2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska explained

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Election Name:	2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Country:	Nebraska
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Previous Year:	2012
Election Date:	November 8, 2016
Next Election:	2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Next Year:	2020
Turnout:	63.80% ^[1]
Image1:	Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Donald Trump
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Mike Pence
Electoral Vote1:	5
Popular Vote1:	495,961
Percentage1:
Nominee2:	Hillary Clinton
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Tim Kaine
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	284,494
President
Before Election:	Barack Obama
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Donald Trump
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on Tuesday, 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. Nebraska has five electoral votes in the Electoral College, two from the state at large, and one each from the three congressional districts.^[2]

Trump carried the state with 58.7% of the vote, while Clinton received 33.7%.^[3] Trump subsequently became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Douglas or Lancaster County since William Howard Taft in 1908.

Caucuses and primaries

Democratic caucus

See main article: article and 2016 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses and primary.

The 2016 Nebraska Democratic caucuses was held on March 15, 2016, as part of a series of primary elections to decide the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. Senator Bernie Sanders won a commanding victory in Nebraska, winning rural areas along with big cities such as Omaha and Lincoln. This was the last Democratic primary in Nebraska held via the caucus method, the state party switched to a standard popular vote to decide the allocation of delegates in future elections including 2020. In 2016, the Nebraska caucuses occurred on the same dates as Kansas and Louisiana, the former being won handily by Sanders, while the latter was won in a landslide by the eventual nominee Hillary Clinton.

Republican primary

See main article: 2016 Nebraska Republican presidential primary.

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:^{[4] [5]}

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

Libertarian primary

Election Name:	2016 Nebraska Libertarian presidential primary
Country:	Nebraska
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Next Year:	2020
Image1:	Garyjohnsonphoto - modified.jpg
Candidate1:	Gary Johnson
Color1:	1f75fe
Home State1:	New Mexico
Popular Vote1:	375
Percentage1:	52.08%
Candidate2:	Austin Petersen
Color2:	03C03C
Home State2:	Missouri
Popular Vote2:	135
Percentage2:	18.75%
Image4:	John McAfee by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Candidate4:	John McAfee
Color4:	FE6F5E
Home State4:	Tennessee
Popular Vote4:	124
Percentage4:	17.22%
Image5:	Marc Allan Feldman (20277052616) (cropped).jpg
Candidate5:	Marc Allan Feldman
Color5:	00CC99
Home State5:	Ohio
Popular Vote5:	47
Percentage5:	6.53%
Map Size:	300px

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^[6]
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	class=small	Sample size	class=small	Margin of error	Hillary Clinton (D)	Donald Trump (R)	Gary Johnson (L)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College^[7]	September 25–27, 2016	233		29%	align=center	53%	—	—	—

Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	class=small	Margin of error	Hillary Clinton (D)	Donald Trump (R)	Gary Johnson (L)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College	September 25–27, 2016	233		40%	align=center	49%	—	—	—
The Singularis Group, LLC^[8]	May 11–12, 2016	1,007	± 3.08%	36%	align=center	44%	—	—	20%

Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District

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

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Nebraska as of election day.

Source	Ranking	As of
Los Angeles Times^[9]		November 6, 2016
CNN^[10]		November 8, 2016
align=left	Rothenberg Political Report^[11]		November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[12]		November 7, 2016
NBC^[13]		November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics^[14]		November 8, 2016
Fox News^[15]		November 7, 2016
ABC^[16]		November 7, 2016

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		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

County	Donald Trump Republican		Hillary Clinton Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		9,287		68.73%		3,302		24.44%		924		6.83%		5,985		44.29%		13,513
	Antelope		2,732		83.27%		383		11.67%		166		5.06%		2,349		71.60%		3,281
	Arthur		244		89.38%		17		6.23%		12		4.39%		227		83.15%		273
	Banner		357		88.81%		19		4.73%		26		6.46%		338		84.08%		402
	Blaine		276		87.07%		30		9.46%		11		3.47%		246		77.61%		317
	Boone		2,299		79.14%		414		14.25%		192		6.61%		1,885		64.89%		2,905
	Box Butte		3,617		73.46%		965		19.60%		342		6.94%		2,652		53.86%		4,924
	Boyd		983		85.03%		128		11.07%		45		3.90%		855		73.96%		1,156
	Brown		1,385		86.73%		153		9.58%		59		3.69%		1,232		77.15%		1,597
	Buffalo		14,569		68.95%		4,763		22.54%		1,797		8.51%		9,806		46.41%		21,129
	Burt		2,367		66.53%		930		26.14%		261		7.33%		1,437		40.39%		3,558
	Butler		3,079		77.34%		691		17.36%		211		5.30%		2,388		59.98%		3,981
	Cass		8,452		65.35%		3,484		26.94%		997		7.71%		4,968		38.41%		12,933
	Cedar		3,532		79.91%		571		12.92%		317		7.17%		2,961		66.99%		4,420
	Chase		1,648		86.83%		171		9.01%		79		4.16%		1,477		77.82%		1,898
	Cherry		2,623		84.12%		317		10.17%		178		5.71%		2,306		73.95%		3,118
	Cheyenne		3,665		77.80%		711		15.09%		335		7.11%		2,954		62.71%		4,711
	Clay		2,422		79.02%		477		15.56%		166		5.42%		1,945		63.46%		3,065
	Colfax		2,171		67.55%		859		26.73%		184		5.72%		1,312		40.82%		3,214
	Cuming		3,122		76.63%		719		17.65%		233		5.72%		2,403		58.98%		4,074
	Custer		4,695		83.07%		641		11.34%		316		5.59%		4,054		71.73%		5,652
	Dakota		3,616		57.59%		2,314		36.85%		349		5.56%		1,302		20.74%		6,279
	Dawes		2,632		71.60%		801		21.79%		243		6.61%		1,831		49.81%		3,676
	Dawson		5,984		69.30%		2,136		24.74%		515		5.96%		3,848		44.56%		8,635
	Deuel		809		82.22%		120		12.20%		55		5.58%		689		70.02%		984
	Dixon		2,041		73.36%		556		19.99%		185		6.65%		1,485		53.37%		2,782
	Dodge		9,933		63.96%		4,544		29.26%		1,052		6.78%		5,389		34.70%		15,529
	Douglas		108,077		44.95%		113,798		47.33%		18,558		7.72%		-5,721		-2.38%		240,433
	Dundy		823		86.36%		89		9.34%		41		4.30%		734		77.02%		953
	Fillmore		2,130		72.42%		613		20.84%		198		6.74%		1,517		51.58%		2,941
	Franklin		1,347		80.51%		250		14.94%		76		4.55%		1,097		65.57%		1,673
	Frontier		1,110		83.58%		161		12.12%		57		4.30%		949		71.46%		1,328
	Furnas		1,921		82.09%		304		12.99%		115		4.92%		1,617		69.10%		2,340
	Gage		6,380		63.50%		2,935		29.21%		733		7.29%		3,445		34.29%		10,048
	Garden		869		80.84%		153		14.23%		53		4.93%		716		66.61%		1,075
	Garfield		821		83.78%		121		12.35%		38		3.87%		700		71.43%		980
	Gosper		794		78.61%		166		16.44%		50		4.95%		628		62.17%		1,010
	Grant		367		90.62%		20		4.94%		18		4.44%		347		85.68%		405
	Greeley		912		77.62%		210		17.87%		53		4.51%		702		59.75%		1,175
	Hall		14,408		65.31%		6,282		28.48%		1,370		6.21%		8,126		36.83%		22,060
	Hamilton		3,783		75.60%		878		17.55%		343		6.85%		2,905		58.05%		5,004
	Harlan		1,496		81.66%		254		13.86%		82		4.48%		1,242		67.80%		1,832
	Hayes		472		91.83%		30		5.84%		12		2.33%		442		85.99%		514
	Hitchcock		1,232		83.92%		161		10.97%		75		5.11%		1,071		72.95%		1,468
	Holt		4,354		85.07%		531		10.38%		233		4.55%		3,823		74.69%		5,118
	Hooker		355		85.13%		40		9.59%		22		5.28%		315		75.54%		417
	Howard		2,284		76.29%		544		18.17%		166		5.54%		1,740		58.12%		2,994
	Jefferson		2,399		68.66%		837		23.96%		258		7.38%		1,562		44.70%		3,494
	Johnson		1,355		64.86%		563		26.95%		171		8.19%		792		37.91%		2,089
	Kearney		2,531		76.79%		550		16.69%		215		6.52%		1,981		60.10%		3,296
	Keith		3,235		80.19%		571		14.15%		228		5.66%		2,664		66.04%		4,034
	Keya Paha		460		88.63%		40		7.71%		19		3.66%		420		80.92%		519
	Kimball		1,330		79.31%		230		13.71%		117		6.98%		1,100		65.60%		1,677
	Knox		3,188		77.47%		720		17.50%		207		5.03%		2,468		59.97%		4,115
	Lancaster		61,588		45.21%		61,898		45.44%		12,737		9.35%		-310		-0.23%		136,223
	Lincoln		12,164		75.41%		2,913		18.06%		1,054		6.53%		9,251		57.35%		16,131
	Logan		400		88.30%		32		7.06%		21		4.64%		368		81.24%		453
	Loup		323		83.90%		48		12.47%		14		3.63%		275		71.43%		385
	Madison		10,628		74.10%		2,711		18.90%		1,004		7.00%		7,917		55.20%		14,343
	McPherson		257		89.55%		14		4.88%		16		5.57%		243		84.67%		287
	Merrick		2,926		77.24%		602		15.89%		260		6.87%		2,324		61.35%		3,788
	Morrill		1,802		81.58%		284		12.86%		123		5.56%		1,518		68.72%		2,209
	Nance		1,261		77.79%		281		17.33%		79		4.88%		980		60.46%		1,621
	Nemaha		2,116		66.94%		785		24.83%		260		8.23%		1,331		42.11%		3,161
	Nuckolls		1,726		78.28%		353		16.01%		126		5.71%		1,373		62.27%		2,205
	Otoe		4,860		65.17%		2,025		27.16%		572		7.67%		2,835		38.01%		7,457
	Pawnee		974		73.40%		279		21.02%		74		5.58%		695		52.38%		1,327
	Perkins		1,217		83.64%		161		11.07%		77		5.29%		1,056		72.57%		1,455
	Phelps		3,849		81.98%		572		12.18%		274		5.84%		3,277		69.80%		4,695
	Pierce		3,052		84.08%		382		10.52%		196		5.40%		2,670		73.56%		3,630
	Platte		10,965		75.97%		2,646		18.33%		822		5.70%		8,319		57.64%		14,433
	Polk		2,028		78.54%		413		16.00%		141		5.46%		1,615		62.54%		2,582
	Red Willow		4,258		82.28%		645		12.46%		272		5.26%		3,613		69.82%		5,175
	Richardson		2,769		72.77%		818		21.50%		218		5.73%		1,951		51.27%		3,805
	Rock		687		86.09%		70		8.77%		41		5.14%		617		77.32%		798
	Saline		3,004		58.49%		1,733		33.74%		399		7.77%		1,271		24.75%		5,136
	Sarpy		45,143		56.02%		28,033		34.79%		7,404		9.19%		17,110		21.23%		80,580
	Saunders		7,555		69.57%		2,523		23.23%		782		7.20%		5,032		46.34%		10,860
	Scotts Bluff		10,076		70.38%		3,207		22.40%		1,034		7.22%		6,869		47.98%		14,317
	Seward		5,454		68.85%		1,875		23.67%		593		7.48%		3,579		45.18%		7,922
	Sheridan		2,211		84.78%		287		11.00%		110		4.22%		1,924		73.78%		2,608
	Sherman		1,150		73.11%		340		21.61%		83		5.28%		810		51.50%		1,573
	Sioux		616		83.70%		81		11.01%		39		5.29%		535		72.69%		736
	Stanton		2,187		78.08%		417		14.89%		197		7.03%		1,770		63.19%		2,801
	Thayer		2,051		76.25%		499		18.55%		140		5.20%		1,552		57.70%		2,690
	Thomas		344		87.53%		30		7.63%		19		4.84%		314		79.90%		393
	Thurston		1,043		49.95%		919		44.01%		126		6.04%		124		5.94%		2,088
	Valley		1,780		80.73%		339		15.37%		86		3.90%		1,441		65.36%		2,205
	Washington		7,424		68.54%		2,623		24.22%		785		7.24%		4,801		44.32%		10,832
	Wayne		2,693		71.32%		835		22.11%		248		6.57%		1,858		49.21%		3,776
	Webster		1,330		77.87%		306		17.92%		72		4.21%		1,024		59.95%		1,708
	Wheeler		377		81.08%		62		13.33%		26		5.59%		315		67.75%		465
	York		4,700		73.66%		1,186		18.59%		495		7.75%		3,514		55.07%		6,381
Totals	495,961	58.75%	284,494	33.70%	63,777	7.55%	211,467	25.05%	844,232

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Thurston (largest village: Pender)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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

By congressional district

Trump won all of the state's three congressional districts, winning all of the state's electoral votes.^[17]

District	Trump	Clinton	Representative
		56%	36%		Jeff Fortenberry
	47%	45%		Brad Ashford
			Don Bacon
		74%	20%		Adrian Smith

See also

• United States presidential elections in Nebraska
• Presidency of Donald Trump
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Voter turnout in United States elections .
2. Web site: Distribution of Electoral Votes. National Archives and Records Administration. 19 September 2019. December 14, 2020.
3. News: Nebraska Election Results 2016. The New York Times. 9 August 2017.
4. http://www.wral.com/board-of-elections-sets-presidential-primary-ballots/15215886/ WRAL: NC approves 27 candidates for presidential primary ballots
5. ftp://alt.ncsbe.gov/Candidate_Filing/presidentialprimarycandidates.pdf NC State Board of Elections presidential primary candidates' list (preliminary)
6. Web site: Unofficial Results: Primary Election - May 10, 2016. May 10, 2016. Nebraska Secretary of State. July 22, 2016.
7. Web site: Emerson Poll: Washington State Looks Safe for Democrats in the Presidential and Senate Races; Trump Has a Wide Lead in Nebraska.. Emerson College. September 28, 2016.
8. Web site: BACON LEADS ASHFORD IN LATEST POLL. Don Bacon for Congress. The Singularis Group, LLC. May 16, 2016. August 14, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910005723/http://new01.donbacon2016.com/news/bacon-leads-ashford-in-latest-poll/. September 10, 2016. dead.
9. News: Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours. . . 2016-11-06 . 2016-11-13.
10. Web site: Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com . Cnn.com . 2016-11-08 . 2016-11-13.
11. Web site: Presidential Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . August 16, 2021.
12. Web site: Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President . Centerforpolitics.org . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
13. Web site: Todd . Chuck . NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead . . 2016-11-13.
14. Web site: 2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House . RealClearPolitics . 2016-11-13.
15. Web site: Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge . . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
16. Web site: The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election . Abcnews.go.com . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
17. Web site: Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index.