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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Nebraska

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1984, 70.6% to 28.8%, a margin of 41.7 points and 272,188 votes.

Nebraska voted 23.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+18.2.

The Republican hold continued from 1980, when Ronald Reagan also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties as they stood then. The largest, Douglas, cast 172,658 votes and went to the Republican by 31.1 points. The closest was Arthur, where 215 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
Ronald Reagan won Republican 460,054 70.6%
Walter Mondale Democratic 187,866 28.8%
All other candidates 4,170 0.6%
Total652,090

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 58,979 34.2% 112,676 65.3% 1,003 172,658 R+31.1
Lancaster 32,898 40.0% 48,778 59.3% 569 82,245 R+19.3
Sarpy 6,838 25.2% 20,192 74.3% 130 27,160 R+49.2
Hall 4,655 25.9% 13,193 73.5% 108 17,956 R+47.5
Lincoln 4,509 29.5% 10,717 70.0% 81 15,307 R+40.6
Buffalo 3,086 21.2% 11,365 78.1% 99 14,550 R+56.9
Dodge 4,266 29.3% 10,201 70.2% 74 14,541 R+40.8
Scotts Bluff 3,074 22.2% 10,711 77.2% 93 13,878 R+55.0
Platte 2,061 16.9% 10,069 82.4% 92 12,222 R+65.5
Adams 2,945 24.2% 9,127 75.1% 83 12,155 R+50.9
Madison 1,757 15.2% 9,790 84.5% 42 11,589 R+69.3
Gage 2,709 30.5% 6,116 68.8% 67 8,892 R+38.3
Dawson 1,487 17.7% 6,887 81.9% 33 8,407 R+64.2
Cass 2,499 31.1% 5,461 68.0% 66 8,026 R+36.9
Saunders 2,467 31.8% 5,217 67.3% 63 7,747 R+35.5
Washington 1,565 23.0% 5,191 76.4% 35 6,791 R+53.4
Otoe 1,869 28.3% 4,679 70.9% 48 6,596 R+42.6
York 1,124 17.9% 5,147 82.1% 6,271 R+64.2
Dakota 2,510 41.8% 3,467 57.8% 25 6,002 R+15.9
Seward 1,911 32.2% 3,983 67.1% 43 5,937 R+34.9
Custer 1,090 18.6% 4,749 80.9% 28 5,867 R+62.4
Holt 893 16.1% 4,613 83.2% 39 5,545 R+67.1
Box Butte 1,471 26.6% 4,011 72.6% 43 5,525 R+46.0
Saline 2,385 44.2% 2,942 54.5% 67 5,394 R+10.3
Red Willow 1,026 19.8% 4,131 79.7% 27 5,184 R+59.9
Richardson 1,422 27.9% 3,634 71.3% 42 5,098 R+43.4
Cuming 779 16.4% 3,931 82.9% 30 4,740 R+66.5
Knox 1,149 25.2% 3,364 73.8% 47 4,560 R+48.6
Cedar 1,201 26.5% 3,298 72.7% 37 4,536 R+46.2
Jefferson 1,367 30.2% 3,116 68.9% 40 4,523 R+38.7
Phelps 740 16.4% 3,741 83.1% 20 4,501 R+66.7
Hamilton 842 19.6% 3,418 79.8% 25 4,285 R+60.1
Dawes 865 20.4% 3,326 78.6% 41 4,232 R+58.2
Keith 631 15.5% 3,433 84.1% 18 4,082 R+68.6
Cheyenne 857 21.1% 3,159 77.7% 48 4,064 R+56.6
Colfax 981 24.4% 2,999 74.7% 36 4,016 R+50.2
Antelope 697 17.7% 3,222 81.8% 20 3,939 R+64.1
Wayne 833 21.2% 3,075 78.1% 28 3,936 R+57.0
Nemaha 1,004 26.5% 2,752 72.6% 37 3,793 R+46.1
Butler 1,193 31.5% 2,557 67.6% 35 3,785 R+36.0
Clay 811 21.6% 2,920 77.7% 25 3,756 R+56.2
Burt 1,054 28.3% 2,645 71.1% 22 3,721 R+42.8
Pierce 545 15.2% 3,017 84.1% 27 3,589 R+68.9
Thayer 946 26.6% 2,580 72.7% 25 3,551 R+46.0
Merrick 818 23.1% 2,700 76.1% 28 3,546 R+53.1
Fillmore 1,009 28.7% 2,474 70.5% 28 3,511 R+41.7
Kearney 726 22.3% 2,508 76.9% 28 3,262 R+54.6
Boone 690 21.5% 2,508 78.0% 17 3,215 R+56.5
Cherry 463 14.5% 2,720 85.1% 15 3,198 R+70.6
Dixon 986 31.2% 2,155 68.1% 23 3,164 R+36.9
Nuckolls 947 30.6% 2,132 68.8% 19 3,098 R+38.3
Sheridan 377 12.3% 2,661 86.9% 23 3,061 R+74.6
Furnas 579 19.5% 2,363 79.7% 24 2,966 R+60.1
Valley 739 26.3% 2,055 73.2% 13 2,807 R+46.9
Howard 887 31.6% 1,899 67.7% 20 2,806 R+36.1
Polk 610 22.0% 2,149 77.4% 17 2,776 R+55.4
Stanton 411 16.4% 2,082 83.0% 15 2,508 R+66.6
Thurston 1,077 43.1% 1,410 56.4% 13 2,500 R+13.3
Johnson 821 34.3% 1,542 64.4% 33 2,396 R+30.1
Morrill 464 19.6% 1,888 79.8% 14 2,366 R+60.2
Webster 645 27.4% 1,694 71.9% 16 2,355 R+44.5
Harlan 493 22.4% 1,692 76.8% 18 2,203 R+54.4
Franklin 522 24.5% 1,597 75.1% 8 2,127 R+50.5
Chase 368 17.5% 1,697 80.9% 32 2,097 R+63.4
Kimball 339 16.2% 1,734 83.1% 14 2,087 R+66.8
Nance 525 27.2% 1,393 72.1% 13 1,931 R+45.0
Pawnee 552 29.3% 1,306 69.3% 26 1,884 R+40.0
Sherman 701 37.6% 1,144 61.4% 17 1,862 R+23.8
Brown 312 17.0% 1,514 82.6% 7 1,833 R+65.6
Hitchcock 341 19.6% 1,391 80.0% 7 1,739 R+60.4
Perkins 307 17.7% 1,420 81.8% 9 1,736 R+64.1
Frontier 258 16.0% 1,351 83.5% 8 1,617 R+67.6
Boyd 308 20.6% 1,175 78.5% 13 1,496 R+58.0
Greeley 485 33.6% 948 65.7% 9 1,442 R+32.1
Garden 180 13.3% 1,158 85.7% 13 1,351 R+72.4
Dundy 225 18.4% 992 81.0% 8 1,225 R+62.6
Deuel 198 17.0% 962 82.4% 7 1,167 R+65.5
Garfield 196 17.8% 899 81.4% 9 1,104 R+63.7
Rock 147 14.4% 873 85.3% 3 1,023 R+71.0
Gosper 201 19.9% 802 79.3% 8 1,011 R+59.4
Sioux 121 14.1% 732 85.1% 7 860 R+71.0
Hayes 101 14.6% 593 85.4% 694 R+70.9
Keya Paha 128 20.2% 507 79.8% 635 R+59.7
Banner 58 11.1% 457 87.5% 7 522 R+76.4
Logan 67 13.0% 446 86.8% 1 514 R+73.7
Hooker 55 11.2% 433 87.8% 5 493 R+76.7
Wheeler 97 20.9% 365 78.5% 3 465 R+57.6
Grant 51 11.1% 406 88.5% 2 459 R+77.3
Blaine 48 11.7% 363 88.3% 411 R+76.6
Loup 79 19.6% 323 80.0% 2 404 R+60.4
Thomas 73 19.5% 298 79.7% 3 374 R+60.2
McPherson 57 16.0% 295 82.9% 4 356 R+66.9
Arthur 33 11.7% 248 88.3% 281 R+76.5

Counties as they stood in 1984; 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