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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.

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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
Warren G. Harding won Republican 247,498 64.7%
James M. Cox Democratic 119,608 31.3%
All other candidates 15,637 4.1%
Total382,743

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
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

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