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Election 1876 Results

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1876 presidential election in Nebraska

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) beat Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1876, 64.8% to 35.2%, a margin of 29.6 points and 14,572 votes.

Nebraska voted 32.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

The Republican hold continued from 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 59 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Douglas, cast 4,595 votes and went to the Republican by 1.9 points. The closest was Stanton, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rutherford B. Hayes won Republican 31,915 64.8%
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 17,343 35.2%
Total49,258

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 2,253 49.0% 2,342 51.0% 4,595 R+1.9
Lancaster 712 26.7% 1,951 73.3% 2,663 R+46.5
Otoe 1,091 46.5% 1,256 53.5% 2,347 R+7.0
Richardson 1,075 46.0% 1,264 54.0% 2,339 R+8.1
Cass 901 39.7% 1,367 60.3% 2,268 R+20.5
Dodge 956 49.3% 984 50.7% 1,940 R+1.4
Nemaha 603 35.7% 1,087 64.3% 1,690 R+28.6
Saunders 464 29.6% 1,105 70.4% 1,569 R+40.9
Saline 469 30.8% 1,053 69.2% 1,522 R+38.4
Washington 462 32.1% 977 67.9% 1,439 R+35.8
Clay 338 24.6% 1,037 75.4% 1,375 R+50.8
Seward 328 26.6% 905 73.4% 1,233 R+46.8
York 293 24.5% 904 75.5% 1,197 R+51.0
Fillmore 251 23.0% 839 77.0% 1,090 R+53.9
Gage 242 22.2% 847 77.8% 1,089 R+55.6
Johnson 376 35.0% 697 65.0% 1,073 R+29.9
Platte 530 50.8% 514 49.2% 1,044 D+1.5
Hall 295 29.1% 720 70.9% 1,015 R+41.9
Butler 412 41.4% 583 58.6% 995 R+17.2
Burt 310 31.5% 674 68.5% 984 R+37.0
Adams 204 21.0% 767 79.0% 971 R+58.0
Colfax 459 49.7% 465 50.3% 924 R+0.6
Cuming 496 54.9% 408 45.1% 904 D+9.7
Pawnee 164 18.3% 731 81.7% 895 R+63.4
Sarpy 421 51.8% 391 48.2% 812 D+3.7
Merrick 205 26.7% 564 73.3% 769 R+46.7
Hamilton 31 4.6% 637 95.4% 668 R+90.7
Jefferson 137 20.5% 531 79.5% 668 R+59.0
Madison 299 45.0% 366 55.0% 665 R+10.1
Dixon 294 44.7% 363 55.3% 657 R+10.5
Buffalo 160 24.6% 491 75.4% 651 R+50.8
Polk 79 12.6% 548 87.4% 627 R+74.8
Webster 116 18.6% 509 81.4% 625 R+62.9
Franklin 157 30.5% 357 69.5% 514 R+38.9
Lincoln 244 49.3% 251 50.7% 495 R+1.4
Harlan 113 24.8% 342 75.2% 455 R+50.3
Cedar 287 66.6% 144 33.4% 431 D+33.2
Thayer 0 0.0% 398 100.0% 398 R+100.0
Howard 84 22.3% 292 77.7% 376 R+55.3
Boone 45 14.7% 262 85.3% 307 R+70.7
Nuckolls 94 30.6% 213 69.4% 307 R+38.8
Cheyenne 197 65.7% 103 34.3% 300 D+31.3
Antelope 65 24.0% 206 76.0% 271 R+52.0
Knox 50 18.8% 216 81.2% 266 R+62.4
Furnas 64 24.2% 201 75.8% 265 R+51.7
Stanton 123 49.4% 126 50.6% 249 R+1.2
Dawson 76 30.8% 171 69.2% 247 R+38.5
Kearney 41 18.1% 186 81.9% 227 R+63.9
Valley 6 3.2% 182 96.8% 188 R+93.6
Pierce 101 83.5% 20 16.5% 121 D+66.9
Red Willow 20 19.6% 82 80.4% 102 R+60.8
Sherman 39 39.0% 61 61.0% 100 R+22.0
Keith 55 77.5% 16 22.5% 71 D+54.9
Phelps 8 11.6% 61 88.4% 69 R+76.8
Wayne 13 21.0% 49 79.0% 62 R+58.1
Greeley 3 7.3% 38 92.7% 41 R+85.4
Holt 13 37.1% 22 62.9% 35 R+25.7
Gosper 9 28.1% 23 71.9% 32 R+43.8
Hitchcock 10 38.5% 16 61.5% 26 R+23.1

Counties as they stood in 1876; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nebraska in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+19.1
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+25.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+14.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+33.2
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+29.0
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+17.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+21.0
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+39.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+20.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+28.0
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+5.2
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+24.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.3
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+17.2
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+16.4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+27.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+27.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+17.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+33.4
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+22.0
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+37.9
1900 William McKinley (R) R+3.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+31.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+13.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+16.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+29.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+41.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.7