2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska

The 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Nebraska voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Nebraska has 5 electoral votes in the Electoral College, 2 from the state at large, and 1 each from the three congressional districts.[2]

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2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska

November 3, 2020
Turnout	%
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida Delaware Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican

By the time that the primary elections were held in Nebraska on May 12, 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump was already the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, being the only viable declared major candidate left. On the Democratic Party's side, Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive nominee after Senator Bernie Sanders, his last competitor, withdrew on April 8, 2020.

Primary elections

The primary elections were held on May 12, 2020.

Republican primary

Donald Trump was declared the winner in the Republican primary,[3] and thus received all of Nebraska's 36 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[4]

Democratic primary

Joe Biden was declared the winner in the Democratic primary.[3]

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary[edit]

2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary[5]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[6]
Joe Biden	126,444	76.83%	29
Bernie Sanders (Campaign suspended)	23,214	14.10%
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	10,401	6.32%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	4,523	2.75%
Total	164,582	100%	29

Libertarian primary

Jo Jorgensen was declared the winner of the Libertarian primary and went on to win the LP nomination. [7]

Nebraska Libertarian presidential primary, May 12, 2020 [8] Candidate Votes Percentage Jo Jorgensen 508 27.8% Jacob Hornberger 444 24.3% Adam Kokesh 263 14.4% Lincoln Chafee (withdrawn) 254 13.9% Max Abramson (withdrawn) 182 10.0% Dan Behrman 177 9.7% Total 1,828 100% General election Predictions At-large Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report[9] Safe R July 23, 2020 Inside Elections[10] Safe R July 17, 2020 Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe R July 14, 2020 Politico[12] Safe R July 6, 2020 RCP[13] Safe R August 3, 2020 Niskanen[14] Safe R March 24, 2020 CNN[15] Safe R August 3, 2020 The Economist[16] Safe R August 7, 2020 CBS News[17] Likely R August 9, 2020 270towin[18] Safe R August 2, 2020 ABC News[19] Safe R July 31, 2020 NPR[20] Likely R August 3, 2020 NBC News[21] Safe R August 6, 2020 2nd district Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report[22] Lean D (flip) July 23, 2020 Inside Elections[23] Tilt D (flip) July 17, 2020 Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] Tossup July 14, 2020 Politico[25] Tossup July 6, 2020 RCP[26] Tossup August 3, 2020 Niskanen[14] Tossup March 24, 2020 CNN[27] Lean R August 3, 2020 The Economist[28] Safe R [lower-alpha 1] August 7, 2020 CBS News[29] Tossup August 9, 2020 270towin[30] Tossup August 2, 2020 ABC News[31] Lean D (flip) July 31, 2020 NPR[32] Lean R August 3, 2020 NBC News[33] Tossup August 6, 2020 Polling in Nebraska's 1st congressional district Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 2] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Joe Biden (D) Undecided Strategies 360 Jul 16–22, 2020 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 48% 46% – in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 2] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Joe Biden (D) Undecided GQR/Kara Eastman[upper-alpha 1] Jun 30 – Jul 5, 2020 502 (LV) ± 4.37% 44% 51% – DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department/Ally Mutnick[upper-alpha 2] May 7–10, 2020 448 (LV) ± 4.6% 41% 52% – Notes Only statewide rating given Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear Partisan clients Poll sponsored by Eastman's campaign Poll sponsored by the DCCC See also 2020 United States presidential election 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries 2020 United States elections References Kelly, Ben (August 13, 2018). 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