Nebraska 2016 presidential results by county

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2016

The 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the

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participated.

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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman

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, and running mate

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Mike Pence against

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nominee, former Secretary of State

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, and her running mate Virginia Senator

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. 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

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or Lancaster County since

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Caucuses and Primaries

Democratic caucus

The 2016 Nebraska Democratic caucuses was held on March 15, 2016, as part of a series of

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to decide the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. Senator Bernie Sanders won a commanding victory in the Cornhusker State, 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

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. In 2016, the Nebraska caucuses occurred on the same dates as

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and

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. The former being won handily by Sanders, while the latter was won in a landslide by the eventual nominee

Republican primary

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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

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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.

General election

Polling

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Predictions

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

Results

Results by county

Final results by county from the Nebraska Secretary Of State.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Thurston (largest village: Pender)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

(largest city: Omaha) * Lancaster (largest city:

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)

By congressional district

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

References

External links

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
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