1,350 | 1,65283.7% | 30215.3% | 191.0% | 1,973 |
| Cherry County | Bush, George W.+2,026 | 2,50982.5% | 48315.9% | 501.6% | 3,042 |
| Cheyenne County | Bush, George W.+2,898 | 3,79179.9% | 89318.8% | 621.3% | 4,746 |
| Clay County | Bush, George W.+1,800 | 2,54376.2% | 74322.3% | 511.5% | 3,337 |
| Colfax County | Bush, George W.+1,599 | 2,58971.3% | 99027.3% | 541.5% | 3,633 |
| Cuming County | Bush, George W.+2,364 | 3,33076.6% | 96622.2% | 531.2% | 4,349 |
| Custer County | Bush, George W.+3,478 | 4,51880.5% | 1,04018.5% | 541.0% | 5,612 |
| Dakota County | Bush, George W.+499 | 3,52653.3% | 3,02745.8% | 620.9% | 6,615 |
| Dawes County | Bush, George W.+1,690 | 2,80970.3% | 1,11928.0% | 661.7% | 3,994 |
| Dawson County | Bush, George W.+4,421 | 6,14977.3% | 1,72821.7% | 791.0% | 7,956 |
| Deuel County | Bush, George W.+598 | 82077.9% | 22221.1% | 111.0% | 1,053 |
| Dixon County | Bush, George W.+1,090 | 2,02867.4% | 93831.2% | 431.4% | 3,009 |
| Dodge County | Bush, George W.+5,466 | 10,71666.3% | 5,25032.5% | 2061.3% | 16,172 |
| Douglas County | Bush, George W.+37,483 | 120,81358.3% | 83,33040.2% | 2,9281.4% | 207,071 |
| Dundy County | Bush, George W.+672 | 85881.5% | 18617.7% | 90.9% | 1,053 |
| Fillmore County | Bush, George W.+1,486 | 2,31472.5% | 82825.9% | 511.6% | 3,193 |
| Franklin County | Bush, George W.+865 | 1,27774.5% | 41224.0% | 251.5% | 1,714 |
| Frontier County | Bush, George W.+885 | 1,16079.1% | 27518.7% | 322.2% | 1,467 |
| Furnas County | Bush, George W.+1,458 | 1,95079.0% | 49219.9% | 251.0% | 2,467 |
| Gage County | Bush, George W.+2,920 | 6,57563.3% | 3,65535.2% | 1541.5% | 10,384 |
| Garden County | Bush, George W.+769 | 97082.0% | 20117.0% | 121.0% | 1,183 |
| Garfield County | Bush, George W.+610 | 80679.3% | 19619.3% | 151.5% | 1,017 |
| Gosper County | Bush, George W.+668 | 89079.5% | 22219.8% | 70.6% | 1,119 |
| Grant County | Bush, George W.+311 | 35288.9% | 4110.4% | 30.8% | 396 |
| Greeley County | Bush, George W.+504 | 86569.3% | 36128.9% | 221.8% | 1,248 |
| Hall County | Bush, George W.+8,364 | 14,59269.0% | 6,22829.4% | 3341.6% | 21,154 |
| Hamilton County | Bush, George W.+2,773 | 3,78577.8% | 1,01220.8% | 691.4% | 4,866 |
| Harlan County | Bush, George W.+1,069 | 1,46777.3% | 39821.0% | 321.7% | 1,897 |
| Hayes County | Bush, George W.+458 | 52487.6% | 6611.0% | 81.3% | 598 |
| Hitchcock County | Bush, George W.+875 | 1,17178.8% | 29619.9% | 191.3% | 1,486 |
| Holt County | Bush, George W.+3,323 | 4,21781.5% | 89417.3% | 631.2% | 5,174 |
| Hooker County | Bush, George W.+328 | 39285.0% | 6413.9% | 51.1% | 461 |
| Howard County | Bush, George W.+1,120 | 2,02067.8% | 90030.2% | 592.0% | 2,979 |
| Jefferson County | Bush, George W.+1,248 | 2,60064.8% | 1,35233.7% | 591.5% | 4,011 |
| Johnson County | Bush, George W.+585 | 1,47061.4% | 88537.0% | 391.6% | 2,394 |
| Kearney County | Bush, George W.+1,914 | 2,62177.6% | 70720.9% | 511.5% | 3,379 |
| Keith County | Bush, George W.+2,613 | 3,35681.1% | 74318.0% | 380.9% | 4,137 |
| Keya Paha County | Bush, George W.+344 | 44280.5% | 9817.9% | 91.6% | 549 |
| Kimball County | Bush, George W.+1,125 | 1,49179.4% | 36619.5% | 201.1% | 1,877 |
| Knox County | Bush, George W.+1,976 | 3,06272.7% | 1,08625.8% | 651.5% | 4,213 |
| Lancaster County | Bush, George W.+17,017 | 69,76456.0% | 52,74742.4% | 1,9981.6% | 124,509 |
| Lincoln County | Bush, George W.+6,151 | 11,05668.3% | 4,90530.3% | 2381.5% | 16,199 |
| Logan County | Bush, George W.+290 | 35783.2% | 6715.6% | 51.2% | 429 |
| Loup County | Bush, George W.+246 | 31481.3% | 6817.6% | 41.0% | 386 |
| Madison County | Bush, George W.+8,047 | 10,98177.9% | 2,93420.8% | 1741.2% | 14,089 |
| McPherson County | Bush, George W.+210 | 25983.0% | 4915.7% | 41.3% | 312 |
| Merrick County | Bush, George W.+1,938 | 2,77175.8% | 83322.8% | 531.4% | 3,657 |
| Morrill County | Bush, George W.+1,260 | 1,75576.5% | 49521.6% | 431.9% | 2,293 |
| Nance County | Bush, George W.+778 | 1,23771.5% | 45926.5% | 352.0% | 1,731 |
| Nemaha County | Bush, George W.+1,529 | 2,59569.9% | 1,06628.7% | 541.5% | 3,715 |
| Nuckolls County | Bush, George W.+1,343 | 1,88476.2% | 54121.9% | 461.9% | 2,471 |
| Otoe County | Bush, George W.+2,743 | 5,01867.9% | 2,27530.8% | 931.3% | 7,386 |
| Pawnee County | Bush, George W.+505 | 98666.5% | 48132.4% | 161.1% | 1,483 |
| Perkins County | Bush, George W.+1,023 | 1,28582.5% | 26216.8% | 110.7% | 1,558 |
| Phelps County | Bush, George W.+3,042 | 3,87281.6% | 83017.5% | 410.9% | 4,743 |
| Pierce County | Bush, George W.+2,278 | 2,82483.1% | 54616.1% | 280.8% | 3,398 |
| Platte County | Bush, George W.+8,473 | 11,13079.6% | 2,65719.0% | 2001.4% | 13,987 |
| Polk County | Bush, George W.+1,597 | 2,14678.7% | 54920.1% | 321.2% | 2,727 |
| Red Willow County | Bush, George W.+3,074 | 4,12978.5% | 1,05520.1% | 741.4% | 5,258 |
| Richardson County | Bush, George W.+1,627 | 2,92468.3% | 1,29730.3% | 571.3% | 4,278 |
| Rock County | Bush, George W.+610 | 74083.8% | 13014.7% | 131.5% | 883 |
| Saline County | Bush, George W.+651 | 3,07155.2% | 2,42043.5% | 751.3% | 5,566 |
| Sarpy County | Bush, George W.+22,708 | 40,16368.9% | 17,45529.9% | 7161.2% | 58,334 |
| Saunders County | Bush, George W.+3,557 | 6,44167.9% | 2,88430.4% | 1641.7% | 9,489 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Bush, George W.+6,535 | 10,37872.1% | 3,84326.7% | 1691.2% | 14,390 |
| Seward County | Bush, George W.+3,239 | 5,35370.8% | 2,11427.9% | 981.3% | 7,565 |
| Sheridan County | Bush, George W.+1,706 | 2,13682.2% | 43016.5% | 331.3% | 2,599 |
| Sherman County | Bush, George W.+531 | 1,07265.2% | 54132.9% | 301.8% | 1,643 |
| Sioux County | Bush, George W.+554 | 67783.7% | 12315.2% | 91.1% | 809 |
| Stanton County | Bush, George W.+1,600 | 2,15978.7% | 55920.4% | 271.0% | 2,745 |
| Thayer County | Bush, George W.+1,311 | 2,07572.1% | 76426.5% | 391.4% | 2,878 |
| Thomas County | Bush, George W.+318 | 37885.1% | 6013.5% | 61.4% | 444 |
| Thurston County | Kerry, John+58 | 1,15448.3% | 1,21250.8% | 210.9% | 2,387 |
| Valley County | Bush, George W.+1,237 | 1,80175.3% | 56423.6% | 261.1% | 2,391 |
| Washington County | Bush, George W.+4,329 | 7,08371.2% | 2,75427.7% | 1131.1% | 9,950 |
| Wayne County | Bush, George W.+1,912 | 2,97172.7% | 1,05925.9% | 551.3% | 4,085 |
| Webster County | Bush, George W.+846 | 1,40370.1% | 55727.8% | 422.1% | 2,002 |
| Wheeler County | Bush, George W.+285 | 36680.8% | 8117.9% | 61.3% | 453 |
| York County | Bush, George W.+4,089 | 5,39379.3% | 1,30419.2% | 1001.5% | 6,797 |
complete certified result
Nebraska candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: John Kerry (D) · George W. Bush (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2004 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, 2004NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2004 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.