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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Nebraska

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) beat Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1944, 58.6% to 41.4%, a margin of 17.2 points and 96,634 votes.

Nebraska voted 24.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when Wendell Willkie won.

Republicans led in 84 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Douglas, cast 117,205 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.8 points. The closest was Sarpy, where 13 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
Thomas E. Dewey won Republican 329,880 58.6%
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 233,246 41.4%
Total563,126

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 63,762 54.4% 53,443 45.6% 117,205 D+8.8
Lancaster 19,338 42.0% 26,715 58.0% 46,053 R+16.0
Hall 4,768 38.4% 7,651 61.6% 12,419 R+23.2
Adams 4,612 39.2% 7,165 60.8% 11,777 R+21.7
Gage 4,238 36.6% 7,352 63.4% 11,590 R+26.9
Dodge 4,278 38.6% 6,803 61.4% 11,081 R+22.8
Saunders 4,199 38.8% 6,615 61.2% 10,814 R+22.3
Scotts Bluff 3,733 35.0% 6,947 65.0% 10,680 R+30.1
Lincoln 4,344 42.1% 5,969 57.9% 10,313 R+15.8
Madison 3,373 32.9% 6,892 67.1% 10,265 R+34.3
Buffalo 3,852 38.8% 6,073 61.2% 9,925 R+22.4
Custer 3,321 38.4% 5,330 61.6% 8,651 R+23.2
Richardson 3,483 43.7% 4,482 56.3% 7,965 R+12.5
Platte 3,448 43.3% 4,509 56.7% 7,957 R+13.3
Otoe 2,664 33.5% 5,291 66.5% 7,955 R+33.0
Cass 3,144 40.7% 4,588 59.3% 7,732 R+18.7
Dawson 2,270 31.2% 5,017 68.8% 7,287 R+37.7
Saline 3,899 54.5% 3,255 45.5% 7,154 D+9.0
Holt 2,565 37.9% 4,198 62.1% 6,763 R+24.1
York 1,808 27.0% 4,885 73.0% 6,693 R+46.0
Jefferson 2,187 33.9% 4,257 66.1% 6,444 R+32.1
Knox 2,487 39.8% 3,762 60.2% 6,249 R+20.4
Seward 2,083 35.9% 3,721 64.1% 5,804 R+28.2
Antelope 1,618 29.4% 3,888 70.6% 5,506 R+41.2
Cedar 1,839 33.7% 3,616 66.3% 5,455 R+32.6
Butler 2,922 54.0% 2,493 46.0% 5,415 D+7.9
Cuming 1,401 25.9% 4,008 74.1% 5,409 R+48.2
Burt 2,162 40.4% 3,189 59.6% 5,351 R+19.2
Sarpy 2,654 50.1% 2,641 49.9% 5,295 D+0.2
Red Willow 2,132 40.7% 3,107 59.3% 5,239 R+18.6
Thayer 1,644 31.6% 3,554 68.4% 5,198 R+36.7
Fillmore 1,788 34.7% 3,362 65.3% 5,150 R+30.6
Washington 2,274 44.4% 2,844 55.6% 5,118 R+11.1
Nemaha 1,785 35.3% 3,267 64.7% 5,052 R+29.3
Clay 1,530 31.2% 3,375 68.8% 4,905 R+37.6
Box Butte 1,736 36.7% 2,994 63.3% 4,730 R+26.6
Boone 1,665 36.8% 2,865 63.2% 4,530 R+26.5
Colfax 2,178 48.5% 2,314 51.5% 4,492 R+3.0
Cheyenne 1,752 39.8% 2,654 60.2% 4,406 R+20.5
Hamilton 1,330 30.3% 3,057 69.7% 4,387 R+39.4
Nuckolls 1,607 37.4% 2,685 62.6% 4,292 R+25.1
Furnas 1,329 31.7% 2,870 68.3% 4,199 R+36.7
Dawes 1,447 34.5% 2,747 65.5% 4,194 R+31.0
Pierce 1,204 28.9% 2,956 71.1% 4,160 R+42.1
Merrick 1,390 34.1% 2,691 65.9% 4,081 R+31.9
Phelps 1,451 37.1% 2,460 62.9% 3,911 R+25.8
Wayne 1,021 26.1% 2,886 73.9% 3,907 R+47.7
Polk 1,517 39.2% 2,357 60.8% 3,874 R+21.7
Dixon 1,463 38.0% 2,382 62.0% 3,845 R+23.9
Dakota 1,989 53.9% 1,703 46.1% 3,692 D+7.7
Cherry 1,371 37.2% 2,314 62.8% 3,685 R+25.6
Johnson 1,019 27.8% 2,649 72.2% 3,668 R+44.4
Webster 1,094 30.2% 2,523 69.8% 3,617 R+39.5
Sheridan 1,031 28.6% 2,570 71.4% 3,601 R+42.7
Howard 2,042 56.8% 1,556 43.2% 3,598 D+13.5
Valley 1,475 41.3% 2,096 58.7% 3,571 R+17.4
Pawnee 1,275 36.1% 2,254 63.9% 3,529 R+27.7
Thurston 1,632 50.7% 1,584 49.3% 3,216 D+1.5
Morrill 1,108 35.7% 1,998 64.3% 3,106 R+28.7
Franklin 969 31.7% 2,085 68.3% 3,054 R+36.5
Kearney 1,267 41.6% 1,782 58.4% 3,049 R+16.9
Harlan 1,006 33.6% 1,991 66.4% 2,997 R+32.9
Sherman 1,584 54.8% 1,309 45.2% 2,893 D+9.5
Keith 1,147 39.7% 1,739 60.3% 2,886 R+20.5
Nance 1,113 39.6% 1,697 60.4% 2,810 R+20.8
Frontier 758 29.0% 1,855 71.0% 2,613 R+42.0
Stanton 874 34.2% 1,682 65.8% 2,556 R+31.6
Greeley 1,265 50.5% 1,242 49.5% 2,507 D+0.9
Hitchcock 877 36.0% 1,556 64.0% 2,433 R+27.9
Boyd 895 38.1% 1,456 61.9% 2,351 R+23.9
Brown 745 32.5% 1,549 67.5% 2,294 R+35.0
Perkins 806 38.3% 1,301 61.7% 2,107 R+23.5
Chase 648 31.0% 1,444 69.0% 2,092 R+38.0
Dundy 613 31.7% 1,320 68.3% 1,933 R+36.6
Garden 541 30.2% 1,248 69.8% 1,789 R+39.5
Kimball 576 33.0% 1,169 67.0% 1,745 R+34.0
Deuel 406 26.5% 1,125 73.5% 1,531 R+47.0
Rock 506 34.0% 984 66.0% 1,490 R+32.1
Gosper 484 34.1% 935 65.9% 1,419 R+31.8
Garfield 408 31.3% 896 68.7% 1,304 R+37.4
Sioux 408 31.8% 876 68.2% 1,284 R+36.4
Hayes 387 33.1% 782 66.9% 1,169 R+33.8
Keya Paha 334 30.0% 781 70.0% 1,115 R+40.1
Wheeler 310 44.2% 392 55.8% 702 R+11.7
Logan 244 35.2% 450 64.8% 694 R+29.7
Loup 182 27.2% 488 72.8% 670 R+45.7
Blaine 248 40.4% 366 59.6% 614 R+19.2
Thomas 214 38.8% 338 61.2% 552 R+22.5
Banner 154 28.9% 378 71.1% 532 R+42.1
Grant 172 34.5% 327 65.5% 499 R+31.1
Hooker 103 23.8% 330 76.2% 433 R+52.4
McPherson 118 27.6% 310 72.4% 428 R+44.9
Arthur 153 36.3% 268 63.7% 421 R+27.3

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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