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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Nebraska

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2008, 56.5% to 41.6%, a margin of 14.9 points and 119,660 votes.

Nebraska voted 22.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

The Republican hold continued from 2004, when George W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Douglas, cast 226,701 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.6 points. The closest was Thurston, where 148 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
John McCain won Republican 452,979 56.5%
Barack Obama Democratic 333,319 41.6%
All other candidates 14,983 1.9%
Total801,281

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 116,810 51.5% 106,291 46.9% 3,600 226,701 D+4.6
Lancaster 65,734 51.6% 59,398 46.6% 2,358 127,490 D+5.0
Sarpy 28,010 41.2% 38,816 57.1% 1,196 68,022 R+15.9
Hall 7,855 36.9% 12,977 61.0% 439 21,271 R+24.1
Buffalo 5,867 30.4% 13,097 67.9% 329 19,293 R+37.5
Lincoln 5,046 31.0% 10,817 66.5% 414 16,277 R+35.5
Dodge 6,689 43.0% 8,557 55.0% 304 15,550 R+12.0
Scotts Bluff 4,745 32.2% 9,708 65.9% 277 14,730 R+33.7
Madison 4,142 29.5% 9,655 68.7% 248 14,045 R+39.3
Platte 3,796 28.3% 9,373 69.8% 251 13,420 R+41.6
Adams 4,685 35.5% 8,252 62.5% 273 13,210 R+27.0
Cass 4,753 39.2% 7,120 58.7% 249 12,122 R+19.5
Washington 3,711 36.0% 6,425 62.3% 184 10,320 R+26.3
Saunders 3,767 36.9% 6,188 60.6% 257 10,212 R+23.7
Gage 4,473 44.0% 5,435 53.5% 252 10,160 R+9.5
Dawson 2,399 30.0% 5,460 68.4% 127 7,986 R+38.3
Seward 2,703 35.9% 4,647 61.7% 179 7,529 R+25.8
Otoe 2,915 41.1% 4,033 56.9% 144 7,092 R+15.8
York 1,607 24.5% 4,848 73.8% 113 6,568 R+49.3
Dakota 2,994 46.8% 3,292 51.5% 110 6,396 R+4.7
Custer 1,192 21.4% 4,301 77.1% 85 5,578 R+55.7
Saline 2,674 50.9% 2,434 46.4% 143 5,251 D+4.6
Red Willow 1,216 24.1% 3,735 74.0% 93 5,044 R+49.9
Box Butte 1,886 37.9% 2,932 58.9% 161 4,979 R+21.0
Holt 1,089 21.9% 3,746 75.3% 139 4,974 R+53.4
Cheyenne 1,173 24.2% 3,572 73.8% 94 4,839 R+49.6
Hamilton 1,332 27.8% 3,389 70.6% 78 4,799 R+42.9
Phelps 1,050 23.5% 3,360 75.1% 63 4,473 R+51.6
Cedar 1,190 28.5% 2,912 69.8% 72 4,174 R+41.3
Cuming 1,274 31.2% 2,732 66.8% 81 4,087 R+35.7
Knox 1,255 30.7% 2,728 66.8% 101 4,084 R+36.1
Keith 974 24.5% 2,942 74.1% 52 3,968 R+49.6
Richardson 1,513 38.1% 2,342 59.0% 113 3,968 R+20.9
Butler 1,190 31.0% 2,557 66.6% 92 3,839 R+35.6
Wayne 1,249 32.8% 2,503 65.7% 56 3,808 R+32.9
Dawes 1,285 34.0% 2,376 62.9% 114 3,775 R+28.9
Jefferson 1,520 41.1% 2,103 56.9% 74 3,697 R+15.8
Nemaha 1,240 35.7% 2,134 61.4% 100 3,474 R+25.7
Merrick 986 28.7% 2,375 69.2% 70 3,431 R+40.5
Burt 1,413 41.7% 1,907 56.3% 67 3,387 R+14.6
Pierce 783 24.3% 2,385 73.9% 58 3,226 R+49.7
Colfax 1,125 35.1% 2,018 63.0% 60 3,203 R+27.9
Antelope 757 23.8% 2,383 74.8% 45 3,185 R+51.1
Kearney 876 27.8% 2,224 70.6% 50 3,150 R+42.8
Cherry 599 19.6% 2,360 77.1% 100 3,059 R+57.6
Clay 780 25.7% 2,177 71.8% 76 3,033 R+46.1
Howard 1,083 36.1% 1,847 61.6% 66 2,996 R+25.5
Fillmore 962 32.6% 1,913 64.9% 72 2,947 R+32.3
Boone 742 26.2% 2,042 72.0% 52 2,836 R+45.8
Dixon 946 33.9% 1,785 63.9% 63 2,794 R+30.0
Thayer 860 32.3% 1,749 65.8% 50 2,659 R+33.4
Polk 668 26.3% 1,822 71.6% 53 2,543 R+45.4
Stanton 664 26.6% 1,781 71.4% 50 2,495 R+44.8
Sheridan 454 18.4% 1,941 78.8% 67 2,462 R+60.4
Valley 706 29.1% 1,657 68.4% 60 2,423 R+39.2
Morrill 557 23.7% 1,725 73.4% 69 2,351 R+49.7
Furnas 556 23.9% 1,725 74.1% 47 2,328 R+50.2
Nuckolls 657 29.6% 1,498 67.4% 66 2,221 R+37.9
Thurston 1,120 52.7% 972 45.7% 34 2,126 D+7.0
Johnson 914 43.3% 1,142 54.1% 54 2,110 R+10.8
Chase 341 18.5% 1,477 80.1% 26 1,844 R+61.6
Webster 552 30.4% 1,233 67.9% 32 1,817 R+37.5
Kimball 439 24.2% 1,346 74.3% 26 1,811 R+50.1
Harlan 402 22.8% 1,329 75.3% 35 1,766 R+52.5
Nance 549 32.2% 1,116 65.4% 42 1,707 R+33.2
Sherman 585 37.2% 950 60.4% 37 1,572 R+23.2
Brown 311 19.8% 1,208 77.1% 48 1,567 R+57.2
Franklin 442 28.5% 1,079 69.5% 31 1,552 R+41.0
Perkins 310 21.8% 1,092 76.9% 18 1,420 R+55.1
Frontier 349 24.9% 1,034 73.6% 21 1,404 R+48.8
Pawnee 483 34.9% 859 62.1% 42 1,384 R+27.2
Hitchcock 346 25.1% 1,001 72.6% 32 1,379 R+47.5
Greeley 458 38.2% 715 59.6% 26 1,199 R+21.4
Garden 283 24.9% 844 74.2% 11 1,138 R+49.3
Boyd 250 22.5% 839 75.6% 21 1,110 R+53.1
Gosper 260 24.8% 776 74.0% 12 1,048 R+49.2
Garfield 212 20.6% 800 77.7% 18 1,030 R+57.1
Dundy 218 21.4% 783 76.8% 18 1,019 R+55.4
Deuel 243 24.5% 732 73.7% 18 993 R+49.2
Rock 139 17.4% 640 79.9% 22 801 R+62.5
Sioux 117 16.0% 603 82.4% 12 732 R+66.4
Hayes 85 15.4% 461 83.4% 7 553 R+68.0
Keya Paha 115 21.6% 409 76.7% 9 533 R+55.2
Wheeler 96 21.8% 334 75.9% 10 440 R+54.1
Hooker 75 17.1% 355 81.1% 8 438 R+63.9
Banner 62 14.9% 348 83.7% 6 416 R+68.8
Logan 81 19.5% 327 78.6% 8 416 R+59.1
Loup 86 21.9% 302 76.8% 5 393 R+55.0
Thomas 51 13.1% 331 84.9% 8 390 R+71.8
Grant 41 11.2% 318 86.6% 8 367 R+75.5
Blaine 43 13.6% 266 84.2% 7 316 R+70.6
McPherson 45 15.4% 240 81.9% 8 293 R+66.6
Arthur 39 14.8% 217 82.5% 7 263 R+67.7

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