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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Nebraska

Wendell Willkie (Republican) beat Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1940, 57.2% to 42.8%, a margin of 14.4 points and 88,524 votes.

Nebraska voted 24.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+10.0.

Nebraska changed party: in 1936 it went Democratic, for Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Republicans led in 85 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Douglas, cast 120,165 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.2 points. The closest was Greeley, where 28 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
Wendell Willkie won Republican 352,201 57.2%
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 263,677 42.8%
Total615,878

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 66,840 55.6% 53,325 44.4% 120,165 D+11.2
Lancaster 19,321 41.4% 27,384 58.6% 46,705 R+17.3
Gage 5,096 38.5% 8,156 61.5% 13,252 R+23.1
Scotts Bluff 4,455 35.8% 7,989 64.2% 12,444 R+28.4
Hall 4,687 38.7% 7,412 61.3% 12,099 R+22.5
Dodge 4,282 37.5% 7,141 62.5% 11,423 R+25.0
Madison 3,982 35.1% 7,353 64.9% 11,335 R+29.7
Adams 4,311 39.4% 6,630 60.6% 10,941 R+21.2
Lincoln 4,960 45.6% 5,908 54.4% 10,868 R+8.7
Custer 4,238 40.3% 6,269 59.7% 10,507 R+19.3
Buffalo 4,060 38.9% 6,387 61.1% 10,447 R+22.3
Saunders 4,162 45.8% 4,917 54.2% 9,079 R+8.3
Richardson 4,105 45.9% 4,833 54.1% 8,938 R+8.1
Platte 3,862 43.9% 4,929 56.1% 8,791 R+12.1
Otoe 2,927 33.5% 5,799 66.5% 8,726 R+32.9
Cass 3,627 43.5% 4,704 56.5% 8,331 R+12.9
Dawson 2,803 34.0% 5,445 66.0% 8,248 R+32.0
Saline 4,229 53.5% 3,673 46.5% 7,902 D+7.0
Holt 3,016 38.4% 4,840 61.6% 7,856 R+23.2
Jefferson 2,759 35.7% 4,980 64.3% 7,739 R+28.7
Knox 3,179 42.2% 4,352 57.8% 7,531 R+15.6
York 2,200 29.2% 5,322 70.8% 7,522 R+41.5
Cedar 2,619 37.3% 4,397 62.7% 7,016 R+25.3
Seward 2,529 38.1% 4,117 61.9% 6,646 R+23.9
Antelope 2,155 33.2% 4,331 66.8% 6,486 R+33.5
Nemaha 2,549 40.0% 3,817 60.0% 6,366 R+19.9
Butler 3,246 52.3% 2,966 47.7% 6,212 D+4.5
Burt 2,589 42.9% 3,443 57.1% 6,032 R+14.2
Cuming 1,595 26.7% 4,383 73.3% 5,978 R+46.6
Thayer 2,077 34.8% 3,893 65.2% 5,970 R+30.4
Fillmore 1,969 34.9% 3,677 65.1% 5,646 R+30.3
Red Willow 2,481 44.3% 3,119 55.7% 5,600 R+11.4
Washington 2,636 47.4% 2,922 52.6% 5,558 R+5.1
Boone 2,014 37.7% 3,334 62.3% 5,348 R+24.7
Clay 1,763 33.0% 3,576 67.0% 5,339 R+34.0
Box Butte 2,195 42.7% 2,942 57.3% 5,137 R+14.5
Furnas 1,797 35.1% 3,316 64.9% 5,113 R+29.7
Dawes 1,771 35.7% 3,184 64.3% 4,955 R+28.5
Hamilton 1,666 33.6% 3,286 66.4% 4,952 R+32.7
Dixon 1,912 38.6% 3,038 61.4% 4,950 R+22.7
Colfax 2,361 47.7% 2,587 52.3% 4,948 R+4.6
Nuckolls 1,873 38.3% 3,017 61.7% 4,890 R+23.4
Sheridan 1,566 33.1% 3,161 66.9% 4,727 R+33.7
Pierce 1,449 30.7% 3,271 69.3% 4,720 R+38.6
Sarpy 2,537 54.0% 2,165 46.0% 4,702 D+7.9
Wayne 1,395 30.3% 3,209 69.7% 4,604 R+39.4
Dakota 2,422 53.1% 2,140 46.9% 4,562 D+6.2
Cherry 1,781 39.7% 2,705 60.3% 4,486 R+20.6
Phelps 1,847 42.4% 2,512 57.6% 4,359 R+15.3
Merrick 1,466 33.7% 2,886 66.3% 4,352 R+32.6
Cheyenne 1,943 44.8% 2,394 55.2% 4,337 R+10.4
Polk 1,635 38.1% 2,653 61.9% 4,288 R+23.7
Johnson 1,357 31.7% 2,919 68.3% 4,276 R+36.5
Pawnee 1,596 37.7% 2,643 62.3% 4,239 R+24.7
Webster 1,329 31.8% 2,847 68.2% 4,176 R+36.4
Valley 1,590 39.4% 2,449 60.6% 4,039 R+21.3
Thurston 2,039 50.8% 1,973 49.2% 4,012 D+1.6
Howard 2,238 56.9% 1,696 43.1% 3,934 D+13.8
Keith 1,759 46.5% 2,022 53.5% 3,781 R+7.0
Franklin 1,378 36.9% 2,354 63.1% 3,732 R+26.2
Morrill 1,471 39.9% 2,214 60.1% 3,685 R+20.2
Harlan 1,353 38.3% 2,182 61.7% 3,535 R+23.5
Nance 1,435 42.2% 1,963 57.8% 3,398 R+15.5
Sherman 1,888 55.8% 1,494 44.2% 3,382 D+11.6
Kearney 1,561 46.6% 1,792 53.4% 3,353 R+6.9
Stanton 1,081 34.3% 2,074 65.7% 3,155 R+31.5
Frontier 1,062 33.9% 2,069 66.1% 3,131 R+32.2
Greeley 1,502 49.5% 1,530 50.5% 3,032 R+0.9
Hitchcock 1,188 41.7% 1,663 58.3% 2,851 R+16.7
Boyd 1,057 37.9% 1,734 62.1% 2,791 R+24.3
Brown 975 35.4% 1,783 64.6% 2,758 R+29.3
Perkins 1,054 42.7% 1,413 57.3% 2,467 R+14.6
Chase 904 36.7% 1,557 63.3% 2,461 R+26.5
Dundy 803 35.8% 1,441 64.2% 2,244 R+28.4
Garden 736 35.3% 1,351 64.7% 2,087 R+29.5
Kimball 735 38.2% 1,190 61.8% 1,925 R+23.6
Deuel 565 32.8% 1,156 67.2% 1,721 R+34.3
Rock 600 35.2% 1,104 64.8% 1,704 R+29.6
Sioux 618 36.6% 1,072 63.4% 1,690 R+26.9
Gosper 628 38.6% 1,001 61.4% 1,629 R+22.9
Garfield 533 33.6% 1,053 66.4% 1,586 R+32.8
Keya Paha 502 33.3% 1,004 66.7% 1,506 R+33.3
Hayes 598 44.1% 759 55.9% 1,357 R+11.9
Wheeler 427 46.3% 495 53.7% 922 R+7.4
Loup 289 34.9% 539 65.1% 828 R+30.2
Logan 325 39.5% 498 60.5% 823 R+21.0
Blaine 311 40.7% 454 59.3% 765 R+18.7
Thomas 277 36.3% 486 63.7% 763 R+27.4
Banner 226 33.4% 450 66.6% 676 R+33.1
Grant 243 36.5% 423 63.5% 666 R+27.0
McPherson 164 28.4% 414 71.6% 578 R+43.3
Hooker 147 26.7% 403 73.3% 550 R+46.5
Arthur 194 35.8% 348 64.2% 542 R+28.4

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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