# 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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The 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 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, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Nebraska has five electoral votes in the Electoral College, two from the state at large, and one each from the three congressional districts.
Located in the conservative Great Plains, Nebraska is one of the most reliably Republican states in the country, having backed the Democratic presidential nominee only once since 1936, during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide, and having gone to the Republican nominee by a double-digit margin in every presidential election since. However, Nebraska is one of two states, the other being Maine, to allocate its electoral votes by congressional district. A candidate receives one electoral vote for each district won while the statewide winner receives an additional two electoral votes. Ever since Nebraska first adopted this system in 1992, in practice the Republican nominee has almost always won all three districts, and hence all the state's electoral votes. The first time it split its electoral votes came in 2008 when Barack Obama carried Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, anchored by Omaha, and thus received one electoral vote from the state despite losing statewide. The 2nd district returned to the Republican column in the following two elections, but in 2020 it was considered a key battleground.
Trump carried Nebraska statewide by 19 points on Election Day, down from 25 points in 2016. Biden was able to flip the 2nd district, carrying it by 6.6 points, the best Democratic performance since Nebraska first adopted its system of allocation by district, and the first time in this period that the district has voted more Democratic than the nation. Nebraska's 6% margin swing between 2016 and 2020 represented the largest leftward shift towards the Democratic Party out of any state won by Trump that the Democrats otherwise failed to flip, even shifting more leftward than Michigan which was Biden's strongest performance in a state won by Trump in 2016. Trump received the state's other four electoral votes. Before the election, all news organizations declared Nebraska a safe red state, while most organizations viewed the 2nd district as either leaning towards Biden or a tossup. This was the first election in which both Nebraska and Maine split their electoral votes.

## Primary elections

The primary elections were held on May 12, 2020.

### Republican primary

Donald Trump was declared the winner in the Republican primary, and thus received all of Nebraska's 36 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.
2020 Nebraska Republican primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Estimated delegates |
| Donald Trump (incumbent) | 243,721 | 91.4 | 36 |
| Bill Weld | 22,934 | 8.6 | 0 |
| Total | 266,655 | 100% | 36 |

### Democratic primary

Joe Biden was declared the winner in the Democratic primary.
2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
| Joe Biden | 126,444 | 76.83 | 29 |
| Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) | 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.
Nebraska Libertarian presidential primary, May 12, 2020 :
| 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
### Final predictions

| Source | Ranking (statewide) | Ranking (1st) | Ranking (2nd) | Ranking (3rd) |
| The Cook Political Report | Solid R | Solid R | Lean D (flip) | Solid R |
| Inside Elections | Solid R | Solid R | Tilt D (flip) | Solid R |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | Safe R | Lean D (flip) | Safe R |
| Politico | Solid R | Solid R | Lean D (flip) | Solid R |
| RCP | Solid R | Solid R | Tossup | Solid R |
| Niskanen | Safe R | Safe R | Tossup | Safe R |
| CNN | Solid R | Solid R | Lean D (flip) | Solid R |
| The Economist | Safe R | Not given | Not given | Not given |
| CBS News | Likely R | Likely R | Lean D (flip) | Likely R |
| 270towin | Safe R | Safe R | Lean D (flip) | Safe R |
| ABC News | Solid R | Solid R | Lean D (flip) | Solid R |
| NPR | Likely R | Lean R | Lean D (flip) | Likely R |
| NBC News | Solid R | Solid R | Lean D (flip) | Solid R |
| 538 | Solid R | Solid R | Lean D (flip) | Solid R |

### Polling

Aggregate polls
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other/ Undecided | Margin |
| FiveThirtyEight | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 42.5% | 52.1% | 5.4% | Trump +9.7 |
Statewide
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Other | Undecided |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios | Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 | 1,742 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 56% | 43% | − | − | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 2,423 (LV) | – | 53% | 46% | − | − | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 799 (LV) | – | 57% | 41% | − | − | 2% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 560 (LV) | – | 53% | 47% | − | − | 1% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 910 (LV) | – | 54% | 44% | − | − | 2% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 267 (LV) | – | 56% | 42% | − | − | 2% |
in Nebraska's 1st congressional district
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Other | Undecided |
| Strategies 360/Kate Bolz | Jul 16–22, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 48% | 46% | − | − | – |
in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Other | Undecided |
| University of Nevada | Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2020 | 191 (LV) | ± 7% | 44% | 50% | 5% | – | – |
| Change Research | Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2020 | 920 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 47% | 50% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Emerson College | Oct 29–30, 2020 | 806 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 50% | – | 2% | – |
| FM3 Research/Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC | Oct 1–4, 2020 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 42% | 53% | − | 5% | – |
| Siena College/NYT | Sep 25–27, 2020 | 420 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 41% | 48% | 4% | 1% | 6% |
| Global Strategy Group/House Majority PAC | Sep 14–16, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 44% | 50% | − | 1% | 3% |
| Global Strategy Group/House Majority PAC | Jul 27–29, 2020 | 400 (LV) | – | 45% | 51% | − | 2% | 3% |
| GQR/Kara Eastman | Jun 30 – Jul 5, 2020 | 502 (LV) | ± 4.37% | 44% | 51% | − | – | – |
| DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department/Ally Mutnick | May 7–10, 2020 | 448 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 41% | 52% | − | – | – |

### Electoral slates

These slates of electors were nominated by each party in order to vote in the Electoral College should their candidate win the state:
| Donald Trump and Mike Pence Republican Party | Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Democratic Party | Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen Libertarian Party |
| Darlene Starman (At-large) Steve Nelson (At-large) George Olmer (District 1) Mark Quandahl (District 2) Teresa Ibach (District 3) | Roger Wess (At-large) Peg Lippert (At-large) Larry Wright (District 1) Precious McKesson (District 2) Kathy Moore Jensen (District 3) | Ben Backus (At-large) Laura Ebke (At-large) Trevor Reilly (District 1) Margaret Austgen (District 2) Patrick Birkel (District 3) |

### Results

As expected, Trump easily carried the state at large. However, because Nebraska (along with Maine) allocates its remaining electoral votes by congressional district, Joe Biden was able to win an electoral vote from Nebraska's second district, which covers the increasingly liberal Omaha metro area. Barack Obama also won the same district in 2008 before it went back to the Republican column in 2012 and 2016.
2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence | 556,846 | 58.22% | −0.53% |
| | Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 374,583 | 39.17% | +5.47% |
| | Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen | 20,283 | 2.12% | −2.49% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 4,671 | 0.49% | −1.41% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 956,383 | 100.00% | |
| | Republican win | Republican win | Republican win | Republican win | Republican win |

#### By county

| County | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Joe Biden Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| Adams | 10,085 | 68.83% | 4,213 | 28.75% | 355 | 2.42% | 5,872 | 40.08% | 14,653 |
| Antelope | 3,093 | 86.23% | 452 | 12.60% | 42 | 1.17% | 2,641 | 73.63% | 3,587 |
| Arthur | 260 | 91.23% | 21 | 7.37% | 4 | 1.40% | 239 | 83.86% | 285 |
| Banner | 362 | 88.08% | 43 | 10.46% | 6 | 1.46% | 319 | 77.62% | 411 |
| Blaine | 280 | 88.33% | 35 | 11.04% | 2 | 0.63% | 245 | 77.29% | 317 |
| Boone | 2,653 | 82.24% | 499 | 15.47% | 74 | 2.29% | 2,154 | 66.77% | 3,226 |
| Box Butte | 4,002 | 76.96% | 1,051 | 20.21% | 147 | 2.83% | 2,951 | 56.75% | 5,200 |
| Boyd | 1,010 | 87.45% | 135 | 11.69% | 10 | 0.86% | 875 | 75.76% | 1,155 |
| Brown | 1,470 | 87.29% | 191 | 11.34% | 23 | 1.37% | 1,279 | 75.95% | 1,684 |
| Buffalo | 16,640 | 70.18% | 6,350 | 26.78% | 721 | 3.04% | 10,290 | 43.40% | 23,711 |
| Burt | 2,580 | 69.00% | 1,063 | 28.43% | 96 | 2.57% | 1,517 | 40.57% | 3,739 |
| Butler | 3,542 | 78.40% | 873 | 19.32% | 103 | 2.28% | 2,669 | 59.08% | 4,518 |
| Cass | 10,121 | 66.04% | 4,737 | 30.91% | 468 | 3.05% | 5,384 | 35.13% | 15,326 |
| Cedar | 4,174 | 83.23% | 725 | 14.46% | 116 | 2.31% | 3,449 | 68.77% | 5,015 |
| Chase | 1,740 | 87.00% | 226 | 11.30% | 34 | 1.70% | 1,514 | 75.70% | 2,000 |
| Cherry | 2,844 | 87.00% | 373 | 11.41% | 52 | 1.59% | 2,471 | 75.59% | 3,269 |
| Cheyenne | 3,813 | 79.84% | 855 | 17.90% | 108 | 2.26% | 2,958 | 61.94% | 4,776 |
| Clay | 2,848 | 79.78% | 632 | 17.70% | 90 | 2.52% | 2,216 | 62.08% | 3,570 |
| Colfax | 2,636 | 70.75% | 1,025 | 27.51% | 65 | 1.74% | 1,611 | 43.24% | 3,726 |
| Cuming | 3,507 | 78.65% | 870 | 19.51% | 82 | 1.84% | 2,637 | 59.14% | 4,459 |
| Custer | 5,090 | 84.69% | 786 | 13.08% | 134 | 2.23% | 4,304 | 71.61% | 6,010 |
| Dakota | 3,926 | 57.59% | 2,744 | 40.25% | 147 | 2.16% | 1,182 | 17.34% | 6,817 |
| Dawes | 2,931 | 70.61% | 1,082 | 26.07% | 138 | 3.32% | 1,849 | 44.54% | 4,151 |
| Dawson | 6,524 | 70.98% | 2,497 | 27.17% | 170 | 1.85% | 4,027 | 43.81% | 9,191 |
| Deuel | 871 | 84.24% | 141 | 13.64% | 22 | 2.12% | 730 | 70.60% | 1,034 |
| Dixon | 2,335 | 75.47% | 651 | 21.04% | 108 | 3.49% | 1,684 | 54.43% | 3,094 |
| Dodge | 10,984 | 64.85% | 5,544 | 32.73% | 410 | 2.42% | 5,440 | 32.12% | 16,938 |
| Douglas | 119,159 | 43.09% | 150,350 | 54.37% | 7,031 | 2.54% | -31,191 | -11.28% | 276,540 |
| Dundy | 883 | 88.04% | 105 | 10.47% | 15 | 1.49% | 778 | 77.57% | 1,003 |
| Fillmore | 2,359 | 74.94% | 693 | 22.01% | 96 | 3.05% | 1,666 | 52.93% | 3,148 |
| Franklin | 1,437 | 83.16% | 276 | 15.97% | 15 | 0.87% | 1,161 | 67.19% | 1,728 |
| Frontier | 1,229 | 84.99% | 189 | 13.07% | 28 | 1.94% | 1,040 | 71.92% | 1,446 |
| Furnas | 2,163 | 83.13% | 399 | 15.33% | 40 | 1.54% | 1,764 | 67.80% | 2,602 |
| Gage | 7,445 | 66.96% | 3,385 | 30.44% | 289 | 2.60% | 4,060 | 36.52% | 11,119 |
| Garden | 1,016 | 84.67% | 161 | 13.42% | 23 | 1.91% | 855 | 71.25% | 1,200 |
| Garfield | 933 | 86.71% | 133 | 12.36% | 10 | 0.93% | 800 | 74.35% | 1,076 |
| Gosper | 893 | 79.66% | 215 | 19.18% | 13 | 1.16% | 678 | 60.48% | 1,121 |
| Grant | 375 | 93.28% | 20 | 4.98% | 7 | 1.74% | 355 | 88.30% | 402 |
| Greeley | 1,016 | 80.70% | 229 | 18.19% | 14 | 1.11% | 787 | 62.51% | 1,259 |
| Hall | 16,189 | 66.21% | 7,681 | 31.42% | 580 | 2.37% | 8,508 | 34.79% | 24,450 |
| Hamilton | 4,309 | 77.42% | 1,118 | 20.09% | 139 | 2.49% | 3,191 | 57.33% | 5,566 |
| Harlan | 1,615 | 83.51% | 282 | 14.58% | 37 | 1.91% | 1,333 | 68.93% | 1,934 |
| Hayes | 494 | 92.16% | 34 | 6.34% | 8 | 1.50% | 460 | 85.82% | 536 |
| Hitchcock | 1,264 | 85.99% | 185 | 11.90% | 31 | 2.11% | 1,089 | 74.09% | 1,470 |
| Holt | 4,769 | 85.93% | 686 | 12.36% | 95 | 1.71% | 4,083 | 73.57% | 5,550 |
| Hooker | 376 | 85.07% | 59 | 13.35% | 7 | 1.58% | 317 | 71.72% | 442 |
| Howard | 2,786 | 79.35% | 648 | 18.46% | 77 | 2.19% | 2,138 | 60.89% | 3,511 |
| Jefferson | 2,616 | 70.13% | 1,016 | 27.24% | 98 | 2.63% | 1,600 | 42.89% | 3,730 |
| Johnson | 1,518 | 67.98% | 647 | 28.97% | 68 | 3.05% | 871 | 39.01% | 2,233 |
| Kearney | 2,822 | 78.02% | 701 | 19.38% | 94 | 2.60% | 2,121 | 58.64% | 3,617 |
| Keith | 3,544 | 81.12% | 763 | 17.46% | 62 | 1.42% | 2,781 | 63.66% | 4,369 |
| Keya Paha | 476 | 89.81% | 49 | 9.25% | 5 | 0.94% | 427 | 80.56% | 530 |
| Kimball | 1,563 | 83.27% | 268 | 14.28% | 46 | 2.45% | 1,295 | 68.99% | 1,877 |
| Knox | 3,721 | 79.04% | 905 | 19.22% | 82 | 1.74% | 2,816 | 59.82% | 4,708 |
| Lancaster | 70,092 | 44.58% | 82,293 | 52.34% | 4,830 | 3.08% | -12,201 | -7.76% | 157,215 |
| Lincoln | 13,071 | 76.16% | 3,692 | 21.51% | 400 | 2.33% | 9,379 | 54.65% | 17,163 |
| Logan | 407 | 90.44% | 38 | 8.44% | 5 | 1.12% | 369 | 82.00% | 450 |
| Loup | 370 | 81.50% | 75 | 16.52% | 9 | 1.98% | 295 | 64.98% | 454 |
| Madison | 11,940 | 75.48% | 3,478 | 21.99% | 401 | 2.53% | 8,462 | 53.49% | 15,819 |
| McPherson | 275 | 91.06% | 17 | 5.63% | 10 | 3.31% | 258 | 85.43% | 302 |
| Merrick | 3,419 | 79.85% | 743 | 17.35% | 120 | 2.80% | 2,676 | 62.50% | 4,282 |
| Morrill | 2,113 | 82.60% | 386 | 15.09% | 59 | 2.31% | 1,727 | 67.51% | 2,558 |
| Nance | 1,437 | 78.44% | 359 | 19.60% | 36 | 1.96% | 1,078 | 58.84% | 1,832 |
| Nemaha | 2,428 | 70.75% | 921 | 26.84% | 83 | 2.41% | 1,507 | 43.91% | 3,432 |
| Nuckolls | 1,857 | 80.56% | 409 | 17.74% | 39 | 1.70% | 1,448 | 62.82% | 2,305 |
| Otoe | 5,649 | 67.61% | 2,490 | 29.80% | 216 | 2.59% | 3,159 | 37.81% | 8,355 |
| Pawnee | 1,071 | 74.95% | 322 | 22.53% | 36 | 2.52% | 749 | 52.42% | 1,429 |
| Perkins | 1,321 | 85.50% | 199 | 12.88% | 25 | 1.62% | 1,122 | 72.62% | 1,545 |
| Phelps | 4,157 | 82.79% | 752 | 14.98% | 112 | 2.23% | 3,405 | 67.81% | 5,021 |
| Pierce | 3,462 | 86.29% | 480 | 11.96% | 70 | 1.75% | 2,982 | 74.33% | 4,012 |
| Platte | 12,186 | 77.51% | 3,260 | 20.74% | 275 | 1.75% | 8,926 | 56.77% | 15,721 |
| Polk | 2,291 | 79.36% | 530 | 18.36% | 66 | 2.28% | 1,761 | 61.00% | 2,887 |
| Red Willow | 4,525 | 82.72% | 811 | 14.83% | 134 | 2.45% | 3,714 | 67.89% | 5,470 |
| Richardson | 3,073 | 74.33% | 996 | 24.09% | 65 | 1.58% | 2,077 | 50.24% | 4,134 |
| Rock | 744 | 88.36% | 84 | 9.98% | 14 | 1.66% | 660 | 78.38% | 842 |
| Saline | 3,631 | 62.82% | 1,986 | 34.36% | 163 | 2.82% | 1,645 | 28.46% | 5,780 |
| Sarpy | 51,979 | 54.04% | 41,206 | 42.84% | 3,008 | 3.12% | 10,773 | 11.20% | 96,193 |
| Saunders | 9,108 | 71.23% | 3,331 | 26.05% | 347 | 2.72% | 5,777 | 45.18% | 12,786 |
| Scotts Bluff | 10,952 | 70.55% | 4,196 | 27.03% | 376 | 2.42% | 6,756 | 43.52% | 15,524 |
| Seward | 6,490 | 70.55% | 2,438 | 26.50% | 271 | 2.95% | 4,052 | 44.05% | 9,199 |
| Sheridan | 2,292 | 85.39% | 340 | 12.67% | 52 | 1.94% | 1,952 | 72.72% | 2,684 |
| Sherman | 1,322 | 77.76% | 343 | 20.18% | 35 | 2.06% | 979 | 57.58% | 1,700 |
| Sioux | 642 | 87.82% | 72 | 9.85% | 17 | 2.33% | 570 | 77.97% | 731 |
| Stanton | 2,561 | 80.92% | 532 | 16.81% | 72 | 2.27% | 2,029 | 64.11% | 3,165 |
| Thayer | 2,308 | 77.22% | 624 | 20.88% | 57 | 1.90% | 1,684 | 56.34% | 2,989 |
| Thomas | 377 | 88.29% | 45 | 10.54% | 5 | 1.17% | 332 | 77.75% | 427 |
| Thurston | 1,180 | 49.60% | 1,122 | 47.16% | 77 | 3.24% | 58 | 2.44% | 2,379 |
| Valley | 1,901 | 81.10% | 412 | 17.58% | 31 | 1.32% | 1,489 | 63.52% | 2,344 |
| Washington | 8,583 | 68.85% | 3,554 | 28.51% | 330 | 2.64% | 5,029 | 40.34% | 12,467 |
| Wayne | 3,055 | 72.43% | 1,022 | 24.23% | 141 | 3.34% | 2,033 | 48.20% | 4,218 |
| Webster | 1,511 | 80.54% | 335 | 17.86% | 30 | 1.60% | 1,176 | 62.68% | 1,876 |
| Wheeler | 438 | 87.08% | 59 | 11.73% | 6 | 1.19% | 379 | 75.35% | 503 |
| York | 5,337 | 74.53% | 1,630 | 22.76% | 194 | 2.71% | 3,707 | 51.77% | 7,161 |
| Totals | 556,846 | 58.22% | 374,583 | 39.17% | 24,954 | 2.61% | 182,263 | 19.05% | 956,383 |
* Democratic — +10-12.5%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Democratic — +10-12.5%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%

#### By congressional district

Trump won two of Nebraska's three congressional districts, while Biden won the second, which elected a Republican.
| District | Trump | Trump | Biden | Biden | Other | Other | Representative |
| District | # | % | # | % | # | % | Representative |
| 1st | 180,290 | 56.01% | 132,261 | 41.09% | 9,335 | 2.90% | Jeff Fortenberry |
| 2nd | 154,377 | 45.45% | 176,468 | 51.95% | 8,821 | 2.60% | Don Bacon |
| 3rd | 222,179 | 75.36% | 65,854 | 22.34% | 6,798 | 2.31% | Adrian Smith |

## Analysis

Biden won only the two most populous counties in the state: Douglas County, home to Omaha, by 11 points, approximately the same margin Lyndon B. Johnson won the county within 1964 and the best result for Democrats since that election, and Lancaster County, home to the state's second-largest city and state capital Lincoln, where the University of Nebraska is located, by just under 8 points, another 56-year high for Democrats. While he didn't win the state's third largest, Sarpy County, a growing suburban county to the south of Omaha, which in all presidential elections from 1968 to 2016 except 2008 had backed the Republican candidate by at least 21 points, he reduced Trump's winning margin to only 11 points and won 43 percent of the vote there, again a 56-year best for Democrats. Biden also received more than 40 percent of the vote in two counties in the northeastern corner of the state: Thurston County, of which Trump only won by a plurality of 49.6% and is home to a Native American majority, and Dakota County, located to the north of the former and is home to a large Hispanic population.
Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Trump's strength in Nebraska came from whites, who constituted 90% of the electorate, and specifically from Protestants with 70%. Post-election, many rural Nebraskans expressed worries about trade and the economy under a Biden presidency, with 59% of voters stating they trusted Trump more to handle international trade. Joe Biden improved on Hillary Clinton's performance in Nebraska, as he did in most other states. Despite his loss, Biden's 374,583 votes are the most received by a Democratic candidate for president statewide in Nebraska, surpassing the previous record set by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 landslide.