# 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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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.
Trump carried the state with 58.7% of the vote, while Clinton received 33.7%. Trump subsequently became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Douglas or Lancaster County since William Howard Taft in 1908. This is also the most recent presidential election when Nebraska's 2nd congressional district would vote Republican, and thus, Nebraska's 2nd district was the only electoral vote that voted for Trump in 2016 that did not vote for him in 2024.

## Caucuses and primaries
### Democratic caucus

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.
Democratic presidential caucuses
Nebraska Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016 :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Bernie Sanders | 19,120 | 57.14% | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Hillary Clinton | 14,340 | 42.86% | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Uncommitted | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 33,460 | 100% | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| Source: ||||||
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 | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Hillary Clinton | 42,692 | 53.08% | — | — | — |
| Bernie Sanders | 37,744 | 46.92% | — | — | — |
| Total | 80,436 | 100% | — | — | — |
| Source: ||||||

### Republican primary

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
* 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 | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | 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: | Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 198,988 | 100.00% | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Source: The Green Papers ||||||

### Libertarian primary

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 :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidate | 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 | 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 | September 25–27, 2016 | 233 | | 40% | 49% | — | — | — |
| The Singularis Group, LLC | 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 | September 25–27, 2016 | 234 | | 20% | 65% | — | — | — |

### Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Nebraska as of election day.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Los Angeles Times | Safe R | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| NBC | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| ABC | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |

### Results

2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska :
| Party | 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 | Totals | Totals | Totals | 844,227 | 100.00% | 5 |

#### By county

| County | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | 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 |
* 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%
* Republican — +>15%
* 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%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic  Gain from Republican Republican  Hold  Gain from Democratic

##### 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.
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
| 1st | 56% | 35% | Jeff Fortenberry |
| 2nd | 47% | 45% | Brad Ashford |
| 2nd | 47% | 45% | Don Bacon |
| 3rd | 74% | 20% | Adrian Smith |