Nebraska — 2016 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2016 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentTrumpR+25.0
How it voted
Share of the 2016 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 58.7% | 495,961 |
|---|---|---|
| Hillary ClintonDemocratic | 33.7% | 284,494 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 7.6% | 63,777 |
2016presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 2016 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+44.3 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+71.6 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+83.2 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+84.1 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+77.6 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+64.9 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+53.9 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+74.0 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+77.1 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+46.4 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+38.4 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+67.0 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+77.8 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+74.0 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+63.5 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+59.0 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+71.7 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+44.6 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+70.0 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+53.4 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Douglas County, NE | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+77.0 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+51.6 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+65.6 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+71.5 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+69.1 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+66.6 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+71.4 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+62.2 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+85.7 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+36.8 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+67.8 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+86.0 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+73.0 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+74.7 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+75.5 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+44.7 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+37.9 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+60.1 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+66.0 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+80.9 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+65.6 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+81.2 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+71.4 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+55.2 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+84.7 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+61.4 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+68.7 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+62.3 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+52.4 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+72.6 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+69.8 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+73.6 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+57.6 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+62.5 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+69.8 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+51.3 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+77.3 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+48.0 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+73.8 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+72.7 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+63.2 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+57.7 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+79.9 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+65.4 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+44.3 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+49.2 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+67.7 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+55.1 |
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 | Donald Trump+5,985 | 9,28768.7% | 3,30224.4% | 9246.8% | 13,513 |
| Antelope County | Donald Trump+2,349 | 2,73283.3% | 38311.7% | 1665.1% | 3,281 |
| Arthur County | Donald Trump+227 | 24489.4% | 176.2% | 124.4% | 273 |
| Banner County | Donald Trump+331 | 35788.8% | 194.7% | 266.5% | 402 |
| Blaine County | Donald Trump+246 | 27687.1% | 309.5% | 113.5% | 317 |
| Boone County | Donald Trump+1,885 | 2,29979.1% | 41414.3% | 1926.6% | 2,905 |
| Box Butte County | Donald Trump+2,652 | 3,61773.5% | 96519.6% | 3426.9% | 4,924 |
| Boyd County | Donald Trump+855 | 98385.0% | 12811.1% | 453.9% | 1,156 |
| Brown County | Donald Trump+1,232 | 1,38586.7% | 1539.6% | 593.7% | 1,597 |
| Buffalo County | Donald Trump+9,806 | 14,56969.0% | 4,76322.5% | 1,7978.5% | 21,129 |
| Burt County | Donald Trump+1,437 | 2,36766.5% | 93026.1% | 2617.3% | 3,558 |
| Butler County | Donald Trump+2,388 | 3,07977.3% | 69117.4% | 2115.3% | 3,981 |
| Cass County | Donald Trump+4,968 | 8,45265.4% | 3,48426.9% | 9977.7% | 12,933 |
| Cedar County | Donald Trump+2,961 | 3,53279.9% | 57112.9% | 3177.2% | 4,420 |
| Chase County | Donald Trump+1,477 | 1,64886.8% | 1719.0% | 794.2% | 1,898 |
| Cherry County | Donald Trump+2,306 | 2,62384.1% | 31710.2% | 1785.7% | 3,118 |
| Cheyenne County | Donald Trump+2,954 | 3,66577.8% | 71115.1% | 3357.1% | 4,711 |
| Clay County | Donald Trump+1,945 | 2,42279.0% | 47715.6% | 1665.4% | 3,065 |
| Colfax County | Donald Trump+1,312 | 2,17167.5% | 85926.7% | 1845.7% | 3,214 |
| Cuming County | Donald Trump+2,403 | 3,12276.6% | 71917.6% | 2335.7% | 4,074 |
| Custer County | Donald Trump+4,054 | 4,69583.1% | 64111.3% | 3165.6% | 5,652 |
| Dakota County | Donald Trump+1,302 | 3,61657.6% | 2,31436.9% | 3495.6% | 6,279 |
| Dawes County | Donald Trump+1,831 | 2,63271.6% | 80121.8% | 2436.6% | 3,676 |
| Dawson County | Donald Trump+3,848 | 5,98469.3% | 2,13624.7% | 5156.0% | 8,635 |
| Deuel County | Donald Trump+689 | 80982.2% | 12012.2% | 555.6% | 984 |
| Dixon County | Donald Trump+1,485 | 2,04173.4% | 55620.0% | 1856.6% | 2,782 |
| Dodge County | Donald Trump+5,389 | 9,93364.0% | 4,54429.3% | 1,0526.8% | 15,529 |
| Douglas County | Hillary Clinton+5,721 | 108,07745.0% | 113,79847.3% | 18,5587.7% | 240,433 |
| Dundy County | Donald Trump+734 | 82386.4% | 899.3% | 414.3% | 953 |
| Fillmore County | Donald Trump+1,517 | 2,13072.4% | 61320.8% | 1986.7% | 2,941 |
| Franklin County | Donald Trump+1,097 | 1,34780.5% | 25014.9% | 764.5% | 1,673 |
| Frontier County | Donald Trump+949 | 1,11083.6% | 16112.1% | 574.3% | 1,328 |
| Furnas County | Donald Trump+1,617 | 1,92182.1% | 30413.0% | 1154.9% | 2,340 |
| Gage County | Donald Trump+3,445 | 6,38063.5% | 2,93529.2% | 7337.3% | 10,048 |
| Garden County | Donald Trump+716 | 86980.8% | 15314.2% | 534.9% | 1,075 |
| Garfield County | Donald Trump+700 | 82183.8% | 12112.3% | 383.9% | 980 |
| Gosper County | Donald Trump+628 | 79478.6% | 16616.4% | 505.0% | 1,010 |
| Grant County | Donald Trump+347 | 36790.6% | 204.9% | 184.4% | 405 |
| Greeley County | Donald Trump+702 | 91277.6% | 21017.9% | 534.5% | 1,175 |
| Hall County | Donald Trump+8,126 | 14,40865.3% | 6,28228.5% | 1,3706.2% | 22,060 |
| Hamilton County | Donald Trump+2,905 | 3,78375.6% | 87817.5% | 3436.9% | 5,004 |
| Harlan County | Donald Trump+1,242 | 1,49681.7% | 25413.9% | 824.5% | 1,832 |
| Hayes County | Donald Trump+442 | 47291.8% | 305.8% | 122.3% | 514 |
| Hitchcock County | Donald Trump+1,071 | 1,23283.9% | 16111.0% | 755.1% | 1,468 |
| Holt County | Donald Trump+3,823 | 4,35485.1% | 53110.4% | 2334.6% | 5,118 |
| Hooker County | Donald Trump+315 | 35585.1% | 409.6% | 225.3% | 417 |
| Howard County | Donald Trump+1,740 | 2,28476.3% | 54418.2% | 1665.5% | 2,994 |
| Jefferson County | Donald Trump+1,562 | 2,39968.7% | 83724.0% | 2587.4% | 3,494 |
| Johnson County | Donald Trump+792 | 1,35564.9% | 56327.0% | 1718.2% | 2,089 |
| Kearney County | Donald Trump+1,981 | 2,53176.8% | 55016.7% | 2156.5% | 3,296 |
| Keith County | Donald Trump+2,664 | 3,23580.2% | 57114.2% | 2285.7% | 4,034 |
| Keya Paha County | Donald Trump+420 | 46088.6% | 407.7% | 193.7% | 519 |
| Kimball County | Donald Trump+1,100 | 1,33079.3% | 23013.7% | 1177.0% | 1,677 |
| Knox County | Donald Trump+2,468 | 3,18877.5% | 72017.5% | 2075.0% | 4,115 |
| Lancaster County | Hillary Clinton+310 | 61,58845.2% | 61,89845.4% | 12,7379.4% | 136,223 |
| Lincoln County | Donald Trump+9,251 | 12,16475.4% | 2,91318.1% | 1,0546.5% | 16,131 |
| Logan County | Donald Trump+368 | 40088.3% | 327.1% | 214.6% | 453 |
| Loup County | Donald Trump+275 | 32383.9% | 4812.5% | 143.6% | 385 |
| Madison County | Donald Trump+7,917 | 10,62874.1% | 2,71118.9% | 1,0047.0% | 14,343 |
| McPherson County | Donald Trump+241 | 25789.5% | 144.9% | 165.6% | 287 |
| Merrick County | Donald Trump+2,324 | 2,92677.2% | 60215.9% | 2606.9% | 3,788 |
| Morrill County | Donald Trump+1,518 | 1,80281.6% | 28412.9% | 1235.6% | 2,209 |
| Nance County | Donald Trump+980 | 1,26177.8% | 28117.3% | 794.9% | 1,621 |
| Nemaha County | Donald Trump+1,331 | 2,11666.9% | 78524.8% | 2608.2% | 3,161 |
| Nuckolls County | Donald Trump+1,373 | 1,72678.3% | 35316.0% | 1265.7% | 2,205 |
| Otoe County | Donald Trump+2,835 | 4,86065.2% | 2,02527.2% | 5727.7% | 7,457 |
| Pawnee County | Donald Trump+695 | 97473.4% | 27921.0% | 745.6% | 1,327 |
| Perkins County | Donald Trump+1,056 | 1,21783.6% | 16111.1% | 775.3% | 1,455 |
| Phelps County | Donald Trump+3,277 | 3,84982.0% | 57212.2% | 2745.8% | 4,695 |
| Pierce County | Donald Trump+2,670 | 3,05284.1% | 38210.5% | 1965.4% | 3,630 |
| Platte County | Donald Trump+8,319 | 10,96576.0% | 2,64618.3% | 8225.7% | 14,433 |
| Polk County | Donald Trump+1,615 | 2,02878.5% | 41316.0% | 1415.5% | 2,582 |
| Red Willow County | Donald Trump+3,613 | 4,25882.3% | 64512.5% | 2725.3% | 5,175 |
| Richardson County | Donald Trump+1,951 | 2,76972.8% | 81821.5% | 2185.7% | 3,805 |
| Rock County | Donald Trump+617 | 68786.1% | 708.8% | 415.1% | 798 |
| Saline County | Donald Trump+1,271 | 3,00458.5% | 1,73333.7% | 3997.8% | 5,136 |
| Sarpy County | Donald Trump+17,110 | 45,14356.0% | 28,03334.8% | 7,4049.2% | 80,580 |
| Saunders County | Donald Trump+5,032 | 7,55569.6% | 2,52323.2% | 7827.2% | 10,860 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Donald Trump+6,869 | 10,07670.4% | 3,20722.4% | 1,0347.2% | 14,317 |
| Seward County | Donald Trump+3,579 | 5,45468.8% | 1,87523.7% | 5937.5% | 7,922 |
| Sheridan County | Donald Trump+1,924 | 2,21184.8% | 28711.0% | 1104.2% | 2,608 |
| Sherman County | Donald Trump+810 | 1,15073.1% | 34021.6% | 835.3% | 1,573 |
| Sioux County | Donald Trump+535 | 61683.7% | 8111.0% | 395.3% | 736 |
| Stanton County | Donald Trump+1,770 | 2,18778.1% | 41714.9% | 1977.0% | 2,801 |
| Thayer County | Donald Trump+1,552 | 2,05176.2% | 49918.6% | 1405.2% | 2,690 |
| Thomas County | Donald Trump+314 | 34487.5% | 307.6% | 194.8% | 393 |
| Thurston County | Donald Trump+124 | 1,04350.0% | 91944.0% | 1266.0% | 2,088 |
| Valley County | Donald Trump+1,441 | 1,78080.7% | 33915.4% | 863.9% | 2,205 |
| Washington County | Donald Trump+4,801 | 7,42468.5% | 2,62324.2% | 7857.2% | 10,832 |
| Wayne County | Donald Trump+1,858 | 2,69371.3% | 83522.1% | 2486.6% | 3,776 |
| Webster County | Donald Trump+1,024 | 1,33077.9% | 30617.9% | 724.2% | 1,708 |
| Wheeler County | Donald Trump+315 | 37781.1% | 6213.3% | 265.6% | 465 |
| York County | Donald Trump+3,514 | 4,70073.7% | 1,18618.6% | 4957.8% | 6,381 |
Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2016 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, 2016NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2016 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.