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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Nebraska

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Nebraska in 1916, 55.3% to 41.0%, a margin of 14.3 points and 41,056 votes.

Nebraska voted 11.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1912, when Woodrow Wilson also won.

Democrats led in 82 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 11. The largest, Douglas, cast 41,437 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.7 points. The closest was Gage, where 2 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	158,827	55.3%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	117,771	41.0%
All other candidates		10,717	3.7%
Total		287,315

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Douglas	24,796 59.8%	14,557 35.1%	2,084	41,437	D+24.7
Lancaster	9,093 54.5%	7,042 42.2%	553	16,688	D+12.3
Gage	3,385 48.7%	3,383 48.7%	177	6,945	level
Custer	3,609 60.4%	2,047 34.2%	322	5,978	D+26.1
Dodge	2,644 49.8%	2,446 46.1%	216	5,306	D+3.7
Buffalo	2,877 54.3%	2,216 41.8%	210	5,303	D+12.5
Hall	2,483 47.2%	2,555 48.5%	226	5,264	R+1.4
Madison	2,358 48.2%	2,428 49.6%	111	4,897	R+1.4
Adams	2,657 54.6%	2,041 41.9%	170	4,868	D+12.7
Richardson	2,650 55.0%	2,039 42.3%	131	4,820	D+12.7
Saunders	2,671 55.7%	1,957 40.8%	165	4,793	D+14.9
Cass	2,595 54.9%	1,927 40.8%	202	4,724	D+14.1
Otoe	2,344 51.3%	2,121 46.5%	101	4,566	D+4.9
Platte	2,412 54.8%	1,918 43.5%	75	4,405	D+11.2
York	2,206 50.7%	2,011 46.2%	134	4,351	D+4.5
Knox	2,329 53.8%	1,910 44.1%	91	4,330	D+9.7
Saline	2,646 63.2%	1,469 35.1%	70	4,185	D+28.1
Holt	2,213 56.7%	1,568 40.2%	120	3,901	D+16.5
Jefferson	1,841 47.6%	1,813 46.8%	216	3,870	D+0.7
Clay	1,975 51.7%	1,737 45.5%	109	3,821	D+6.2
Lincoln	2,192 58.0%	1,309 34.6%	281	3,782	D+23.3
Seward	1,797 48.5%	1,855 50.1%	50	3,702	R+1.6
Fillmore	1,911 53.8%	1,561 43.9%	80	3,552	D+9.9
Dawson	1,989 56.1%	1,444 40.7%	111	3,544	D+15.4
Butler	2,332 66.4%	1,120 31.9%	59	3,511	D+34.5
Cedar	1,715 49.1%	1,727 49.5%	49	3,491	R+0.3
Thayer	1,581 45.7%	1,772 51.3%	104	3,457	R+5.5
Antelope	1,881 54.5%	1,495 43.3%	74	3,450	D+11.2
Hamilton	1,816 54.3%	1,444 43.2%	86	3,346	D+11.1
Boone	2,005 60.6%	1,225 37.0%	78	3,308	D+23.6
Nuckolls	1,732 53.4%	1,411 43.5%	100	3,243	D+9.9
Nemaha	1,658 52.2%	1,438 45.2%	83	3,179	D+6.9
Cuming	1,424 46.9%	1,551 51.0%	64	3,039	R+4.2
Burt	1,425 47.6%	1,508 50.3%	63	2,996	R+2.8
Cherry	1,734 57.9%	1,091 36.4%	169	2,994	D+21.5
Washington	1,555 52.7%	1,297 44.0%	98	2,950	D+8.7
Scotts Bluff	1,587 54.1%	1,144 39.0%	204	2,935	D+15.1
Furnas	1,607 55.9%	1,163 40.5%	105	2,875	D+15.4
Webster	1,469 53.0%	1,191 43.0%	111	2,771	D+10.0
Polk	1,600 57.8%	1,060 38.3%	108	2,768	D+19.5
Merrick	1,349 51.3%	1,178 44.8%	101	2,628	D+6.5
Dixon	1,350 51.6%	1,208 46.2%	57	2,615	D+5.4
Colfax	1,628 63.1%	897 34.8%	54	2,579	D+28.3
Red Willow	1,418 55.2%	977 38.0%	174	2,569	D+17.2
Johnson	1,117 44.3%	1,373 54.4%	34	2,524	R+10.1
Phelps	1,425 56.7%	971 38.6%	119	2,515	D+18.1
Franklin	1,345 53.8%	1,081 43.2%	74	2,500	D+10.6
Howard	1,695 68.2%	698 28.1%	93	2,486	D+40.1
Pawnee	1,171 47.4%	1,228 49.7%	74	2,473	R+2.3
Valley	1,388 60.2%	840 36.4%	77	2,305	D+23.8
Pierce	1,030 45.0%	1,228 53.6%	33	2,291	R+8.6
Wayne	1,006 44.4%	1,208 53.3%	54	2,268	R+8.9
Sarpy	1,320 58.5%	885 39.2%	53	2,258	D+19.3
Harlan	1,267 56.9%	834 37.5%	124	2,225	D+19.5
Kearney	1,396 62.8%	760 34.2%	66	2,222	D+28.6
Nance	1,165 54.6%	930 43.6%	40	2,135	D+11.0
Sherman	1,208 59.6%	706 34.8%	114	2,028	D+24.8
Thurston	1,255 62.5%	717 35.7%	37	2,009	D+26.8
Greeley	1,289 65.0%	627 31.6%	68	1,984	D+33.4
Frontier	1,138 57.6%	736 37.3%	100	1,974	D+20.4
Dawes	1,088 57.1%	751 39.4%	66	1,905	D+17.7
Sheridan	1,158 62.0%	604 32.4%	105	1,867	D+29.7
Boyd	852 49.5%	809 47.0%	61	1,722	D+2.5
Dakota	1,032 61.5%	612 36.5%	35	1,679	D+25.0
Stanton	899 53.6%	736 43.9%	41	1,676	D+9.7
Box Butte	914 58.2%	591 37.6%	65	1,570	D+20.6
Brown	901 59.9%	528 35.1%	75	1,504	D+24.8
Cheyenne	834 56.6%	563 38.2%	76	1,473	D+18.4
Morrill	888 62.2%	470 32.9%	70	1,428	D+29.3
Hitchcock	733 60.9%	435 36.2%	35	1,203	D+24.8
Sioux	737 65.3%	344 30.5%	47	1,128	D+34.8
Gosper	617 56.9%	434 40.0%	34	1,085	D+16.9
Keith	544 54.6%	389 39.1%	63	996	D+15.6
Chase	551 55.8%	369 37.4%	67	987	D+18.4
Dundy	570 58.3%	347 35.5%	60	977	D+22.8
Garden	598 62.6%	306 32.0%	52	956	D+30.5
Rock	449 51.1%	375 42.7%	55	879	D+8.4
Garfield	426 52.8%	302 37.4%	79	807	D+15.4
Keya Paha	401 50.4%	316 39.7%	78	795	D+10.7
Hayes	382 58.1%	219 33.3%	56	657	D+24.8
Perkins	397 60.6%	210 32.1%	48	655	D+28.5
Kimball	388 59.8%	223 34.4%	38	649	D+25.4
Deuel	340 62.5%	181 33.3%	23	544	D+29.2
Thomas	261 49.0%	244 45.8%	28	533	D+3.2
Wheeler	270 54.7%	163 33.0%	61	494	D+21.7
Logan	283 57.8%	172 35.1%	35	490	D+22.7
Blaine	246 54.4%	184 40.7%	22	452	D+13.7
Arthur	286 64.3%	143 32.1%	16	445	D+32.1
Loup	219 50.8%	164 38.1%	48	431	D+12.8
Grant	241 59.2%	157 38.6%	9	407	D+20.6
Hooker	218 64.5%	109 32.2%	11	338	D+32.2
Banner	166 50.0%	142 42.8%	24	332	D+7.2
McPherson	184 57.9%	106 33.3%	28	318	D+24.5

Counties as they stood in 1916; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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