- Lead
- 498
- Total
- 17,114
- vs nation
- R+1.4
Nebraska 45th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 971
- Total
- 18,003
- vs nation
- R+9.8
- Lead
- 2,849
- Total
- 16,191
- vs nation
- R+19.7
- Lead
- 2,769
- Total
- 14,315
- vs nation
- R+23.2
- Lead
- 1,641
- Total
- 13,636
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 4,100
- Total
- 11,644
- vs nation
- R+32.8
- Lead
- 2,554
- Total
- 9,033
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 1,762
- Total
- 8,055
- vs nation
- R+30.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+2.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,3312024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,164 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 33.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,2072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+53.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 3, NE · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
Nebraska 45th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
75.2%
671 votes · D+53.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 68.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.3%
2,210 votes · R+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,148votes
47.6% of the vote · R+2.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,110 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
9,081votes
50.4% of the vote · R+5.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 8,704 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+35.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+53.4 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +32.3 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+32.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+35.2 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +30.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 38.6%5,209 | 61.4%8,271 | 13,480 |
Nebraska 45th State Senate District sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 46.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.9 points.
A population of 39,331, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,207 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 3 and State Senate District 14.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Nebraska 45th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/31045/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.