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2000 presidential election in Nebraska

George W. Bush (Republican) beat Al Gore (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2000, 62.2% to 33.3%, a margin of 29.0 points and 202,082 votes.

Nebraska voted 29.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Bob Dole won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties. The largest, Douglas, cast 183,156 votes and went to the Republican by 15.1 points. The closest was Thurston, where 116 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
George W. Bush won Republican 433,862 62.2%
Al Gore Democratic 231,780 33.3%
All other candidates 31,377 4.5%
Total697,019

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 73,347 40.0% 101,025 55.2% 8,784 183,156 R+15.1
Lancaster 44,650 41.7% 55,514 51.8% 6,968 107,132 R+10.1
Sarpy 14,637 32.3% 28,979 64.0% 1,662 45,278 R+31.7
Hall 5,952 32.1% 11,803 63.6% 791 18,546 R+31.5
Buffalo 3,927 23.9% 11,931 72.5% 603 16,461 R+48.6
Lincoln 5,205 34.4% 9,220 61.0% 689 15,114 R+26.6
Dodge 5,021 34.7% 8,871 61.3% 580 14,472 R+26.6
Scotts Bluff 3,937 28.4% 9,397 67.9% 505 13,839 R+39.5
Platte 2,612 20.3% 9,861 76.7% 386 12,859 R+56.4
Madison 2,772 21.6% 9,636 75.0% 445 12,853 R+53.4
Adams 3,686 29.6% 8,162 65.6% 590 12,438 R+36.0
Cass 3,656 35.6% 6,144 59.8% 480 10,280 R+24.2
Gage 3,516 37.0% 5,538 58.3% 452 9,506 R+21.3
Saunders 2,852 32.0% 5,688 63.8% 379 8,919 R+31.8
Washington 2,550 29.6% 5,758 66.8% 318 8,626 R+37.2
Dawson 1,740 23.2% 5,511 73.4% 256 7,507 R+50.2
Seward 2,250 32.1% 4,457 63.5% 309 7,016 R+31.5
Otoe 2,208 33.1% 4,178 62.7% 276 6,662 R+29.6
York 1,407 21.8% 4,816 74.6% 237 6,460 R+52.8
Dakota 2,695 44.5% 3,119 51.5% 247 6,061 R+7.0
Custer 976 18.0% 4,245 78.4% 193 5,414 R+60.4
Saline 2,321 45.1% 2,581 50.2% 243 5,145 R+5.1
Box Butte 1,614 31.7% 3,208 63.0% 267 5,089 R+31.3
Red Willow 1,188 23.6% 3,680 73.2% 157 5,025 R+49.6
Holt 846 17.1% 3,954 79.7% 159 4,959 R+62.7
Phelps 934 20.2% 3,575 77.3% 118 4,627 R+57.1
Hamilton 1,066 23.7% 3,251 72.4% 174 4,491 R+48.7
Cedar 1,062 24.9% 2,989 70.0% 218 4,269 R+45.1
Cuming 857 20.3% 3,232 76.7% 126 4,215 R+56.3
Cheyenne 844 20.2% 3,207 76.6% 135 4,186 R+56.5
Richardson 1,382 33.3% 2,623 63.2% 145 4,150 R+29.9
Knox 1,037 26.1% 2,784 70.0% 157 3,978 R+43.9
Wayne 1,001 25.4% 2,774 70.4% 165 3,940 R+45.0
Keith 778 20.2% 2,953 76.7% 118 3,849 R+56.5
Jefferson 1,361 35.4% 2,351 61.1% 135 3,847 R+25.7
Butler 1,028 26.9% 2,638 68.9% 162 3,828 R+42.1
Dawes 823 22.7% 2,549 70.4% 249 3,621 R+47.7
Burt 1,223 36.1% 2,056 60.6% 113 3,392 R+24.6
Nemaha 1,063 31.6% 2,177 64.6% 129 3,369 R+33.1
Antelope 678 20.1% 2,562 76.1% 128 3,368 R+55.9
Merrick 848 25.4% 2,380 71.3% 112 3,340 R+45.9
Colfax 863 26.0% 2,338 70.5% 114 3,315 R+44.5
Clay 774 24.1% 2,326 72.3% 115 3,215 R+48.3
Pierce 570 17.8% 2,534 79.0% 104 3,208 R+61.2
Kearney 680 21.8% 2,333 74.7% 109 3,122 R+52.9
Thayer 821 27.3% 2,096 69.7% 89 3,006 R+42.4
Fillmore 848 28.3% 2,024 67.5% 126 2,998 R+39.2
Boone 575 20.1% 2,196 76.7% 91 2,862 R+56.6
Cherry 446 15.7% 2,322 81.6% 79 2,847 R+65.9
Howard 955 33.8% 1,760 62.3% 112 2,827 R+28.5
Dixon 820 29.4% 1,834 65.7% 138 2,792 R+36.3
Polk 610 23.3% 1,925 73.7% 78 2,613 R+50.3
Sheridan 392 15.2% 2,105 81.7% 79 2,576 R+66.5
Stanton 500 20.1% 1,895 76.2% 91 2,486 R+56.1
Nuckolls 644 26.4% 1,701 69.6% 98 2,443 R+43.3
Furnas 534 22.0% 1,849 76.1% 48 2,431 R+54.1
Valley 583 25.8% 1,610 71.1% 70 2,263 R+45.4
Morrill 460 21.5% 1,597 74.7% 81 2,138 R+53.2
Johnson 794 37.6% 1,210 57.3% 108 2,112 R+19.7
Thurston 924 44.4% 1,040 50.0% 118 2,082 R+5.6
Webster 584 30.0% 1,302 66.9% 59 1,945 R+36.9
Chase 306 16.3% 1,505 80.3% 64 1,875 R+63.9
Harlan 438 23.7% 1,358 73.3% 56 1,852 R+49.7
Kimball 379 20.8% 1,379 75.8% 62 1,820 R+54.9
Sherman 564 33.1% 1,072 62.9% 69 1,705 R+29.8
Brown 250 14.8% 1,375 81.7% 59 1,684 R+66.8
Franklin 420 25.2% 1,196 71.7% 52 1,668 R+46.5
Nance 497 29.8% 1,105 66.4% 63 1,665 R+36.5
Pawnee 522 34.4% 937 61.7% 60 1,519 R+27.3
Hitchcock 312 21.1% 1,126 76.1% 42 1,480 R+55.0
Perkins 243 16.7% 1,170 80.6% 39 1,452 R+63.8
Frontier 244 17.5% 1,102 79.1% 47 1,393 R+61.6
Greeley 416 31.8% 839 64.0% 55 1,310 R+32.3
Boyd 265 21.3% 931 75.0% 46 1,242 R+53.6
Garden 203 16.7% 963 79.0% 53 1,219 R+62.3
Deuel 213 20.6% 783 75.8% 37 1,033 R+55.2
Gosper 228 22.5% 757 74.7% 29 1,014 R+52.2
Dundy 179 17.7% 801 79.2% 31 1,011 R+61.5
Garfield 202 21.0% 718 74.6% 43 963 R+53.6
Rock 141 15.8% 725 81.1% 28 894 R+65.3
Sioux 98 13.0% 629 83.6% 25 752 R+70.6
Hayes 66 11.6% 486 85.1% 19 571 R+73.6
Keya Paha 78 15.2% 422 82.3% 13 513 R+67.1
Banner 65 14.1% 390 84.4% 7 462 R+70.3
Wheeler 85 18.8% 351 77.5% 17 453 R+58.7
Logan 60 14.6% 336 81.6% 16 412 R+67.0
Hooker 74 18.1% 317 77.5% 18 409 R+59.4
Thomas 55 13.9% 329 83.3% 11 395 R+69.4
Grant 49 12.7% 324 84.2% 12 385 R+71.4
Loup 84 22.2% 284 75.1% 10 378 R+52.9
Blaine 43 12.3% 299 85.7% 7 349 R+73.4
McPherson 48 15.9% 244 81.1% 9 301 R+65.1
Arthur 26 9.6% 235 86.4% 11 272 R+76.8

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