Election 1920 Results
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1920 presidential election in Nebraska
Warren G. Harding (Republican) beat James M. Cox (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1920, 64.7% to 31.3%, a margin of 33.4 points and 127,890 votes.
Nebraska voted 7.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+26.2.
Nebraska changed party: in 1916 it went Democratic, for Woodrow Wilson.
Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties as they stood then. The largest, Douglas, cast 49,375 votes and went to the Republican by 20.5 points. The closest was Arthur, where 73 votes separated the two parties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding won | Republican | 247,498 | 64.7% |
| James M. Cox | Democratic | 119,608 | 31.3% |
| All other candidates | 15,637 | 4.1% | |
| Total | 382,743 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 18,439 37.3% | 28,543 57.8% | 2,393 | 49,375 | R+20.5 |
| Lancaster | 8,435 33.8% | 15,638 62.6% | 917 | 24,990 | R+28.8 |
| Gage | 2,477 28.2% | 6,059 69.0% | 250 | 8,786 | R+40.8 |
| Custer | 2,739 32.7% | 4,974 59.3% | 674 | 8,387 | R+26.6 |
| Buffalo | 2,258 29.9% | 4,954 65.6% | 345 | 7,557 | R+35.7 |
| Richardson | 2,679 36.8% | 4,496 61.7% | 109 | 7,284 | R+24.9 |
| Hall | 1,724 24.2% | 4,719 66.3% | 680 | 7,123 | R+42.0 |
| Madison | 1,716 24.3% | 5,171 73.3% | 169 | 7,056 | R+49.0 |
| Adams | 1,932 27.6% | 4,849 69.2% | 227 | 7,008 | R+41.6 |
| Dodge | 1,799 26.2% | 4,832 70.4% | 233 | 6,864 | R+44.2 |
| York | 1,857 29.1% | 4,265 66.9% | 256 | 6,378 | R+37.8 |
| Saunders | 2,296 36.9% | 3,733 60.0% | 194 | 6,223 | R+23.1 |
| Cass | 2,192 35.8% | 3,575 58.3% | 360 | 6,127 | R+22.6 |
| Lincoln | 1,896 32.6% | 3,342 57.4% | 584 | 5,822 | R+24.8 |
| Otoe | 1,671 29.2% | 3,869 67.6% | 182 | 5,722 | R+38.4 |
| Platte | 1,367 24.9% | 4,058 73.9% | 68 | 5,493 | R+49.0 |
| Saline | 2,172 39.9% | 3,197 58.7% | 80 | 5,449 | R+18.8 |
| Seward | 1,497 28.4% | 3,690 70.0% | 86 | 5,273 | R+41.6 |
| Knox | 1,470 27.9% | 3,678 69.9% | 116 | 5,264 | R+41.9 |
| Cedar | 1,279 24.4% | 3,906 74.5% | 58 | 5,243 | R+50.1 |
| Jefferson | 1,408 27.4% | 3,488 67.9% | 238 | 5,134 | R+40.5 |
| Dawson | 1,444 28.2% | 3,384 66.0% | 300 | 5,128 | R+37.8 |
| Clay | 1,466 29.3% | 3,392 67.7% | 150 | 5,008 | R+38.5 |
| Holt | 1,577 32.2% | 3,163 64.6% | 158 | 4,898 | R+32.4 |
| Thayer | 1,120 23.8% | 3,456 73.3% | 138 | 4,714 | R+49.6 |
| Boone | 1,461 31.0% | 3,108 66.0% | 142 | 4,711 | R+35.0 |
| Antelope | 1,154 24.6% | 3,322 70.9% | 209 | 4,685 | R+46.3 |
| Nemaha | 1,512 33.5% | 2,888 64.0% | 111 | 4,511 | R+30.5 |
| Butler | 1,918 42.8% | 2,478 55.2% | 90 | 4,486 | R+12.5 |
| Scotts Bluff | 969 21.7% | 3,189 71.5% | 301 | 4,459 | R+49.8 |
| Fillmore | 1,549 35.1% | 2,803 63.4% | 67 | 4,419 | R+28.4 |
| Hamilton | 1,356 30.7% | 2,950 66.9% | 104 | 4,410 | R+36.1 |
| Burt | 1,194 28.2% | 2,969 70.2% | 65 | 4,228 | R+42.0 |
| Nuckolls | 1,337 32.5% | 2,637 64.1% | 142 | 4,116 | R+31.6 |
| Cuming | 764 18.9% | 3,177 78.6% | 99 | 4,040 | R+59.7 |
| Furnas | 1,371 33.9% | 2,445 60.5% | 223 | 4,039 | R+26.6 |
| Washington | 1,295 34.2% | 2,409 63.6% | 84 | 3,788 | R+29.4 |
| Phelps | 1,169 31.1% | 2,324 61.9% | 261 | 3,754 | R+30.8 |
| Polk | 1,236 33.0% | 2,393 63.8% | 122 | 3,751 | R+30.8 |
| Webster | 913 24.8% | 2,599 70.7% | 163 | 3,675 | R+45.9 |
| Merrick | 1,075 29.3% | 2,385 65.1% | 203 | 3,663 | R+35.8 |
| Pawnee | 972 27.1% | 2,510 69.9% | 110 | 3,592 | R+42.8 |
| Dixon | 911 26.7% | 2,435 71.4% | 63 | 3,409 | R+44.7 |
| Franklin | 1,030 30.3% | 2,294 67.4% | 79 | 3,403 | R+37.1 |
| Johnson | 909 26.8% | 2,416 71.3% | 64 | 3,389 | R+44.5 |
| Red Willow | 1,133 33.5% | 1,993 58.9% | 259 | 3,385 | R+25.4 |
| Pierce | 743 22.5% | 2,478 75.1% | 78 | 3,299 | R+52.6 |
| Wayne | 681 21.9% | 2,312 74.5% | 112 | 3,105 | R+52.5 |
| Kearney | 1,273 41.8% | 1,683 55.3% | 87 | 3,043 | R+13.5 |
| Colfax | 957 31.8% | 1,992 66.3% | 56 | 3,005 | R+34.4 |
| Valley | 912 30.5% | 1,935 64.8% | 139 | 2,986 | R+34.3 |
| Howard | 1,311 44.1% | 1,508 50.8% | 152 | 2,971 | R+6.6 |
| Harlan | 974 33.1% | 1,756 59.6% | 217 | 2,947 | R+26.5 |
| Dawes | 900 32.3% | 1,801 64.6% | 87 | 2,788 | R+32.3 |
| Sarpy | 1,027 36.9% | 1,662 59.8% | 91 | 2,780 | R+22.8 |
| Nance | 746 27.6% | 1,877 69.5% | 78 | 2,701 | R+41.9 |
| Sheridan | 784 29.5% | 1,714 64.5% | 158 | 2,656 | R+35.0 |
| Thurston | 925 35.1% | 1,667 63.3% | 40 | 2,632 | R+28.2 |
| Greeley | 1,180 45.1% | 1,345 51.4% | 93 | 2,618 | R+6.3 |
| Sherman | 848 32.7% | 1,582 61.0% | 165 | 2,595 | R+28.3 |
| Cheyenne | 604 23.4% | 1,857 71.9% | 121 | 2,582 | R+48.5 |
| Frontier | 673 26.2% | 1,750 68.1% | 147 | 2,570 | R+41.9 |
| Box Butte | 756 30.2% | 1,630 65.1% | 117 | 2,503 | R+34.9 |
| Cherry | 711 28.8% | 1,636 66.4% | 118 | 2,465 | R+37.5 |
| Dakota | 873 35.8% | 1,525 62.6% | 39 | 2,437 | R+26.8 |
| Boyd | 527 24.9% | 1,482 70.0% | 107 | 2,116 | R+45.1 |
| Morrill | 667 32.0% | 1,366 65.5% | 52 | 2,085 | R+33.5 |
| Brown | 558 27.0% | 1,417 68.6% | 90 | 2,065 | R+41.6 |
| Stanton | 501 25.0% | 1,457 72.7% | 47 | 2,005 | R+47.7 |
| Hitchcock | 615 33.6% | 1,127 61.6% | 88 | 1,830 | R+28.0 |
| Keith | 472 29.1% | 1,050 64.7% | 100 | 1,622 | R+35.6 |
| Dundy | 375 23.9% | 1,094 69.6% | 103 | 1,572 | R+45.7 |
| Chase | 414 28.1% | 976 66.2% | 85 | 1,475 | R+38.1 |
| Garden | 421 30.2% | 924 66.2% | 50 | 1,395 | R+36.1 |
| Gosper | 486 35.5% | 794 58.0% | 88 | 1,368 | R+22.5 |
| Kimball | 339 26.1% | 910 70.1% | 50 | 1,299 | R+44.0 |
| Perkins | 387 32.8% | 722 61.2% | 71 | 1,180 | R+28.4 |
| Deuel | 321 30.4% | 684 64.8% | 50 | 1,055 | R+34.4 |
| Sioux | 252 26.1% | 627 65.0% | 86 | 965 | R+38.9 |
| Garfield | 252 26.5% | 611 64.3% | 87 | 950 | R+37.8 |
| Rock | 239 27.0% | 621 70.2% | 25 | 885 | R+43.2 |
| Hayes | 207 26.8% | 512 66.4% | 52 | 771 | R+39.6 |
| Keya Paha | 218 29.5% | 479 64.7% | 43 | 740 | R+35.3 |
| Wheeler | 165 27.0% | 352 57.5% | 95 | 612 | R+30.6 |
| Thomas | 207 37.9% | 305 55.9% | 34 | 546 | R+17.9 |
| Logan | 180 33.3% | 312 57.8% | 48 | 540 | R+24.4 |
| Blaine | 176 34.2% | 328 63.8% | 10 | 514 | R+29.6 |
| Loup | 117 22.8% | 343 66.7% | 54 | 514 | R+44.0 |
| Grant | 141 35.3% | 256 64.2% | 2 | 399 | R+28.8 |
| Hooker | 117 32.3% | 230 63.5% | 15 | 362 | R+31.2 |
| Banner | 69 19.4% | 258 72.5% | 29 | 356 | R+53.1 |
| McPherson | 75 22.9% | 229 70.0% | 23 | 327 | R+47.1 |
| Arthur | 94 32.1% | 167 57.0% | 32 | 293 | R+24.9 |
Counties as they stood in 1920; 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 |