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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Nebraska

George W. Bush (Republican) beat John Kerry (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2004, 65.9% to 32.7%, a margin of 33.2 points and 258,486 votes.

Nebraska voted 30.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+2.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when George W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Douglas, cast 207,071 votes and went to the Republican by 18.1 points. The closest was Thurston, where 58 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 512,814 65.9%
John Kerry Democratic 254,328 32.7%
All other candidates 11,044 1.4%
Total778,186

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 83,330 40.2% 120,813 58.3% 2,928 207,071 R+18.1
Lancaster 52,747 42.4% 69,764 56.0% 1,998 124,509 R+13.7
Sarpy 17,455 29.9% 40,163 68.9% 716 58,334 R+38.9
Hall 6,228 29.4% 14,592 69.0% 334 21,154 R+39.5
Buffalo 4,100 22.0% 14,222 76.4% 286 18,608 R+54.4
Lincoln 4,905 30.3% 11,056 68.3% 238 16,199 R+38.0
Dodge 5,250 32.5% 10,716 66.3% 206 16,172 R+33.8
Scotts Bluff 3,843 26.7% 10,378 72.1% 169 14,390 R+45.4
Madison 2,934 20.8% 10,981 77.9% 174 14,089 R+57.1
Platte 2,657 19.0% 11,130 79.6% 200 13,987 R+60.6
Adams 3,791 28.5% 9,233 69.5% 262 13,286 R+41.0
Cass 3,619 31.4% 7,763 67.3% 147 11,529 R+35.9
Gage 3,655 35.2% 6,575 63.3% 154 10,384 R+28.1
Washington 2,754 27.7% 7,083 71.2% 113 9,950 R+43.5
Saunders 2,884 30.4% 6,441 67.9% 164 9,489 R+37.5
Dawson 1,728 21.7% 6,149 77.3% 79 7,956 R+55.6
Seward 2,114 27.9% 5,353 70.8% 98 7,565 R+42.8
Otoe 2,275 30.8% 5,018 67.9% 93 7,386 R+37.1
York 1,304 19.2% 5,393 79.3% 100 6,797 R+60.2
Dakota 3,027 45.8% 3,526 53.3% 62 6,615 R+7.5
Custer 1,040 18.5% 4,518 80.5% 54 5,612 R+62.0
Saline 2,420 43.5% 3,071 55.2% 75 5,566 R+11.7
Red Willow 1,055 20.1% 4,129 78.5% 74 5,258 R+58.5
Holt 894 17.3% 4,217 81.5% 63 5,174 R+64.2
Box Butte 1,657 32.2% 3,396 65.9% 99 5,152 R+33.8
Hamilton 1,012 20.8% 3,785 77.8% 69 4,866 R+57.0
Cheyenne 893 18.8% 3,791 79.9% 62 4,746 R+61.1
Phelps 830 17.5% 3,872 81.6% 41 4,743 R+64.1
Cedar 1,083 23.9% 3,387 74.7% 66 4,536 R+50.8
Cuming 966 22.2% 3,330 76.6% 53 4,349 R+54.4
Richardson 1,297 30.3% 2,924 68.3% 57 4,278 R+38.0
Knox 1,086 25.8% 3,062 72.7% 65 4,213 R+46.9
Butler 1,068 25.6% 3,016 72.4% 84 4,168 R+46.7
Keith 743 18.0% 3,356 81.1% 38 4,137 R+63.2
Wayne 1,059 25.9% 2,971 72.7% 55 4,085 R+46.8
Jefferson 1,352 33.7% 2,600 64.8% 59 4,011 R+31.1
Dawes 1,119 28.0% 2,809 70.3% 66 3,994 R+42.3
Nemaha 1,066 28.7% 2,595 69.9% 54 3,715 R+41.2
Burt 1,272 34.7% 2,349 64.0% 47 3,668 R+29.4
Merrick 833 22.8% 2,771 75.8% 53 3,657 R+53.0
Colfax 990 27.3% 2,589 71.3% 54 3,633 R+44.0
Antelope 613 17.9% 2,761 80.6% 50 3,424 R+62.7
Pierce 546 16.1% 2,824 83.1% 28 3,398 R+67.0
Kearney 707 20.9% 2,621 77.6% 51 3,379 R+56.6
Clay 743 22.3% 2,543 76.2% 51 3,337 R+53.9
Fillmore 828 25.9% 2,314 72.5% 51 3,193 R+46.5
Cherry 483 15.9% 2,509 82.5% 50 3,042 R+66.6
Dixon 938 31.2% 2,028 67.4% 43 3,009 R+36.2
Howard 900 30.2% 2,020 67.8% 59 2,979 R+37.6
Boone 546 18.9% 2,309 79.8% 40 2,895 R+60.9
Thayer 764 26.5% 2,075 72.1% 39 2,878 R+45.6
Stanton 559 20.4% 2,159 78.7% 27 2,745 R+58.3
Polk 549 20.1% 2,146 78.7% 32 2,727 R+58.6
Sheridan 430 16.5% 2,136 82.2% 33 2,599 R+65.6
Nuckolls 541 21.9% 1,884 76.2% 46 2,471 R+54.4
Furnas 492 19.9% 1,950 79.0% 25 2,467 R+59.1
Johnson 885 37.0% 1,470 61.4% 39 2,394 R+24.4
Valley 564 23.6% 1,801 75.3% 26 2,391 R+51.7
Thurston 1,212 50.8% 1,154 48.3% 21 2,387 D+2.4
Morrill 495 21.6% 1,755 76.5% 43 2,293 R+54.9
Webster 557 27.8% 1,403 70.1% 42 2,002 R+42.3
Chase 302 15.3% 1,652 83.7% 19 1,973 R+68.4
Harlan 398 21.0% 1,467 77.3% 32 1,897 R+56.4
Kimball 366 19.5% 1,491 79.4% 20 1,877 R+59.9
Brown 268 15.5% 1,426 82.3% 39 1,733 R+66.8
Nance 459 26.5% 1,237 71.5% 35 1,731 R+44.9
Franklin 412 24.0% 1,277 74.5% 25 1,714 R+50.5
Sherman 541 32.9% 1,072 65.2% 30 1,643 R+32.3
Perkins 262 16.8% 1,285 82.5% 11 1,558 R+65.7
Hitchcock 296 19.9% 1,171 78.8% 19 1,486 R+58.9
Pawnee 481 32.4% 986 66.5% 16 1,483 R+34.1
Frontier 275 18.7% 1,160 79.1% 32 1,467 R+60.3
Greeley 361 28.9% 865 69.3% 22 1,248 R+40.4
Garden 201 17.0% 970 82.0% 12 1,183 R+65.0
Boyd 228 19.9% 911 79.4% 9 1,148 R+59.5
Gosper 222 19.8% 890 79.5% 7 1,119 R+59.7
Deuel 222 21.1% 820 77.9% 11 1,053 R+56.8
Dundy 186 17.7% 858 81.5% 9 1,053 R+63.8
Garfield 196 19.3% 806 79.3% 15 1,017 R+60.0
Rock 130 14.7% 740 83.8% 13 883 R+69.1
Sioux 123 15.2% 677 83.7% 9 809 R+68.5
Hayes 66 11.0% 524 87.6% 8 598 R+76.6
Keya Paha 98 17.9% 442 80.5% 9 549 R+62.7
Hooker 64 13.9% 392 85.0% 5 461 R+71.1
Wheeler 81 17.9% 366 80.8% 6 453 R+62.9
Thomas 60 13.5% 378 85.1% 6 444 R+71.6
Banner 56 12.8% 379 86.7% 2 437 R+73.9
Logan 67 15.6% 357 83.2% 5 429 R+67.6
Grant 41 10.4% 352 88.9% 3 396 R+78.5
Loup 68 17.6% 314 81.3% 4 386 R+63.7
Blaine 38 11.2% 301 88.8% 339 R+77.6
McPherson 49 15.7% 259 83.0% 4 312 R+67.3
Arthur 24 9.0% 240 90.2% 2 266 R+81.2

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