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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Nebraska

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1972, 70.5% to 29.5%, a margin of 41.0 points and 236,307 votes.

Nebraska voted 17.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Richard Nixon also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties as they stood then. The largest, Douglas, cast 149,780 votes and went to the Republican by 35.6 points. The closest was Saline, where 174 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
Richard Nixon won	Republican	406,298	70.5%
George McGovern	Democratic	169,991	29.5%
Total		576,289

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Douglas	48,201 32.2%	101,579 67.8%	149,780	R+35.6
Lancaster	25,924 37.8%	42,573 62.2%	68,497	R+24.3
Sarpy	3,904 25.3%	11,514 74.7%	15,418	R+49.4
Hall	4,218 27.7%	10,987 72.3%	15,205	R+44.5
Dodge	3,826 28.0%	9,837 72.0%	13,663	R+44.0
Adams	3,359 27.5%	8,841 72.5%	12,200	R+44.9
Buffalo	2,988 25.8%	8,587 74.2%	11,575	R+48.4
Scotts Bluff	2,764 24.2%	8,649 75.8%	11,413	R+51.6
Madison	2,224 20.6%	8,580 79.4%	10,804	R+58.8
Platte	2,855 26.6%	7,871 73.4%	10,726	R+46.8
Lincoln	3,220 30.0%	7,502 70.0%	10,722	R+39.9
Gage	3,588 36.3%	6,298 63.7%	9,886	R+27.4
Dawson	1,424 18.7%	6,211 81.3%	7,635	R+62.7
Saunders	2,501 36.9%	4,282 63.1%	6,783	R+26.3
Otoe	1,718 26.3%	4,815 73.7%	6,533	R+47.4
Cass	1,805 28.6%	4,503 71.4%	6,308	R+42.8
Custer	1,147 19.2%	4,836 80.8%	5,983	R+61.7
York	1,318 22.1%	4,651 77.9%	5,969	R+55.8
Seward	2,087 36.0%	3,707 64.0%	5,794	R+28.0
Washington	1,401 24.6%	4,290 75.4%	5,691	R+50.8
Saline	2,654 48.4%	2,828 51.6%	5,482	R+3.2
Holt	1,053 20.3%	4,147 79.8%	5,200	R+59.5
Richardson	1,508 29.2%	3,662 70.8%	5,170	R+41.7
Cuming	1,019 21.1%	3,810 78.9%	4,829	R+57.8
Cedar	1,807 37.6%	2,995 62.4%	4,802	R+24.7
Red Willow	931 20.1%	3,701 79.9%	4,632	R+59.8
Dakota	1,748 37.8%	2,879 62.2%	4,627	R+24.4
Knox	1,289 28.0%	3,318 72.0%	4,607	R+44.0
Jefferson	1,476 32.9%	3,008 67.1%	4,484	R+34.2
Box Butte	960 21.9%	3,431 78.1%	4,391	R+56.3
Butler	1,812 44.1%	2,301 55.9%	4,113	R+11.9
Phelps	735 18.0%	3,356 82.0%	4,091	R+64.1
Antelope	851 20.9%	3,228 79.1%	4,079	R+58.3
Cheyenne	950 23.3%	3,120 76.7%	4,070	R+53.3
Colfax	1,107 28.3%	2,799 71.7%	3,906	R+43.3
Hamilton	907 23.5%	2,960 76.5%	3,867	R+53.1
Burt	900 23.5%	2,937 76.5%	3,837	R+53.1
Fillmore	1,270 33.6%	2,511 66.4%	3,781	R+32.8
Dawes	711 19.2%	2,987 80.8%	3,698	R+61.5
Wayne	902 25.3%	2,659 74.7%	3,561	R+49.3
Nemaha	909 25.9%	2,600 74.1%	3,509	R+48.2
Clay	861 25.3%	2,542 74.7%	3,403	R+49.4
Merrick	887 26.8%	2,418 73.2%	3,305	R+46.3
Boone	883 26.8%	2,406 73.2%	3,289	R+46.3
Thayer	978 30.1%	2,274 69.9%	3,252	R+39.9
Dixon	941 29.0%	2,299 71.0%	3,240	R+41.9
Keith	665 20.9%	2,513 79.1%	3,178	R+58.1
Pierce	653 21.0%	2,451 79.0%	3,104	R+57.9
Nuckolls	999 32.4%	2,089 67.6%	3,088	R+35.3
Cherry	463 15.1%	2,610 84.9%	3,073	R+69.9
Kearney	759 25.6%	2,203 74.4%	2,962	R+48.8
Furnas	676 22.9%	2,282 77.1%	2,958	R+54.3
Polk	827 28.7%	2,050 71.3%	2,877	R+42.5
Sheridan	481 16.8%	2,386 83.2%	2,867	R+66.4
Valley	771 27.7%	2,011 72.3%	2,782	R+44.6
Howard	945 35.8%	1,691 64.2%	2,636	R+28.3
Johnson	917 35.9%	1,637 64.1%	2,554	R+28.2
Thurston	840 34.9%	1,565 65.1%	2,405	R+30.1
Webster	696 29.9%	1,631 70.1%	2,327	R+40.2
Morrill	520 23.0%	1,740 77.0%	2,260	R+54.0
Stanton	478 22.3%	1,662 77.7%	2,140	R+55.3
Franklin	599 28.4%	1,510 71.6%	2,109	R+43.2
Harlan	539 25.8%	1,549 74.2%	2,088	R+48.4
Kimball	437 20.9%	1,650 79.1%	2,087	R+58.1
Nance	641 31.2%	1,413 68.8%	2,054	R+37.6
Boyd	506 26.3%	1,419 73.7%	1,925	R+47.4
Sherman	811 42.5%	1,099 57.5%	1,910	R+15.1
Pawnee	524 28.7%	1,299 71.3%	1,823	R+42.5
Brown	330 18.4%	1,462 81.6%	1,792	R+63.2
Greeley	760 43.1%	1,005 56.9%	1,765	R+13.9
Hitchcock	364 21.4%	1,339 78.6%	1,703	R+57.3
Frontier	324 19.8%	1,315 80.2%	1,639	R+60.5
Chase	307 18.9%	1,318 81.1%	1,625	R+62.2
Perkins	354 23.3%	1,165 76.7%	1,519	R+53.4
Garden	204 14.9%	1,161 85.1%	1,365	R+70.1
Deuel	224 18.3%	1,001 81.7%	1,225	R+63.4
Dundy	221 18.1%	1,003 81.9%	1,224	R+63.9
Garfield	209 18.8%	903 81.2%	1,112	R+62.4
Rock	138 12.8%	937 87.2%	1,075	R+74.3
Gosper	242 22.6%	829 77.4%	1,071	R+54.8
Sioux	129 16.8%	639 83.2%	768	R+66.4
Keya Paha	146 20.6%	563 79.4%	709	R+58.8
Hayes	123 20.2%	486 79.8%	609	R+59.6
Banner	96 19.2%	404 80.8%	500	R+61.6
Thomas	73 15.5%	397 84.5%	470	R+68.9
Hooker	52 11.7%	394 88.3%	446	R+76.7
Grant	69 15.5%	376 84.5%	445	R+69.0
Wheeler	84 18.9%	361 81.1%	445	R+62.2
Loup	58 14.4%	345 85.6%	403	R+71.2
Blaine	56 14.0%	343 86.0%	399	R+71.9
Logan	73 18.6%	320 81.4%	393	R+62.8
McPherson	42 14.5%	247 85.5%	289	R+70.9
Arthur	45 16.0%	236 84.0%	281	R+68.0

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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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