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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Nebraska

James A. Garfield (Republican) beat Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1880, 62.9% to 32.7%, a margin of 30.3 points and 26,456 votes.

Nebraska voted 30.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1876, when Rutherford B. Hayes won.

Republicans led in 57 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Douglas, cast 5,889 votes and went to the Republican by 15.0 points. The closest was Keith, where 19 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
James A. Garfield won Republican 54,979 62.9%
Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic 28,523 32.7%
All other candidates 3,853 4.4%
Total87,355

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 2,407 40.9% 3,290 55.9% 192 5,889 R+15.0
Lancaster 1,381 28.3% 3,397 69.5% 110 4,888 R+41.2
Richardson 1,492 44.0% 1,764 52.1% 133 3,389 R+8.0
Cass 1,303 38.8% 1,861 55.4% 196 3,360 R+16.6
Otoe 1,226 38.4% 1,918 60.1% 49 3,193 R+21.7
Saunders 556 18.7% 1,717 57.8% 697 2,970 R+39.1
Saline 997 33.9% 1,841 62.5% 106 2,944 R+28.7
Gage 789 29.1% 1,726 63.6% 199 2,714 R+34.5
Dodge 1,079 42.8% 1,439 57.1% 2 2,520 R+14.3
Nemaha 857 36.7% 1,473 63.0% 8 2,338 R+26.3
Seward 699 30.7% 1,354 59.4% 226 2,279 R+28.7
York 530 25.1% 1,444 68.5% 134 2,108 R+43.4
Clay 520 24.8% 1,517 72.4% 59 2,096 R+47.6
Adams 550 26.9% 1,447 70.7% 51 2,048 R+43.8
Fillmore 452 22.4% 1,404 69.6% 160 2,016 R+47.2
Butler 716 40.0% 958 53.6% 114 1,788 R+13.5
Washington 499 29.0% 1,190 69.2% 31 1,720 R+40.2
Hall 547 32.0% 1,150 67.2% 14 1,711 R+35.2
Platte 832 49.0% 854 50.3% 12 1,698 R+1.3
Jefferson 401 24.3% 1,069 64.7% 183 1,653 R+40.4
Johnson 579 35.1% 1,068 64.8% 2 1,649 R+29.7
Hamilton 346 21.0% 997 60.6% 301 1,644 R+39.6
Buffalo 390 24.0% 1,195 73.6% 38 1,623 R+49.6
Pawnee 326 20.5% 1,181 74.3% 82 1,589 R+53.8
Burt 380 26.4% 1,010 70.3% 47 1,437 R+43.8
Webster 389 27.8% 1,006 72.0% 2 1,397 R+44.2
Thayer 348 28.0% 834 67.0% 62 1,244 R+39.1
Cuming 537 45.1% 598 50.2% 57 1,192 R+5.1
Polk 236 19.8% 943 79.2% 11 1,190 R+59.4
Madison 426 36.9% 670 58.1% 58 1,154 R+21.1
Merrick 275 24.4% 819 72.6% 34 1,128 R+48.2
Colfax 399 36.7% 685 63.1% 2 1,086 R+26.3
Sarpy 516 50.3% 491 47.9% 19 1,026 D+2.4
Howard 352 35.5% 637 64.2% 3 992 R+28.7
Harlan 239 25.2% 678 71.4% 33 950 R+46.2
Nuckolls 331 35.6% 594 63.8% 6 931 R+28.2
Boone 226 25.2% 671 74.8% 897 R+49.6
Franklin 248 27.9% 585 65.8% 56 889 R+37.9
Furnas 201 23.3% 606 70.4% 54 861 R+47.0
Antelope 145 17.9% 577 71.2% 88 810 R+53.3
Knox 230 28.7% 556 69.3% 16 802 R+40.6
Kearney 242 30.3% 550 68.9% 6 798 R+38.6
Dixon 315 40.4% 459 58.8% 6 780 R+18.5
Holt 309 43.0% 334 46.5% 75 718 R+3.5
Dakota 386 54.1% 328 45.9% 714 D+8.1
Lincoln 261 40.9% 377 59.1% 638 R+18.2
Cheyenne 322 58.1% 232 41.9% 554 D+16.2
Cedar 326 59.9% 218 40.1% 544 D+19.9
Dawson 179 34.0% 347 66.0% 526 R+31.9
Phelps 36 7.3% 426 86.4% 31 493 R+79.1
Valley 93 19.2% 392 80.8% 485 R+61.6
Red Willow 147 30.7% 284 59.3% 48 479 R+28.6
Custer 130 30.3% 299 69.7% 429 R+39.4
Sherman 80 20.2% 308 77.6% 9 397 R+57.4
Stanton 160 45.2% 180 50.8% 14 354 R+5.6
Greeley 127 40.3% 182 57.8% 6 315 R+17.5
Nance 84 29.7% 199 70.3% 283 R+40.6
Gosper 70 29.5% 156 65.8% 11 237 R+36.3
Pierce 119 61.0% 76 39.0% 195 D+22.1
Hitchcock 49 26.6% 135 73.4% 184 R+46.7
Frontier 42 24.0% 133 76.0% 175 R+52.0
Wayne 43 26.7% 118 73.3% 161 R+46.6
Keith 51 61.4% 32 38.6% 83 D+22.9

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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