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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Nebraska

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2012, 59.8% to 38.0%, a margin of 21.8 points and 172,983 votes.

Nebraska voted 25.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Douglas, cast 223,927 votes and went to the Republican by 3.0 points. The closest was Dakota, where 172 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 475,064 59.8%
Barack Obama Democratic 302,081 38.0%
All other candidates 17,234 2.2%
Total794,379

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 106,456 47.5% 113,220 50.6% 4,251 223,927 R+3.0
Lancaster 62,015 48.7% 62,434 49.0% 2,906 127,355 R+0.3
Sarpy 26,671 37.3% 43,213 60.4% 1,606 71,490 R+23.1
Hall 7,161 35.4% 12,646 62.5% 422 20,229 R+27.1
Buffalo 5,365 27.6% 13,570 69.8% 518 19,453 R+42.2
Lincoln 4,450 28.4% 10,728 68.5% 477 15,655 R+40.1
Dodge 5,673 37.9% 8,995 60.2% 282 14,950 R+22.2
Scotts Bluff 4,327 30.3% 9,648 67.5% 312 14,287 R+37.2
Madison 3,485 25.1% 10,062 72.5% 338 13,885 R+47.4
Platte 3,148 23.4% 10,061 74.7% 264 13,473 R+51.3
Adams 4,062 32.1% 8,316 65.6% 292 12,670 R+33.6
Cass 4,367 35.9% 7,556 62.0% 257 12,180 R+26.2
Saunders 3,307 32.1% 6,770 65.7% 235 10,312 R+33.6
Washington 3,132 30.6% 6,899 67.3% 215 10,246 R+36.8
Gage 3,903 40.4% 5,513 57.1% 245 9,661 R+16.7
Dawson 2,199 28.0% 5,460 69.5% 200 7,859 R+41.5
Seward 2,386 31.5% 5,003 66.1% 184 7,573 R+34.6
Otoe 2,561 36.7% 4,258 61.0% 163 6,982 R+24.3
York 1,373 21.6% 4,874 76.7% 108 6,355 R+55.1
Dakota 2,922 47.6% 3,094 50.4% 120 6,136 R+2.8
Custer 1,083 19.7% 4,296 78.1% 119 5,498 R+58.4
Saline 2,289 46.2% 2,557 51.6% 112 4,958 R+5.4
Holt 882 17.9% 3,922 79.4% 135 4,939 R+61.6
Red Willow 952 19.3% 3,891 78.8% 93 4,936 R+59.5
Hamilton 1,146 23.5% 3,600 73.9% 125 4,871 R+50.4
Box Butte 1,692 36.0% 2,869 61.0% 144 4,705 R+25.0
Cheyenne 1,084 23.3% 3,449 74.2% 116 4,649 R+50.9
Phelps 880 20.1% 3,400 77.6% 100 4,380 R+57.5
Cedar 958 22.1% 3,278 75.6% 98 4,334 R+53.5
Keith 928 22.9% 3,044 75.0% 86 4,058 R+52.1
Knox 1,059 26.2% 2,885 71.5% 92 4,036 R+45.2
Cuming 1,031 25.9% 2,876 72.3% 69 3,976 R+46.4
Butler 1,045 27.1% 2,738 71.0% 76 3,859 R+43.9
Richardson 1,191 31.9% 2,443 65.3% 105 3,739 R+33.5
Dawes 1,132 30.4% 2,478 66.5% 118 3,728 R+36.1
Wayne 1,074 29.2% 2,493 67.7% 115 3,682 R+38.5
Merrick 925 26.5% 2,490 71.4% 74 3,489 R+44.9
Jefferson 1,195 34.7% 2,166 62.9% 85 3,446 R+28.2
Pierce 637 18.6% 2,707 78.9% 87 3,431 R+60.3
Burt 1,291 38.3% 2,029 60.1% 55 3,375 R+21.9
Antelope 571 17.7% 2,596 80.3% 65 3,232 R+62.7
Nemaha 1,128 35.1% 2,012 62.6% 74 3,214 R+27.5
Kearney 773 24.3% 2,349 73.9% 58 3,180 R+49.6
Colfax 969 31.6% 2,051 66.8% 49 3,069 R+35.3
Cherry 436 14.2% 2,557 83.5% 71 3,064 R+69.2
Clay 667 22.6% 2,232 75.7% 48 2,947 R+53.1
Fillmore 807 28.0% 2,007 69.7% 65 2,879 R+41.7
Howard 914 31.8% 1,890 65.9% 66 2,870 R+34.0
Boone 615 21.9% 2,138 76.2% 53 2,806 R+54.3
Dixon 870 32.4% 1,745 65.0% 71 2,686 R+32.6
Thayer 728 27.4% 1,874 70.5% 57 2,659 R+43.1
Stanton 614 23.2% 1,949 73.7% 81 2,644 R+50.5
Sheridan 390 15.8% 2,021 81.8% 61 2,472 R+66.0
Polk 528 21.5% 1,890 76.9% 39 2,457 R+55.4
Furnas 423 18.9% 1,782 79.6% 35 2,240 R+60.7
Thurston 1,247 56.3% 939 42.4% 29 2,215 D+13.9
Valley 498 22.7% 1,657 75.5% 40 2,195 R+52.8
Nuckolls 568 25.9% 1,574 71.8% 49 2,191 R+45.9
Morrill 455 20.8% 1,681 76.8% 54 2,190 R+56.0
Johnson 790 38.3% 1,225 59.4% 48 2,063 R+21.1
Chase 254 13.6% 1,584 84.8% 29 1,867 R+71.2
Harlan 354 19.9% 1,395 78.5% 29 1,778 R+58.5
Webster 442 25.4% 1,258 72.2% 42 1,742 R+46.8
Kimball 395 23.4% 1,235 73.2% 57 1,687 R+49.8
Nance 481 29.7% 1,106 68.2% 34 1,621 R+38.6
Brown 224 14.4% 1,302 83.7% 29 1,555 R+69.3
Franklin 384 25.0% 1,112 72.4% 40 1,536 R+47.4
Sherman 552 36.1% 927 60.6% 51 1,530 R+24.5
Hitchcock 274 18.3% 1,178 78.8% 43 1,495 R+60.5
Perkins 238 17.1% 1,135 81.4% 21 1,394 R+64.3
Pawnee 400 29.8% 899 67.0% 42 1,341 R+37.2
Frontier 271 20.8% 1,007 77.2% 27 1,305 R+56.4
Greeley 340 28.7% 820 69.2% 25 1,185 R+40.5
Garden 242 22.2% 829 76.0% 20 1,091 R+53.8
Boyd 188 17.6% 873 81.5% 10 1,071 R+64.0
Deuel 215 21.1% 763 75.0% 39 1,017 R+53.9
Dundy 176 17.9% 792 80.4% 17 985 R+62.5
Gosper 230 23.5% 734 75.1% 14 978 R+51.5
Garfield 149 15.9% 769 81.8% 22 940 R+66.0
Rock 103 13.1% 672 85.2% 14 789 R+72.1
Sioux 101 13.7% 624 84.4% 14 739 R+70.8
Hayes 51 9.5% 476 88.3% 12 539 R+78.8
Keya Paha 80 16.5% 393 81.2% 11 484 R+64.7
Wheeler 93 20.8% 345 77.0% 10 448 R+56.3
Logan 68 15.8% 356 82.6% 7 431 R+66.8
Banner 55 13.4% 346 84.2% 10 411 R+70.8
Thomas 42 10.3% 360 88.2% 6 408 R+77.9
Hooker 59 14.9% 330 83.5% 6 395 R+68.6
Grant 30 8.3% 322 88.7% 11 363 R+80.4
Loup 62 17.3% 290 81.0% 6 358 R+63.7
Blaine 29 9.6% 268 88.4% 6 303 R+78.9
McPherson 41 14.1% 237 81.4% 13 291 R+67.4
Arthur 30 11.5% 227 86.6% 5 262 R+75.2

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