2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska

The 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

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2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska

November 8, 2016
Turnout	71.06%
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 495,961 284,494 Percentage 58.75% 33.70%
County Results Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90-100% Clinton   40–50%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color

Treemap of the popular vote by county

On May 10, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Republican and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for president. Voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic party's nominee via caucus on March 5, 2016. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary, while unaffiliated voters chose any one primary in which to vote.

Donald Trump won the election in Nebraska with 58.7% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 33.7% of the vote.[1]

Democratic caucus

Results of the Democratic caucuses by county.

  Bernie Sanders

  Hillary Clinton

Democratic presidential caucuses

Nebraska Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	19,120	57.14%	15	1	16
Hillary Clinton	14,340	42.86%	10	3	13
Uncommitted	N/A		0	1	1
Total	33,460	100%	25	5	30
Source: The Green Papers

Democratic presidential primary (non-binding)
The Nebraska Democratic primary was held on May 10, 2016. The primary does not bind delegates. Delegates were bound by the caucuses on March 5, 2016.

Nebraska Democratic primary, May 10, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	42,692	53.08%	N/A
Bernie Sanders	37,744	46.92%	N/A
Total	80,436	100%	N/A
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State Election - Official Primary Results

Republican primary

2016 Nebraska Republican primary

May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)

Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz Home state New York Texas Delegate count 36 0 Popular vote 122,327 36,703 Percentage 61.47% 18.44%   Candidate John Kasich Ben Carson Home state Ohio Maryland Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 22,709 10,016 Percentage 11.41% 5.03%

Nebraska results by county   Donald Trump (Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[2][3]

• Ben Carson (withdrawn)
• Ted Cruz (withdrawn)
• John Kasich (withdrawn)
• Marco Rubio (withdrawn)
• Donald Trump

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	122,327	61.47%	36	0	36
Ted Cruz (withdrawn)	36,703	18.44%	0	0	0
John Kasich (withdrawn)	22,709	11.41%	0	0	0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)	10,016	5.03%	0	0	0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn)	7,233	3.63%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	198,988	100.00%	36	0	36
Source: The Green Papers

Libertarian primary

Nebraska Libertarian primary, 2016

May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)

Candidate Gary Johnson Austin Petersen John McAfee Home state New Mexico Missouri Tennessee Popular vote 375 135 124 Percentage 52.08% 18.75% 17.22%   Candidate Marc Allan Feldman Steve Kerbel Home state Ohio Colorado Popular vote 47 35 Percentage 6.53% 4.86%

Nebraska results by county   Gary Johnson   Austin Petersen   John McAfee   Marc Allen Feldman   Tie   No votes (Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

The Nebraska primary was held on May 10, 2016. Independents and registered Libertarians were allowed to vote in the state's Libertarian primary. The Nebraska Primary marked the third large victory for Gary Johnson in the handful of states that conduct Libertarian presidential primaries. However, since the Libertarian Party does not use such primaries for selecting delegates to its national nominating convention, the results were effectively non-binding.

2016 Nebraska Libertarian primary[4]
Candidate	Popular vote
	Count	Percentage
Gary Johnson	375	52.08%
Austin Petersen	135	18.75%
John McAfee	124	17.22%
Marc Allan Feldman	47	6.53%
Steve Kerbel	35	4.86%
Total:	720	100%

General election polling

Nebraska's 1st Congressional District

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Hillary Clinton (D)	Donald Trump (R)	Gary Johnson (L)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[5]	September 25–27, 2016	233		29%	53%	—	—	—

Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Hillary Clinton (D)	Donald Trump (R)	Gary Johnson (L)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[5]	September 25–27, 2016	233		40%	49%	—	—	—
The Singularis Group, LLC[6]	May 11–12, 2016	1,007	± 3.08%	36%	44%	—	—	20%

Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Hillary Clinton (D)	Donald Trump (R)	Gary Johnson (L)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[5]	September 25–27, 2016	234		20%	65%	—	—	—

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Nebraska as of Election Day.

1. Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump[7]
2. CNN: Solid Trump[8]
3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump[9]
4. NBC: Likely Trump[10]
5. RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump[11]
6. Fox News: Solid Republican[12]
7. ABC: Solid Trump[13]

Results

2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Donald Trump	Mike Pence	495,961	58.75%	5
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton	Tim Kaine	284,494	33.70%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	William Weld	38,946	4.61%	0
	Write-Ins			16,051	1.90%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Ajamu Baraka	8,775	1.04%	0
Totals				844,227	100.00%	5

Results by county

Final results by county from the Nebraska Secretary Of State.[14]

County		Candidate					Total
		Trump	Clinton	Johnson	(write-in)	Stein
Adams	percent	68.73%	24.44%	4.40%	1.62%	0.82%	100.00%
	Votes	9,287	3,302	594	219	111	13,513
Antelope	percent	83.27%	11.67%	3.20%	1.28%	0.58%	100.00%
	Votes	2,732	383	105	42	19	3,281
Arthur	percent	89.38%	6.23%	4.03%	0.37%	0.00%	100.00%
	Votes	244	17	11	1	0	273
Banner	percent	88.81%	4.73%	3.48%	2.24%	0.75%	100.00%
	Votes	357	19	14	9	3	402
Blaine	percent	87.07%	9.46%	3.15%	0.32%	0.00%	100.00%
	Votes	276	30	10	1	0	317
Boone	percent	79.14%	14.25%	4.72%	1.31%	0.59%	100.00%
	Votes	2,299	414	137	38	17	2,905
Box Butte	percent	73.46%	19.60%	4.67%	1.54%	0.73%	100.00%
	Votes	3,617	965	230	76	36	4,924
Boyd	percent	85.03%	11.07%	1.99%	0.78%	1.12%	100.00%
	Votes	983	128	23	9	13	1,156
Brown	percent	86.73%	9.58%	2.44%	0.81%	0.44%	100.00%
	Votes	1,385	153	39	13	7	1,597
Buffalo	percent	68.95%	22.54%	5.56%	1.87%	1.07%	100.00%
	Votes	14,569	4,763	1,174	396	227	21,129
Burt	percent	66.53%	26.14%	5.54%	0.70%	1.10%	100.00%
	Votes	2,367	930	197	25	39	3,558
Butler	percent	77.34%	17.36%	3.24%	1.38%	0.68%	100.00%
	votes	3,079	691	129	55	27	3,981
Cass	percent	65.35%	26.94%	4.94%	1.75%	1.02%	100.00%
	votes	8,452	3,484	639	226	132	12,933
Cedar	percent	79.91%	12.92%	5.07%	1.40%	0.70%	100.00%
	votes	3,532	571	224	62	31	4,420
Chase	percent	86.83%	9.01%	2.85%	1.00%	0.32%	100.00%
	votes	1,648	171	54	19	6	1,898
Cherry	percent	84.12%	10.17%	4.07%	1.15%	0.48%	100.00%
	votes	2,623	317	127	36	15	3,118
Cheyenne	percent	77.80%	15.09%	4.52%	1.61%	0.98%	100.00%
	votes	3,665	711	213	76	46	4,711
Clay	percent	79.02%	15.56%	3.78%	1.14%	0.49%	100.00%
	votes	2,422	477	116	35	15	3,065
Colfax	percent	67.55%	26.73%	3.67%	1.24%	0.81%	100.00%
	votes	2,171	859	118	40	26	3,214
Cuming	percent	76.63%	17.65%	3.85%	1.23%	0.64%	100.00%
	votes	3,122	719	157	50	26	4,074
Custer	percent	83.07%	11.34%	3.64%	1.29%	0.65%	100.00%
	votes	4,695	641	206	73	37	5,652
Dakota	percent	57.59%	36.85%	3.65%	1.11%	0.80%	100.00%
	votes	3,616	2,314	229	70	50	6,279
Dawes	percent	71.60%	21.79%	5.20%	0.00%	1.41%	100.00%
	votes	2,632	801	191	0	52	3,676
Dawson	percent	69.30%	24.74%	4.41%	0.88%	0.67%	100.00%
	votes	5,984	2,136	381	76	58	8,635
Deuel	percent	82.22%	12.20%	4.78%	0.71%	0.10%	100.00%
	votes	809	120	47	7	1	984
Dixon	percent	73.36%	19.99%	4.67%	1.37%	0.61%	100.00%
	votes	2,041	556	130	38	17	2,782
Dodge	percent	63.96%	29.26%	4.02%	1.71%	1.04%	100.00%
	votes	9,933	4,544	624	266	162	15,529
Douglas	percent	44.95%	47.33%	4.33%	2.19%	1.20%	100.00%
	votes	108,077	113,798	10,402	5,274	2,882	240,433
Dundy	percent	86.36%	9.34%	3.25%	0.42%	0.63%	100.00%
	votes	823	89	31	4	6	953
Fillmore	percent	72.42%	20.84%	5.13%	0.88%	0.71%	100.00%
	votes	2,130	613	151	26	21	2,941
Franklin	percent	80.51%	14.94%	3.23%	0.90%	0.42%	100.00%
	votes	1,347	250	54	15	7	1,673
Frontier	percent	83.58%	12.12%	2.71%	0.98%	0.60%	100.00%
	votes	1,110	161	36	13	8	1,328
Furnas	percent	82.09%	12.99%	3.63%	0.81%	0.47%	100.00%
	votes	1,921	304	85	19	11	2,340
Gage	percent	63.50%	29.21%	4.90%	1.36%	1.04%	100.00%
	votes	6,380	2,935	492	137	104	10,048
Garden	percent	80.84%	14.23%	3.63%	1.12%	0.19%	100.00%
	votes	869	153	39	12	2	1,075
Garfield	percent	83.78%	12.35%	2.35%	1.02%	0.51%	100.00%
	votes	821	121	23	10	5	980
Gosper	percent	78.61%	16.44%	3.76%	0.59%	0.59%	100.00%
	votes	794	166	38	6	6	1,010
Grant	percent	90.62%	4.94%	1.48%	2.72%	0.25%	100.00%
	votes	367	20	6	11	1	405
Greeley	percent	77.62%	17.87%	3.23%	0.77%	0.51%	100.00%
	votes	912	210	38	9	6	1,175
Hall	percent	65.31%	28.48%	4.06%	1.28%	0.87%	100.00%
	votes	14,408	6,282	895	283	192	22,060
Hamilton	percent	75.60%	17.55%	4.48%	1.52%	0.86%	100.00%
	votes	3,783	878	224	76	43	5,004
Harlan	percent	81.66%	13.86%	3.38%	0.71%	0.38%	100.00%
	votes	1,496	254	62	13	7	1,832
Hayes	percent	91.83%	5.84%	1.56%	0.58%	0.19%	100.00%
	votes	472	30	8	3	1	514
Hitchcock	percent	83.92%	10.97%	4.16%	0.48%	0.48%	100.00%
	votes	1,232	161	61	7	7	1,468
Holt	percent	85.07%	10.38%	3.17%	0.86%	0.53%	100.00%
	votes	4,354	531	162	44	27	5,118
Hooker	percent	85.13%	9.59%	3.84%	0.72%	0.72%	100.00%
	votes	355	40	16	3	3	417
Howard	percent	76.29%	18.17%	3.61%	1.20%	0.73%	100.00%
	votes	2,284	544	108	36	22	2,994
Jefferson	percent	68.66%	23.96%	5.21%	1.32%	0.86%	100.00%
	votes	2,399	837	182	46	30	3,494
Johnson	percent	64.86%	26.95%	5.84%	1.29%	1.05%	100.00%
	votes	1,355	563	122	27	22	2,089
Kearney	percent	76.79%	16.69%	4.49%	1.24%	0.79%	100.00%
	votes	2,531	550	148	41	26	3,296
Keith	percent	80.19%	14.15%	4.07%	0.97%	0.62%	100.00%
	votes	3,235	571	164	39	25	4,034
Keya Paha	percent	88.63%	7.71%	3.28%	0.39%	0.00%	100.00%
	votes	460	40	17	2	0	519
Kimball	percent	79.31%	13.71%	4.65%	1.25%	1.07%	100.00%
	votes	1,330	230	78	21	18	1,677
Knox	percent	77.47%	17.50%	3.33%	1.00%	0.70%	100.00%
	votes	3,188	720	137	41	29	4,115
Lancaster	percent	45.21%	45.44%	5.22%	2.68%	1.45%	100.00%
	votes	61,588	61,898	7,109	3,654	1,974	136,223
Lincoln	percent	75.41%	18.06%	4.41%	1.46%	0.66%	100.00%
	votes	12,164	2,913	711	236	107	16,131
Logan	percent	88.30%	7.06%	3.97%	0.44%	0.22%	100.00%
	votes	400	32	18	2	1	453
Loup	percent	83.90%	12.47%	2.60%	0.78%	0.26%	100.00%
	votes	323	48	10	3	1	385
Madison	percent	74.10%	18.90%	4.66%	1.46%	0.88%	100.00%
	votes	10,628	2,711	669	209	126	14,343
McPherson	percent	89.55%	4.88%	4.88%	0.35%	0.35%	100.00%
	votes	257	14	14	1	1	287
Merrick	percent	77.24%	15.89%	4.36%	1.74%	0.77%	100.00%
	votes	2,926	602	165	66	29	3,788
Morrill	percent	81.58%	12.86%	3.80%	1.13%	0.63%	100.00%
	votes	1,802	284	84	25	14	2,209
Nance	percent	77.79%	17.33%	2.96%	1.05%	0.86%	100.00%
	votes	1,261	281	48	17	14	1,621
Nemaha	percent	66.94%	24.83%	5.69%	1.68%	0.85%	100.00%
	votes	2,116	785	180	53	27	3,161
Nuckolls	percent	78.28%	16.01%	3.99%	0.82%	0.91%	100.00%
	votes	1,726	353	88	18	20	2,205
Otoe	percent	65.17%	27.16%	5.03%	1.86%	0.78%	100.00%
	votes	4,860	2,025	375	139	58	7,457
Pawnee	percent	73.40%	21.02%	4.14%	0.68%	0.75%	100.00%
	votes	974	279	55	9	10	1,327
Perkins	percent	83.64%	11.07%	3.71%	1.24%	0.34%	100.00%
	votes	1,217	161	54	18	5	1,455
Phelps	percent	81.98%	12.18%	4.05%	1.41%	0.38%	100.00%
	votes	3,849	572	190	66	18	4,695
Pierce	percent	84.08%	10.52%	3.44%	1.38%	0.58%	100.00%
	votes	3,052	382	125	50	21	3,630
Platte	percent	75.97%	18.33%	3.43%	1.67%	0.60%	100.00%
	votes	10,965	2,646	495	241	86	14,433
Polk	percent	78.54%	16.00%	3.95%	1.28%	0.23%	100.00%
	votes	2,028	413	102	33	6	2,582
Red Willow	percent	82.36%	12.48%	3.69%	0.97%	0.50%	100.00%
	votes	4,258	645	191	50	26	5,170
Richardson	percent	72.77%	21.50%	4.18%	0.84%	0.71%	100.00%
	votes	2,769	818	159	32	27	3,805
Rock	percent	86.09%	8.77%	4.14%	0.50%	0.50%	100.00%
	votes	687	70	33	4	4	798
Saline	percent	58.49%	33.74%	5.53%	1.23%	1.01%	100.00%
	votes	3,004	1,733	284	63	52	5,136
Sarpy	percent	56.02%	34.79%	5.81%	2.34%	1.04%	100.00%
	votes	45,143	28,033	4,682	1,886	836	80,580
Saunders	percent	69.57%	23.23%	4.74%	1.57%	0.89%	100.00%
	votes	7,555	2,523	515	170	97	10,860
Scotts Bluff	percent	70.38%	22.40%	4.77%	1.57%	0.88%	100.00%
	votes	10,076	3,207	683	225	126	14,317
Seward	percent	68.85%	23.67%	4.25%	2.17%	1.06%	100.00%
	votes	5,454	1,875	337	172	84	7,922
Sheridan	percent	84.78%	11.00%	2.68%	0.84%	0.69%	100.00%
	votes	2,211	287	70	22	18	2,608
Sherman	percent	73.11%	21.61%	3.75%	0.70%	0.83%	100.00%
	votes	1,150	340	59	11	13	1,573
Sioux	percent	83.70%	11.01%	3.80%	0.95%	0.54%	100.00%
	votes	616	81	28	7	4	736
Stanton	percent	78.08%	14.89%	5.14%	1.39%	0.50%	100.00%
	votes	2,187	417	144	39	14	2,801
Thayer	percent	76.25%	18.55%	4.61%	0.22%	0.37%	100.00%
	votes	2,051	499	124	6	10	2,690
Thomas	percent	87.53%	7.63%	2.54%	1.53%	0.76%	100.00%
	votes	344	30	10	6	3	393
Thurston	percent	49.95%	44.01%	2.68%	1.01%	2.35%	100.00%
	votes	1,043	919	56	21	49	2,088
Valley	percent	80.73%	15.37%	2.40%	0.95%	0.54%	100.00%
	votes	1,780	339	53	21	12	2,205
Washington	percent	68.54%	24.22%	4.74%	1.62%	0.90%	100.00%
	votes	7,424	2,623	513	175	97	10,832
Wayne	percent	71.32%	22.11%	5.35%	0.29%	0.93%	100.00%
	votes	2,693	835	202	11	35	3,776
Webster	percent	77.87%	17.92%	2.99%	0.64%	0.59%	100.00%
	votes	1,330	306	51	11	10	1,708
Wheeler	percent	81.08%	13.33%	3.66%	1.08%	0.86%	100.00%
	votes	377	62	17	5	4	465
York	percent	73.66%	18.59%	5.41%	1.54%	0.81%	100.00%
	votes	4,700	1,186	345	98	52	6,381
Total	percent	58.75%	33.70%	4.61%	1.90%	1.04%	100.00%
	votes	495,961	284,494	38,946	16,051	8,775	844,227

By congressional district

Trump won all of the state's three congressional districts, winning all of the state's electoral votes.[15]

District	Trump	Clinton	Representative
1st	56%	36%	Jeff Fortenberry
2nd	47%	45%	Brad Ashford
			Don Bacon
3rd	74%	20%	Adrian Smith

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican

• Thurston (largest village: Pender)

Counties that swung from Republican to Democratic

• Douglas (largest city: Omaha)
• Lancaster (largest city: Lincoln)

See also

• 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/nebraska
2. WRAL: NC approves 27 candidates for presidential primary ballots
3. NC State Board of Elections presidential primary candidates' list (preliminary)
4. "Unofficial Results: Primary Election - May 10, 2016". Nebraska Secretary of State. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
5. "Emerson Poll: Washington State Looks Safe for Democrats in the Presidential and Senate Races; Trump Has a Wide Lead in Nebraska" (PDF). Emerson College. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
6. "BACON LEADS ASHFORD IN LATEST POLL". The Singularis Group, LLC. Don Bacon for Congress. May 16, 2016. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
7. "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
8. "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com". Cnn.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
9. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President". Centerforpolitics.org. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
10. Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
11. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
12. "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
13. "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election". Abcnews.go.com. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
14. Revised Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers General Election November 8, 2016 Archived December 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine John A. Gale Nebraska Secretary Of State.
15. https://www.cookpolitical.com/introducing-2017-cook-political-report-partisan-voter-index

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions