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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Nebraska

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1976, 59.2% to 38.4%, a margin of 20.8 points and 125,926 votes.

Nebraska voted 22.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1972, when Richard Nixon won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Douglas, cast 158,707 votes and went to the Republican by 19.7 points. The closest was Howard, where 46 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
Gerald Ford won Republican 359,219 59.2%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 233,293 38.4%
All other candidates 14,237 2.3%
Total606,749

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 61,877 39.0% 93,204 58.7% 3,626 158,707 R+19.7
Lancaster 28,301 40.9% 39,041 56.5% 1,789 69,131 R+15.5
Sarpy 7,385 37.5% 11,917 60.4% 414 19,716 R+23.0
Hall 6,079 35.0% 10,935 62.9% 372 17,386 R+27.9
Dodge 5,283 36.5% 8,982 62.0% 216 14,481 R+25.5
Adams 4,959 38.6% 7,623 59.4% 257 12,839 R+20.7
Buffalo 4,308 33.7% 8,095 63.4% 374 12,777 R+29.6
Lincoln 5,355 42.0% 7,076 55.5% 308 12,739 R+13.5
Scotts Bluff 4,298 37.5% 6,887 60.1% 283 11,468 R+22.6
Madison 3,433 30.0% 7,846 68.5% 176 11,455 R+38.5
Platte 3,693 33.0% 7,217 64.6% 269 11,179 R+31.5
Gage 4,506 45.5% 5,199 52.5% 190 9,895 R+7.0
Dawson 2,395 30.0% 5,413 67.8% 177 7,985 R+37.8
Saunders 3,507 46.7% 3,844 51.2% 151 7,502 R+4.5
Cass 3,205 44.9% 3,807 53.3% 129 7,141 R+8.4
Otoe 2,436 39.1% 3,715 59.6% 86 6,237 R+20.5
Custer 1,985 32.1% 3,935 63.7% 255 6,175 R+31.6
Washington 2,233 36.5% 3,799 62.2% 79 6,111 R+25.6
York 1,665 27.4% 4,223 69.6% 178 6,066 R+42.2
Seward 2,610 43.9% 3,220 54.1% 120 5,950 R+10.3
Saline 3,205 56.6% 2,330 41.2% 127 5,662 D+15.5
Richardson 2,416 42.9% 3,119 55.4% 92 5,627 R+12.5
Holt 1,751 33.2% 3,389 64.2% 138 5,278 R+31.0
Dakota 2,292 45.9% 2,631 52.7% 72 4,995 R+6.8
Red Willow 1,722 35.8% 2,978 61.9% 110 4,810 R+26.1
Jefferson 2,068 43.2% 2,628 54.9% 93 4,789 R+11.7
Cuming 1,374 28.8% 3,303 69.2% 97 4,774 R+40.4
Cedar 2,225 46.7% 2,415 50.7% 120 4,760 R+4.0
Knox 1,922 41.3% 2,610 56.1% 122 4,654 R+14.8
Box Butte 1,516 33.1% 2,956 64.6% 107 4,579 R+31.4
Phelps 1,168 25.9% 3,210 71.2% 131 4,509 R+45.3
Butler 2,337 54.7% 1,809 42.4% 125 4,271 D+12.4
Hamilton 1,337 32.0% 2,737 65.5% 107 4,181 R+33.5
Colfax 1,666 40.4% 2,364 57.3% 93 4,123 R+16.9
Cheyenne 1,665 41.1% 2,285 56.4% 102 4,052 R+15.3
Burt 1,375 34.7% 2,510 63.3% 82 3,967 R+28.6
Dawes 1,286 32.9% 2,446 62.6% 178 3,910 R+29.7
Antelope 1,325 34.1% 2,488 64.0% 74 3,887 R+29.9
Keith 1,139 30.3% 2,485 66.1% 136 3,760 R+35.8
Wayne 1,089 29.4% 2,521 68.0% 98 3,708 R+38.6
Clay 1,369 37.0% 2,254 60.9% 80 3,703 R+23.9
Merrick 1,360 36.7% 2,229 60.2% 113 3,702 R+23.5
Fillmore 1,489 40.6% 2,098 57.2% 84 3,671 R+16.6
Nemaha 1,406 39.7% 2,093 59.1% 45 3,544 R+19.4
Boone 1,329 38.7% 2,035 59.2% 73 3,437 R+20.5
Thayer 1,315 39.1% 1,994 59.3% 51 3,360 R+20.2
Dixon 1,286 38.5% 1,981 59.3% 71 3,338 R+20.8
Pierce 1,004 30.9% 2,172 67.0% 68 3,244 R+36.0
Nuckolls 1,424 44.2% 1,753 54.4% 47 3,224 R+10.2
Cherry 906 28.4% 2,197 68.8% 89 3,192 R+40.4
Kearney 1,219 39.0% 1,830 58.6% 75 3,124 R+19.6
Furnas 1,132 36.8% 1,851 60.2% 91 3,074 R+23.4
Polk 1,190 39.0% 1,797 58.9% 66 3,053 R+19.9
Sheridan 810 27.4% 2,003 67.8% 140 2,953 R+40.4
Valley 1,042 37.6% 1,587 57.3% 140 2,769 R+19.7
Howard 1,316 48.1% 1,362 49.8% 58 2,736 R+1.7
Johnson 1,115 45.4% 1,298 52.9% 42 2,455 R+7.5
Webster 1,130 46.3% 1,267 51.9% 44 2,441 R+5.6
Thurston 1,021 42.7% 1,290 53.9% 82 2,393 R+11.2
Morrill 971 40.8% 1,351 56.8% 57 2,379 R+16.0
Stanton 764 33.4% 1,469 64.3% 53 2,286 R+30.8
Harlan 879 39.0% 1,325 58.8% 51 2,255 R+19.8
Franklin 941 43.5% 1,170 54.1% 52 2,163 R+10.6
Nance 936 44.3% 1,121 53.1% 56 2,113 R+8.8
Sherman 1,078 51.5% 935 44.7% 80 2,093 D+6.8
Kimball 696 34.8% 1,257 62.8% 48 2,001 R+28.0
Chase 725 37.4% 1,146 59.2% 66 1,937 R+21.7
Pawnee 845 45.1% 990 52.9% 38 1,873 R+7.7
Brown 557 30.3% 1,241 67.6% 38 1,836 R+37.3
Boyd 792 43.5% 1,004 55.1% 25 1,821 R+11.6
Hitchcock 786 45.4% 898 51.8% 48 1,732 R+6.5
Greeley 877 51.3% 787 46.1% 45 1,709 D+5.3
Perkins 622 37.7% 981 59.5% 46 1,649 R+21.8
Frontier 588 36.0% 994 60.8% 53 1,635 R+24.8
Garden 445 30.9% 928 64.4% 69 1,442 R+33.5
Dundy 457 36.2% 774 61.3% 32 1,263 R+25.1
Deuel 398 33.4% 776 65.2% 17 1,191 R+31.7
Garfield 343 30.6% 726 64.8% 52 1,121 R+34.2
Gosper 332 32.9% 654 64.8% 23 1,009 R+31.9
Rock 255 25.3% 732 72.5% 22 1,009 R+47.3
Sioux 329 37.3% 532 60.2% 22 883 R+23.0
Hayes 267 38.4% 411 59.1% 17 695 R+20.7
Keya Paha 245 36.7% 405 60.7% 17 667 R+24.0
Banner 210 40.9% 281 54.8% 22 513 R+13.8
Logan 196 39.7% 283 57.3% 15 494 R+17.6
Thomas 103 22.0% 343 73.3% 22 468 R+51.3
Loup 140 30.7% 299 65.6% 17 456 R+34.9
Grant 116 26.0% 314 70.4% 16 446 R+44.4
Wheeler 146 33.5% 274 62.8% 16 436 R+29.4
Hooker 98 23.0% 326 76.3% 3 427 R+53.4
Blaine 133 31.5% 281 66.6% 8 422 R+35.1
McPherson 104 31.2% 221 66.4% 8 333 R+35.1
Arthur 64 24.4% 193 73.7% 5 262 R+49.2

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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