Nebraska — 2020 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2020 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentTrumpR+19.1
How it voted
Share of the 2020 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 58.2% | 556,846 |
|---|---|---|
| Joe BidenDemocratic | 39.2% | 374,583 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.6% | 24,954 |
2020presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 2020 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+40.1 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+73.6 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+83.9 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+77.6 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+77.3 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+56.8 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+75.8 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+76.0 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+59.1 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+68.8 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+75.7 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+75.6 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+61.9 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+62.1 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+59.1 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+71.6 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+43.8 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+70.6 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Douglas County, NE | Democratic | D+11.3 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+77.6 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+67.2 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+71.9 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+67.8 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+71.3 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+74.3 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+88.3 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+62.5 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+68.9 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+85.8 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+74.1 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+73.6 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+71.7 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+60.9 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+58.6 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+63.7 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+80.6 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+69.0 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+59.8 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+54.6 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+82.0 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+65.0 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+53.5 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+85.4 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+62.5 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+67.5 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+58.8 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+62.8 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+52.4 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+72.6 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+67.8 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+74.3 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+56.8 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+61.0 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+67.9 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+78.4 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+72.7 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+57.6 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+78.0 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+64.1 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+77.8 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+63.5 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+40.3 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+75.3 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+51.8 |
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+5,872 | 10,08568.8% | 4,21328.8% | 3552.4% | 14,653 |
| Antelope County | Donald Trump+2,641 | 3,09386.2% | 45212.6% | 421.2% | 3,587 |
| Arthur County | Donald Trump+239 | 26091.2% | 217.4% | 41.4% | 285 |
| Banner County | Donald Trump+319 | 36288.1% | 4310.5% | 61.5% | 411 |
| Blaine County | Donald Trump+245 | 28088.3% | 3511.0% | 20.6% | 317 |
| Boone County | Donald Trump+2,154 | 2,65382.2% | 49915.5% | 742.3% | 3,226 |
| Box Butte County | Donald Trump+2,951 | 4,00277.0% | 1,05120.2% | 1472.8% | 5,200 |
| Boyd County | Donald Trump+875 | 1,01087.4% | 13511.7% | 100.9% | 1,155 |
| Brown County | Donald Trump+1,279 | 1,47087.3% | 19111.3% | 231.4% | 1,684 |
| Buffalo County | Donald Trump+10,290 | 16,64070.2% | 6,35026.8% | 7213.0% | 23,711 |
| Burt County | Donald Trump+1,517 | 2,58069.0% | 1,06328.4% | 962.6% | 3,739 |
| Butler County | Donald Trump+2,669 | 3,54278.4% | 87319.3% | 1032.3% | 4,518 |
| Cass County | Donald Trump+5,384 | 10,12166.0% | 4,73730.9% | 4683.1% | 15,326 |
| Cedar County | Donald Trump+3,449 | 4,17483.2% | 72514.5% | 1162.3% | 5,015 |
| Chase County | Donald Trump+1,514 | 1,74087.0% | 22611.3% | 341.7% | 2,000 |
| Cherry County | Donald Trump+2,471 | 2,84487.0% | 37311.4% | 521.6% | 3,269 |
| Cheyenne County | Donald Trump+2,958 | 3,81379.8% | 85517.9% | 1082.3% | 4,776 |
| Clay County | Donald Trump+2,216 | 2,84879.8% | 63217.7% | 902.5% | 3,570 |
| Colfax County | Donald Trump+1,611 | 2,63670.7% | 1,02527.5% | 651.7% | 3,726 |
| Cuming County | Donald Trump+2,637 | 3,50778.6% | 87019.5% | 821.8% | 4,459 |
| Custer County | Donald Trump+4,304 | 5,09084.7% | 78613.1% | 1342.2% | 6,010 |
| Dakota County | Donald Trump+1,182 | 3,92657.6% | 2,74440.3% | 1472.2% | 6,817 |
| Dawes County | Donald Trump+1,849 | 2,93170.6% | 1,08226.1% | 1383.3% | 4,151 |
| Dawson County | Donald Trump+4,027 | 6,52471.0% | 2,49727.2% | 1701.8% | 9,191 |
| Deuel County | Donald Trump+730 | 87184.2% | 14113.6% | 222.1% | 1,034 |
| Dixon County | Donald Trump+1,684 | 2,33575.5% | 65121.0% | 1083.5% | 3,094 |
| Dodge County | Donald Trump+5,440 | 10,98464.8% | 5,54432.7% | 4102.4% | 16,938 |
| Douglas County | Joe Biden+31,191 | 119,15943.1% | 150,35054.4% | 7,0312.5% | 276,540 |
| Dundy County | Donald Trump+778 | 88388.0% | 10510.5% | 151.5% | 1,003 |
| Fillmore County | Donald Trump+1,666 | 2,35974.9% | 69322.0% | 963.0% | 3,148 |
| Franklin County | Donald Trump+1,161 | 1,43783.2% | 27616.0% | 150.9% | 1,728 |
| Frontier County | Donald Trump+1,040 | 1,22985.0% | 18913.1% | 281.9% | 1,446 |
| Furnas County | Donald Trump+1,764 | 2,16383.1% | 39915.3% | 401.5% | 2,602 |
| Gage County | Donald Trump+4,060 | 7,44567.0% | 3,38530.4% | 2892.6% | 11,119 |
| Garden County | Donald Trump+855 | 1,01684.7% | 16113.4% | 231.9% | 1,200 |
| Garfield County | Donald Trump+800 | 93386.7% | 13312.4% | 100.9% | 1,076 |
| Gosper County | Donald Trump+678 | 89379.7% | 21519.2% | 131.2% | 1,121 |
| Grant County | Donald Trump+355 | 37593.3% | 205.0% | 71.7% | 402 |
| Greeley County | Donald Trump+787 | 1,01680.7% | 22918.2% | 141.1% | 1,259 |
| Hall County | Donald Trump+8,508 | 16,18966.2% | 7,68131.4% | 5802.4% | 24,450 |
| Hamilton County | Donald Trump+3,191 | 4,30977.4% | 1,11820.1% | 1392.5% | 5,566 |
| Harlan County | Donald Trump+1,333 | 1,61583.5% | 28214.6% | 371.9% | 1,934 |
| Hayes County | Donald Trump+460 | 49492.2% | 346.3% | 81.5% | 536 |
| Hitchcock County | Donald Trump+1,089 | 1,26486.0% | 17511.9% | 312.1% | 1,470 |
| Holt County | Donald Trump+4,083 | 4,76985.9% | 68612.4% | 951.7% | 5,550 |
| Hooker County | Donald Trump+317 | 37685.1% | 5913.3% | 71.6% | 442 |
| Howard County | Donald Trump+2,138 | 2,78679.4% | 64818.5% | 772.2% | 3,511 |
| Jefferson County | Donald Trump+1,600 | 2,61670.1% | 1,01627.2% | 982.6% | 3,730 |
| Johnson County | Donald Trump+871 | 1,51868.0% | 64729.0% | 683.0% | 2,233 |
| Kearney County | Donald Trump+2,121 | 2,82278.0% | 70119.4% | 942.6% | 3,617 |
| Keith County | Donald Trump+2,781 | 3,54481.1% | 76317.5% | 621.4% | 4,369 |
| Keya Paha County | Donald Trump+427 | 47689.8% | 499.2% | 50.9% | 530 |
| Kimball County | Donald Trump+1,295 | 1,56383.3% | 26814.3% | 462.5% | 1,877 |
| Knox County | Donald Trump+2,816 | 3,72179.0% | 90519.2% | 821.7% | 4,708 |
| Lancaster County | Joe Biden+12,201 | 70,09244.6% | 82,29352.3% | 4,8303.1% | 157,215 |
| Lincoln County | Donald Trump+9,379 | 13,07176.2% | 3,69221.5% | 4002.3% | 17,163 |
| Logan County | Donald Trump+369 | 40790.4% | 388.4% | 51.1% | 450 |
| Loup County | Donald Trump+295 | 37081.5% | 7516.5% | 92.0% | 454 |
| Madison County | Donald Trump+8,462 | 11,94075.5% | 3,47822.0% | 4012.5% | 15,819 |
| McPherson County | Donald Trump+258 | 27591.1% | 175.6% | 103.3% | 302 |
| Merrick County | Donald Trump+2,676 | 3,41979.8% | 74317.4% | 1202.8% | 4,282 |
| Morrill County | Donald Trump+1,727 | 2,11382.6% | 38615.1% | 592.3% | 2,558 |
| Nance County | Donald Trump+1,078 | 1,43778.4% | 35919.6% | 362.0% | 1,832 |
| Nemaha County | Donald Trump+1,507 | 2,42870.7% | 92126.8% | 832.4% | 3,432 |
| Nuckolls County | Donald Trump+1,448 | 1,85780.6% | 40917.7% | 391.7% | 2,305 |
| Otoe County | Donald Trump+3,159 | 5,64967.6% | 2,49029.8% | 2162.6% | 8,355 |
| Pawnee County | Donald Trump+749 | 1,07174.9% | 32222.5% | 362.5% | 1,429 |
| Perkins County | Donald Trump+1,122 | 1,32185.5% | 19912.9% | 251.6% | 1,545 |
| Phelps County | Donald Trump+3,405 | 4,15782.8% | 75215.0% | 1122.2% | 5,021 |
| Pierce County | Donald Trump+2,982 | 3,46286.3% | 48012.0% | 701.7% | 4,012 |
| Platte County | Donald Trump+8,926 | 12,18677.5% | 3,26020.7% | 2751.7% | 15,721 |
| Polk County | Donald Trump+1,761 | 2,29179.4% | 53018.4% | 662.3% | 2,887 |
| Red Willow County | Donald Trump+3,714 | 4,52582.7% | 81114.8% | 1342.4% | 5,470 |
| Richardson County | Donald Trump+2,077 | 3,07374.3% | 99624.1% | 651.6% | 4,134 |
| Rock County | Donald Trump+660 | 74488.4% | 8410.0% | 141.7% | 842 |
| Saline County | Donald Trump+1,645 | 3,63162.8% | 1,98634.4% | 1632.8% | 5,780 |
| Sarpy County | Donald Trump+10,773 | 51,97954.0% | 41,20642.8% | 3,0083.1% | 96,193 |
| Saunders County | Donald Trump+5,777 | 9,10871.2% | 3,33126.1% | 3472.7% | 12,786 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Donald Trump+6,756 | 10,95270.5% | 4,19627.0% | 3762.4% | 15,524 |
| Seward County | Donald Trump+4,052 | 6,49070.6% | 2,43826.5% | 2712.9% | 9,199 |
| Sheridan County | Donald Trump+1,952 | 2,29285.4% | 34012.7% | 521.9% | 2,684 |
| Sherman County | Donald Trump+979 | 1,32277.8% | 34320.2% | 352.1% | 1,700 |
| Sioux County | Donald Trump+570 | 64287.8% | 729.8% | 172.3% | 731 |
| Stanton County | Donald Trump+2,029 | 2,56180.9% | 53216.8% | 722.3% | 3,165 |
| Thayer County | Donald Trump+1,684 | 2,30877.2% | 62420.9% | 571.9% | 2,989 |
| Thomas County | Donald Trump+332 | 37788.3% | 4510.5% | 51.2% | 427 |
| Thurston County | Donald Trump+58 | 1,18049.6% | 1,12247.2% | 773.2% | 2,379 |
| Valley County | Donald Trump+1,489 | 1,90181.1% | 41217.6% | 311.3% | 2,344 |
| Washington County | Donald Trump+5,029 | 8,58368.8% | 3,55428.5% | 3302.6% | 12,467 |
| Wayne County | Donald Trump+2,033 | 3,05572.7% | 1,02224.3% | 1232.9% | 4,200 |
| Webster County | Donald Trump+1,176 | 1,51180.5% | 33517.9% | 301.6% | 1,876 |
| Wheeler County | Donald Trump+379 | 43887.1% | 5911.7% | 61.2% | 503 |
| York County | Donald Trump+3,707 | 5,33774.5% | 1,63022.8% | 1942.7% | 7,161 |
Nominees: Joe Biden (D) · Donald Trump (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2020 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, 2020NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2020 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.